Private industrial forest land in New Brunswick will remain excluded from an ownership claim by Wolastoqey First Nations after the Supreme Court of Canada turned down an application to hear the case.
Decision means private industrial forest land in N.B. will remain excluded from title claim over ownership
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: May 28, 2026 10:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The New Brunswick Court of Appeal’s ruling from last December is the final word on the issue. (CBC)
Private industrial forest land in New Brunswick will remain excluded from an ownership claim by Wolastoqey First Nations after the Supreme Court of Canada turned down an application to hear the case.
It means the New Brunswick Court of Appeal’s ruling from last December is the final word on the issue.
The title claim case can continue, but the First Nations will only be able to seek damages and compensation for the loss of their traditional lands. They will not be able to assert ongoing ownership.
Last December’s New Brunswick Appeal Court ruling said there is “an important difference between a finding of Aboriginal title and a judicial declaration of Aboriginal title.”
Former chief justice Ernest Drapeau said in last year’s ruling he was seeking ‘to open a clearer path to peaceful and respectful reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in this province.’ (CBC)
A declaration would award present-day ownership,
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