The Alberta government plans to automate and digitize the provincial land titles registry in an effort to reduce the transaction backlogs that have been plaguing the paper-based system. The newly released 2023-24 provincial budget allocates $100 million over three years to modernize both the land titles and motor vehicles registries.

“The volume at Land Titles has been unprecedented,” Alberta Minister of Finance Travis Toews observed during yesterday’s budget speech. “To all the realtors, developers and lawyers out there, we’ve heard you.”

Meanwhile, the budget document reports the motor vehicles registry is “near the end of its life” and planned upgrades are expected to reducing wait times for processing.