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Is there a municipal drain near the property?
A municipal drain is a ditch or buried pipe built under Ontario's Drainage Act to drain farmland and rural lots. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness maps them, and the check looks for one within 500 m of the address.
Report check: Rural municipal drains. Entry reviewed 20 Oct 2026; each source below shows its own data date.
How a report shows itsample, made-up home
No drains built under the Drainage Act within 500 m.
Where we read it
- Every Ontario address
Published byOntario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
What the record is
Drains built under the Drainage Act are municipal infrastructure: the municipality maintains them and the Act lets it assess the cost to the lands the drain serves. The Province's constructed drain layer records where they run.
The report line says whether a mapped drain lies within 500 m and names it when one does. Most urban addresses have none; many rural and edge-of-town lots do.
Where it runs
This check runs at every Ontario address, from provincial and federal records:
- Constructed Drain, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (data date Aug 2026)
Sources
- Constructed Drain, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness: data date Aug 2026
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This check is in the full report, with the other 54 checks, for any Ontario home.
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