Surveyor General

The current Boundary Commission has been active since the early 1980’s and is comprised of the Surveyor General of Canada Lands, the Director of Surveys of Alberta, and the Surveyor General of British Columbia. The Boundary Commission has developed a 30-year Boundary Maintenance Plan that systematically inspects and restores Alberta – British Columbia boundary monumentation for all those parts of the boundary that have been surveyed.

This section contains information relating to Statutory Applications to Surveyor General and Associated Plans, and other submissions to the Surveyor General.

Circular Letters formally provide information and clarification on Surveyor General Services policy and procedures, and also formally announce major business change requirements.

From time to time, the LTSA circulates direction to all land surveyors on specific Application and Survey Plan requirements. Access these informal direction documents in this section.

Find useful links, resources, and other publications relating to the Surveyor General.

The Integrated Survey Area Program establishes an infrastructure of coordinate control monuments within developing areas. The network of coordinate control monuments provides a standard vertical and horizontal reference system that supports mapping, engineering, surveying and other works.

The submission of survey plan datasets by British Columbia land surveyors via myLTSA Enterprise is mandatory as of June 15, 2016.

This page provides access to various guides and publications to support the use of the LTSA's Electronic Filing System (EFS) accessed on myLTSA Enterprise.

The PDF versions of most Surveyor General forms are now retired. Land surveyors must use the Web Filing versions of these forms moving forward. Learn more in this section.

A history of BC's Office of the Surveyor General, and early events that affected the Survey Structure