A legal term that recognizes the interest of Aboriginals in the land. It is based on their long-standing use and occupancy of the land as descendants of the original inhabitants of Canada. Titre ancestral

A legal term that recognizes Aboriginal interest in the land. It is based on long-standing use and occupancy of the land by today’s Aboriginal peoples, as the descendants of the original inhabitants o [..]

When no treaty was signed between the government, and no war was fought over the land, first nations groups in Canada are entitled to the land on which they have historically lived and still inhabit.

A sub-category of aboriginal rights that relates to land ownership. Unlike Aboriginal rights, Aboriginal title is a right to the land itself, something like ownership. First Nations have Aboriginal title on lands that were of central significance to them and occupied exclusively by them before the Crown asserted sovereignty. Whereas Aboriginal righ [..]

A legal term that recognizes Aboriginal interest in the land. It is based on Aboriginal peoples' longstanding use and occupancy of the land as descendants of the original inhabitants of Canada. (AFN)