Surveying in Canada, 1931-2006

ISSN： 1752-2706

Source： Survey Review, Vol.38, Iss.300, 2006-04, pp. : 485-490

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Abstract

During the discussion at the 1928 London Conference of Survey Officers that led three years later to the first issue of Empire Survey Review, as it was then called, Colonel Winterbotham, Chief of the Geographical Section at the War Office, expressed the view that Canada knew very little about the surveying activities undertaken by the other British territories. No doubt the reverse was equally applicable. The same speaker also advocated the exchange of maps and other publications among the various survey departments to keep them better informed about matters of common interest.Among the dramatic changes that have taken place in the Canadian surveying scene since 1931 are those relating to technology, institutions, education and professional practice. It should be mentioned that in Canada, unlike some other countries, the word surveyor is usually understood by members of the public to mean a cadastral surveyor, that is to say, a professional person concerned with identifying the boundaries of, and the legal rights and interests affecting, individual parcels of land.