Progress Made on Seigneury Land Claims File
Written by Jarrett Jacobs on 4 December 2025
It looks like progress is finally being made on the Seigneury land claims file with Kahnawà:ke and Canada. Ohén:ton Î:rate ne Ratitsénhaienhs Cody Diabo says the federal government is prepared to begin the Additions to Reserve (ATR) process to return a roughly 162-acre parcel of land in St-Rémi / St-Isidore.
“A lot of work is being done on our top priority for the return of land”, Diabo said. “We have a parcel that the Feds are ready to begin the ATR process [on] for us”.
Diabo says the land in question is less than 5 minutes away from the community. “Once you pass the overpass on the 207, it’s just a couple minutes from there. Very good agricultural land too; that’s what it was used for prior”.
He adds that this would be the first time ever that Kahnawà:ke has been able to formally reclaim land through this mechanism.
