real-estate property easement
How to extend easement to new piece of property being severed?
<p>I'm in Ontario, Canada. I'm looking at purchasing a piece of land behind my parents cottage. I'll be severing 1-2 acres from a much larger parcel, and because it is behind my parents property there is no official access.</p>
<p>My parents would be perfectly fine with extending the easement/right of way through the corner of their property to get to my parcel, although is this allowed? Or would I need consent from every single person along the existing easement to achieve this?</p>

<p><strong>You are in luck!</strong></p>
<p>In Ontario, <em>existing easements transfer to a severed portion.</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/land-registration/2005-02-easements-and-release-easements" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bulletin 2005-2</a>, <em>Easements and Releases of Easements</em>, from the <em>Title and Services Office</em> of Ontario answers your question directly in 1.0.3 Division of Dominant Lands:</p>
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<p><em>Upon the severance of a parcel of land, all existing easements appurtenant to the whole, benefit each severed portion.</em></p>
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<p><em>Note 1:</em> If you are not familiar with the terminology of easement law, the first few paragraphs give a nice summary.</p>
<p><em>Note 2:</em> My <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/search/land-registration?sort=desc&amp;query=easements&amp;field_bulletins_year_value=all" rel="nofollow noreferrer">quick search</a> suggests this is the most recent bulletin on easements.</p>
