Can a road over private property become a crown or municipal property?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from Blanchard v. Tripp, 2018 ONSC 3076 (CanLII):

In Nelson v. Stelter[3], the court spoke of a road over private property becoming crown or municipal property once that road is dedicated to public use by a private land owner.

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