95% of the land in BC is under Aboriginal title claim. The principles set out in the Cowichan case say that once Aboriginal title is established, it trumps the fee simple title granted to landowners. BC residents may soon no longer own their homes and businesses.
Most BC homeowners have no idea: your “fee simple” property is almost certainly overlapped by one of the 200+ unresolved Aboriginal title claims.
Courts are now declaring Aboriginal title over private lands (e.g., Cowichan 2025 ruling).
Here is a link to a Govt website where… https://t.co/3VLTO5P4jb pic.twitter.com/Hzj3zNJTGF
— Keith Wilson, K.C. (@ikwilson) November 6, 2025
I can’t stress this enough: there are more Aboriginal title land claims in B.C. than there is land. pic.twitter.com/xaJaCnKPer
— Alex Zoltan (@AmazingZoltan) November 6, 2025
