DCHP-3

concession

[< Cdn F < F "a grant of land"]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

in earliest use in French Canada, one of the ranged lots into which a seigneury was divided, these being held by tenants under feudal custom.

See: range ((n.))(def. 2a)

Quotations

1764
The said Seigneurie [is] capable of containing upwards of 500 Plantations in more than 3 Concessions Depth on each Side the River. . . .
1911
The apple culture a few miles inland is comparable to the best of the Annapolis valley; and the orchards of our Acadians of these Concessions recall the most flourishing to be found in Normandy
2n.

in Upper Canada and post-seigneural Lower Canada, one of the ranges (def. 2b) of thirty-two 200-acre lots into which each new township was subdivided.

See: range ((n.))(def. 2b)
Although this term is largely confined to Ontario and Quebec, it occurs in related senses in other provinces and it had some early use in the West.

Quotations

1790
The Concessions were to run parallel to each other, the Ranges to contain a certain number of Lots of 200 Acres each, the front of every Lot to run parallel to the front of the Township.
1846
Property, in Canada, is divided by what is called concessions, which means a range of land that extends from east to west, through the whole length of a township. The first range from the south is called the first concession; that behind, the second, and so on.
1965
This growth is reasonably rare in Frontenac County . . . appearing only in the first, second and third concessions.
3n.

a road built on the road allowance between concessions, following the concession line and connected to other concession roads by side roads, the distance separating each being, as a rule, 1 1/4 miles.

Quotations

1842
What is the number and Concession, (or street) of the Lot on which the house you inhabit stands?
1932
Now, it is some brave lady with a car who takes all chances of a flat tire on a remote concession, or a broken axle. . . .
1963
The areas, locations and fish are . . . Heart Lake, five miles north of No. 7 Highway on Second Concession, east of Brampton, rainbow trout.