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What soil do the provincial surveys record at the lot?
Ontario's soil survey maps record the soil type, drainage and slope mapped across the province's farmland and settled areas, from surveys made between the 1920s and the 1990s. The check reads the mapped soil at the address.
Report check: Soil at the lot. Entry reviewed 20 Oct 2026; each source below shows its own data date.
How a report shows itsample, made-up home
Provincial soil maps record clay loam, imperfectly drained, gentle slope.
- Soil
- Clay loam
- Drainage class
- Imperfectly drained
- Slope class
- Gentle (2–5%)
Where we read it
- Every Ontario address
Published byGovernment of Ontario
What the record is
The surveys were made for agriculture, so they describe the natural soil (clay, loam, sand, organic) and how well it drains, at the scale of fields rather than lots. In built-up areas the mapped soil is what was there before the streets.
The report line gives the mapped soil name, texture, drainage class and slope. It is a record of the survey, not a test of the ground under one house.
Where it runs
This check runs at every Ontario address, from provincial and federal records:
- Soil Survey Complex, Government of Ontario (data date 1920s-1990s (surveys))
Sources
- Soil Survey Complex, Government of Ontario: data date 1920s-1990s (surveys)
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Check one address
This check is in the full report, with the other 54 checks, for any Ontario home.
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