Manitoba Land Transfer Tax: What’s Changing and What You Need to Know
Date and Time
Tuesday Nov 17, 2026
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
- Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026
- Registration and breakfast: 9–9:30 a.m. CDT
- Presentation and Q&A: 9:30–11 a.m. CDT
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Angela Leflar
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Description
Beginning January 1, 2027, Manitoba’s land transfer tax will apply to certain acquisitions and increases in beneficial interests in land, including some transactions where legal title does not change.
These changes may have significant implications for real estate transactions, corporate reorganizations, partnerships, trusts and investment structures. They will also introduce new compliance and reporting obligations for affected organizations.
Join MLT Aikins taxation lawyers for a practical discussion of the expanded regime. You will learn what is changing, how the new rules may apply and what planning considerations should be addressed for upcoming transactions involving land in Manitoba.
On the agenda
Manitoba’s current land transfer tax regime
- The current land transfer tax landscape
- Existing exceptions and exemptions
- How the current regime treats legal and beneficial ownership
What changes January 1, 2027
- The expansion of the regime to certain beneficial ownership changes
- The policy shift behind the new rules
- Transactions that may be affected even when legal title does not change
- New compliance and reporting considerations
Planning for the new rules
- What will remain exempt
- Potential planning opportunities
- Examples of transactions under the expanded regime
- Key takeaways for upcoming transactions involving Manitoba land
Who should attend?
- Accountants and other professional advisers
- Commercial real estate professionals
- Business and property owners
- Developers and investors
- Organizations involved in real estate transactions, corporate reorganizations, partnerships, trusts or investment structures involving Manitoba land
Why attend?
- Understand Manitoba’s current land transfer tax landscape
- Learn how beneficial ownership will be brought into the land transfer tax regime
- Identify transactions and ownership changes that may be affected
- Review continuing exceptions and exemptions
- Explore planning opportunities under the new rules
- Consider practical examples involving real estate and corporate transactions
- Leave with key planning considerations for upcoming transactions involving Manitoba land
- Ask questions about how the changes may affect your organization or clients
