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Earth Sciences Sector > Priorities > Canada Centre for Cadastral Management
Legislative Responsibilities
Canada Centre for Cadastral Management of Geomatics Canada is responsible under the Canada Lands Surveys Act, for the Canada Lands Survey system. This system forms part of, and supports, some 23 property rights systems operated by federal and territorial governments on Canada Lands. In addition, there are over 50 federal and territorial pieces of legislation that establish the Canada Lands Survey System as the authoritative system on the affected lands.
The Surveyor General and Director of the Canada Centre for Cadastral Management is the Government of Canada's corporate surveyor for Canada Lands. As such the Division has a role in protecting the Government of Canada's interests in land by ensuring proper identification and description of the extent of the interests and by providing effective and efficient accessibility to the boundary and parcel information. This mandate stems from the Canada Lands Surveys Act, and over 50 other pieces of legislation or Orders-in-Council. The activities apply to Canada Lands as defined in section 24 of the Canada Lands Surveys Act. Canada Lands consist of approximately 2600 Indian reserves, the National Parks system (including historic sites and canals such as the Rideau and Chambly), the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and offshore areas of Canada.
Under the Canada Lands Surveyors Act, the Minister of Natural Resources Canada is responsible for the profession through the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors.
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LEGISLATION AFFECTING SURVEYS OF CANADA LANDS
The following statutes and regulations, in whole or in part, affect surveys of Canada Lands or the activities of the Canada Centre for Cadastral Management. Those titles of federal acts and regulations marked as hypertext links (i.e. underlined text in blue or red) are federal acts and regulations connected to the full text of the enactment at the Department of Justice World Wide Web site.
That consolidation of statutes and regulations has been prepared for convenience of reference only and has no official sanction. For all purposes of interpreting and applying the law, users should consult the Acts as passed by Parliament published in Part III of the Canada Gazette and the Annual Statutes of Canada and the Regulations as published in Part II of the Canada Gazette. These publications are available in most public libraries.
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Federal legislation affecting surface rights
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Canada Lands Surveys Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. L-6. |
Canada Lands Surveyors Act |
S.C. 1998, c. 14. |
Dominion Water Power Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. W-4. |
Dominion Water Power Regulations |
C.R.C., c. 1603. |
Federal Real Property Act |
S.C. 1991, c. 50. |
Federal Real Property Regulations |
SOR/92-502. |
Indian Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5. |
Canada National Parks Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. N-14. |
National Parks Lease and License of Occupation Regulations (1991) |
SOR/92-25. |
Northern Pipeline Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. N-26. |
Territorial Lands Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. T-7. |
Territorial Land Use Regulations |
C.R.C., c. 1524. |
Territorial Lands Regulations |
C.R.C., c. 1525. |
Various Land Claim Settlement Agreements and Acts
Example: Kanesatake Interim Land Base Governance Act |
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Federal legislation affecting sub-surface rights (oil and gas)
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Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act |
S.C. 1987, c. 3. |
Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling Regulations |
SOR/93-23. |
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act |
S.C. 1988, c. 28. |
Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Drilling Regulations |
SOR/92-676. |
Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. O-7. |
Canada Oil and Gas Drilling Regulations |
SOR/79-82. |
Canada Petroleum Resources Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. 36(2nd Supp.). |
Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act |
S.C. 1991, c. 50. |
Canada Mining Regulations |
C.R.C., c. 1516. |
Indian Oil and Gas Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. I-7. |
Indian Oil and Gas Regulations, 1995 |
SOR/94-753. |
Territorial Lands Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. T-7. |
Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations |
C.R.C., c. 1518. |
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Territorial legislation affecting surveys in the Yukon
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Condominium Act (YT) |
R.S.Y. 1986-1990, c. 28 |
Land Titles Act (YT) |
S.Y. 1991, c. 11. |
Land Titles Plans Regulations (YT) |
O.I.C. 1993/86. |
Lands Act (YT) |
R.S.Y. 1986-1990, c. 99. |
Lands Regulations (YT) |
O.I.C. 1983/192. |
Subdivision Act (YT) |
S.Y. 1994, c. 19. |
Subdivision Regulations (YT) |
O.I.C. 1999/77. |
Other legislative instruments assigning regulatory responsibilities to the Surveyor General |
Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act |
R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3 |
Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Act, 1974 |
S.C. 1974-75-76, c. 11 |
Alberta-Northwest Territories Boundary Order in Council |
P.C. 1963-1118 |
British Columbia-Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Order in Council |
P.C. 1943-5355.
P.C. 1969-786. |
Manitoba-Saskatchewan Boundary Order in Council |
P.C. 1963-683.
P.C. 1964-2040. |
Saskatchewan-Northwest Territories Boundary Order in Council |
P.C. 1952-3801
P.C. 1973-101 |
Yukon-Northwest Territories Boundary Order in Council |
P.C. 1981-1708 |
| Last Updated:2005-09-30 |
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Canada Centre for Cadastral Management
(formerly known as Legal Surveys Division) |
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