In Vancouver, A Court Ruling on Indigenous Land Triggers Real Estate Angst – Bloomberg.com
November 4, 2025
A court ruling that granted an Indigenous group rights over some 800 acres of metro Vancouver is causing unease over private-property rights in Canada.
The Supreme Court of British Columbia in August recognized the Cowichan people’s aboriginal title over a slice of Richmond, just south of the city of Vancouver, that was once the site of their traditional fishing village.
The Crown granted the land away between 1871 and 1914 — but those grants “unjustifiably infringe” the Cowichan’s aboriginal title, the court said, which “currently lies beyond the land title system in British Columbia.”
