Latest Updates
This section provides a chronological listing of updates, amendments and announcements for the Instructions of the Surveyor General Web site.
- Official release of the National Standards for the Survey of Canada Lands (1.2) (2022-01-01)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.13 (2021-12-03)
- Update of Specimen Plans #18 and #19 and removal of Specimen Plan #17 (2021-11-26)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.12 (2021-06-29)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.11 (2021-03-24)
- New Specimen Plans #20A, #20B and #20C; and removal of Specimen Plan #20 (2021-03-29)
- New Regional Chapter (Ontario) – Regional Chapter 2021-01 (2021-03-29)
- New Specimen Plan: Plan of Survey of Easement (Flooding) (2021-03-24)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.10 (2021-02-01)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.9 (2021-02-01)
- Specimen Plans update – New AutoCAD and PDF files for Specimen Plan #32 (2021-02-01)
- New Specimen Plans #35 and #36 (2021-02-01)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.8 (2020-07-14)
- Specimen Plans update – New AutoCAD and PDF files for Specimen Plans #10, 11 and #11A (2020-07-14)
- Regional Chapters update - Regional Chapter No. 2020-02 (2020-07-09)
- New Framework Accord Providing a General Framework for the Provision of Professional Advice, Consultation, Land Survey and Mapping Services, 2019 (2020-03-11)
- Regional Chapters update - Regional Chapter No. 2020-01 (2020-03-03)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.7 (2020-02-20)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.6 (2020-02-20)
- Official release of the National Standards for the Survey of Canada Lands (1.1) (2019-03-29)
- General Instructions for Surveyors – Department of Indian Affairs (2018-10-15)
- General Instructions (1883) for the Survey of Indian Reserves – Department of Indian Affairs (2018-10-15)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.5 (2016-10-17)
- Regional Chapters update - Regional Chapter No. 2016-02 (2016-04-05)
- Regional Chapters update - Regional Chapter No. 2016-01 (2016-04-05)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.4 (2016-03-03)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.3 (2016-03-03)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.2 (2016-03-03)
- Standards update - Addendum 1.1 (2015-10-16)
- New Intergovernmental Agreement with British Columbia Respecting Legal Surveys of Highways over or through Indian Reserves, Sechelt Lands and Westbank Lands (2015-06-19)
- Official release of the National Standards for the Survey of Canada Lands (1.0) (2015-01-19)
- New Agreement on Land Transactions on Reserve Lands (2014-12)
- Standards update - New Chapter D17 (2011-09-19)
- Standards update - Chapter D8 (2011-06-17)
- Standards update - Chapter E5 (2011-03-08)
- Administrative
Policy Related to First Nation Approval for all Registration
Plans (2010-02-01) - Standards updates - Various Chapter (B1-2, D5 and E6) (2010-02-01)
- New Agreement on Land Transactions on Reserve Lands (2009-02-25)
- Standards update - Chapter E5 (2008-11-03)
- Standards updates - Various chapters (D1, D5, D15, E1 and E5) (2008-04-01)
- Standards update - Registration and Land Use Area Plans (2007-02-15)
- New
Administrative Policy Related to First Nation Approval of
Registration
Plans (2006-05-12) - Standards update in Yukon - Administrative Requirements and Mineral Claim Surveys (2006-08-01)
- Update - Guidelines for the Preparation of Plans - Appendix E3 (2004-06-25)
- Official release of the General Instructions for Surveys of Canada Lands, e-Edition (2004-04-01)
- Standards update - Oil and Gas Surveys in Indian Reserves (2004-04-01)
- New Agreement on Land Transactions on Reserve Lands (2004-03-11)
- Intergovernmental Agreement with British Columbia Respecting Legal Surveys of Highways Through Indian Reserves and Sechelt Lands and Lands Being Transferred to Canada, 2003