This sample plan provides an illustration of a survey plan. Notes are placed on the various plan elements detailing each element. It is provided in Adobe's PDF format which requires Acrobat reader. You can download it for free at http://www.adobe.com.

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Plans of survey and accompanying field notes prepared under the Canada Lands Surveys Act and other federal and territorial legislation.

These plans are available in digital (scanned)  and hardcopy format.

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Plans that are a graphical depiction of Canada Land showing surveyed parcels and plan numbers for all recorded plans.  These are available for many of the First Nation Reserves, National Parks, communities and other developed areas.

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This data provides the cadastral framework for specified Canada Lands. The cadastral framework is compiled from Canada Lands Surveys Records (CLSR), Registration Plans (RS) and Location Sketches (LS) archived in the Canada Lands Surveys Records.

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Value added maps cartographically produced from existing data by Canada Centre for Cadastral Management to support government issues and policy. Some of these maps serve as current regional indexes to Indian Reserves, National Parks and other Canada Lands.

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Indian Lands History in Quebec - The Indian lands history in Quebec is a synthesis describing the territorial evolution of the Indian lands in Quebec since their creation.

General Instructions for Surveys of Canada Lands, e-Edition - Valuable resources for everyone interested in the administrative and survey requirements for surveys of Canada Lands. The main publication is the General Instructions for Surveys of Canada Lands, e-Edition, which contains the current general instructions of the Surveyor General of Canada Lands.

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The Centre produces four types of posters: commemorative, historical, operational, and research posters.

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Control surveys are performed to support legal surveys of Canada Lands, including control surveys carried out in connection with surveys under the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations.

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Survey Reports of some surveys and diaries of Dominion and Canada Land Surveyors.

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