Township Canada for Farmers
You run the operation — owned land, leased land, custom work, all of it tracked by legal land description. Township Canada converts those descriptions to GPS coordinates and maps, so the work that depends on knowing exactly which parcel is which gets done faster and with fewer mistakes.
For occasional lookups, the Starter plan covers single-parcel verifications during the year. When SCIC seeded acreage reports come due, when a hail event needs damage mapped across the operation, or when a new lease portfolio gets added — that's when Pro or Business earns its keep.
What farmers actually use it for
Verifying SCIC and AFSC descriptions before they go in
The SCIC seeded acreage report and the AFSC declared acres form are both reconciled against title records. A transposed range number, a missed meridian, or a wrong quarter on the form doesn't usually get caught until a claim is filed — and by then the paperwork friction is much harder to undo. Enter each description into the Saskatchewan converter or Alberta converter, confirm the pin lands on the field you actually farm, and the verification takes about 15 seconds per parcel.
Mapping a new lease before signing
A new pasture lease lists SW 24-039-04 W5M — land you haven't walked. Convert the description, drop the pin, and check satellite imagery for fence lines, dugouts, access from the range road, and whether the neighbour's pivot encroaches. Fifteen minutes of map work before signing tells you what's actually there.
Finding any quarter by description, fast
Soil samplers, custom sprayers, and grain truck drivers don't always have GPS coordinates handy — they have a description like NE 31-040-26 W3 written on a sticky note. Enter it, get coordinates, share the pin to a phone, drive there. The Quarter section finder covers the single-parcel workflow.
Route planning a day of field work
Eight parcels to scout across three townships. Without route planning, that's 90 minutes of backtracking. The route planner takes a list of legal descriptions, converts them, and orders the stops to minimize driving time across range roads and township roads — useful for crop inspection days and for hauling water to off-farm livestock.
A typical farmer's year
Winter — lease renewals and SCIC paperwork. Pull last year's seeded acreage list. Verify the descriptions for any parcels added or dropped since last fall. Update lease maps for the operation binder.
Spring — seeding and SCIC seeded acreage report. Cross-check the seeded acreage report against actual fields seeded. The report is due in late June each year (June 25 for most crops in recent seasons — confirm the current deadline with SCIC). Catching a description error before submission is much easier than amending afterward.
Summer — hail and storm damage. When a storm tracks across the operation, mapping which quarters got hit and which didn't matters for the SCIC or AFSC claim. Coordinates plus boundary polygons make damage assessment visits faster.
Fall — harvest logistics and year-end land. Grain truck routing, custom combining schedules, and any year-end land transactions that need title verification.
Plans for farmers
Starter — $10/month. Up to 100 searches per month, single-parcel lookups, turn-by-turn directions, and one custom project. Enough for occasional verification and basic field work.
Pro — $20/month. Unlimited searches, satellite imagery, route planning, saved place management, and PDF export. Covers the day-to-day lookup and verification work for most owner-operators.
Business — $40/month. Adds batch CSV upload, all export formats (Shapefile, CSV, KML, GeoJSON), and team management. The right plan for larger operations and farm management companies.
PRODUCT TEAM: When the Ag Bundle tier structure (Lite/Farmer/Investor) is live in Stripe, this page should highlight the Farmer tier specifically and reference its included features — currently uses the canonical Starter/Pro/Business names since the Ag SKU isn't deployed yet.
Related resources
- Saskatchewan Quarter Section Guide for Grain Farmers and SCIC Filers
- AFSC Declared Acres: Verify Alberta Quarter Sections Before Submitting
- How Agriculture Depends on Legal Land Descriptions
- Google Sheets Add-on for Bulk Legal Land Description Conversion
Start with a single quarter section
Type any legal land description into the search bar — quarter section, LSD, or full legal — and see it on the map in under a second. No account required for the first lookup.