What is the difference between “confirmation of reserve status” and “additions to reserve”?
A “confirmation of reserve status” is completed on reserve lands that may not have been used as reserve lands for a period of time but were never removed from the First Nation’s land base. It serves to provide certainty as to their location and status. An “addition to the reserve” occurs when a First Nation wishes to have reserve status granted to lands that are recently acquired and that do not already have reserve status.
