Mrs. Greg: I gave the link and I'm sure they have more info to back up their claim.... I've said before I'm not an attorney and I guess one would have to look at their deed and see if these parameters are mentioned:
All that Canadians may hold, in conformity with medieval and feudal law, is "an interest in an estate in land in fee simple". Land defined as 'Crown land' in Canada, and administered by the Federal Government and the Provinces, is merely land not 'dedicated' or assigned in freehold tenure. Freehold is tenure, not ownership. Freehold land is 'held' not 'owned'.
Edited to add: Agriculture
Farms cover a total of 166,798,546 acres in Canada. There are a total of 246,923 farms, with an average size of 674.5 acres. 235,131 farms covering a total of 62,359,984 acres are privately held. The remainder, covering 104,438,561acres, are rented or leased from others.
Private homes
There are a total of 11,562,975 dwellings in Canada. Of these, 7,417,525 are held in freehold tenure by the resident homeowner. 64% of Canadians hold their own home. Mining
Mining companies operate in all Canadian provinces. The main minerals mined are gold, copper, zinc, lead, coal, oil and natural gas. Most mining land is leased, on Crown leases.
Forestry
Forest and All Other Wooded Land in Canada
Unclassified: 19,768 acres total (17,297 acres in Quebec and 2,471 acres in Alberta)
45% (45 percent – 1,031,889,600 acres) of Canada's land area is forested.
71% of the forested land is held by provincial governments, 23% by federal and territorial governments, and 6% is privately held by approximately 425,000 private owners consisting of individuals, families, communities, and forest companies.
Forest companies often manage forests and engage in logging activities in a partnership with the government, rather than holding forest land in Canada. The government, or the public, actually holds the forest and simply leases it to various companies who do the logging and management in many cases.
Forest companies hold just over 1.5% of Canada's wooded land.
As far as whether this country was formed as a christian nation here's a thought :
http://www.afn.org/~govern/Christian_Nation.html
It does say 9.7 % (and the book was written in 2006(?) I think) is privately owned land.
My apologies for getting this thread off track.