CPA · Condominium Property Act
9 Boundaries of condominium units
(a) a boundary of a unit is described by reference to a floor,
wall or ceiling, or
(b) a wall located within a unit is a load bearing wall,
the only portion of that floor, wall or ceiling, as the case may be,
that forms part of the unit is the finishing material that is in the
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interior of that unit, including any lath and plaster, panelling,
gypsum board, panels, flooring material or coverings or any other
material that is attached, laid, glued or applied to the floor, wall or
ceiling, as the case may be.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and subject to subsection (2.1),
(a) all doors and windows of a un it that are located on interior
walls of the unit are part of the unit unless otherwise
stipulated in the condominium plan, and
(b) all doors and windows of a un it that are located on exterior
walls of the unit are part of the common property unless
otherwise stipulated in the condominium plan.
(2.1) If
(a) immediately prior to September 1, 2000, the doors and
windows of a unit that are located on exterior walls of the
unit were part of the unit,
(b) by virtue of subsection (2), on September 1, 2000, the doors
and windows referred to in clause (a) became part of the
common property, and
(c) the corporation, by a sp ecial resolution, amended the
condominium plan before September 1, 2002, so that the
doors and windows referred to in clause (b) ceased being
part of the common property and became part of the unit,
the doors and windows referred to in clause (b) remain part
of the unit.
(3) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (2.1), a reference
(a) to a door includes the do or, the door frame and the door
assembly components, if any, but does not include the door
casing, trim or mouldings, and
(b) to a window includes the glazing, the window frame and the
window assembly components, if any, but does not include
the window casing, trim or mouldings.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (2.1), if a
condominium plan was registered prior to January 1, 1979, the
common boundary of any unit described in the condominium plan
with another unit or with common property is, unless otherwise
stipulated in the condominium plan, the centre of the floor, wall or
ceiling, as the case may be.
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