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update Definition (Legal Surveys fulfills legislated responsibilities relating to Canada
Lands and to the survey of native land claims. Legal Surveys is also
responsible for providing and maintaining the Canada Lands Survey
System. This includes the standards and cadastral surveys required by
a variety of property rights systems operated or supported by the
federal government on Canada Lands.

Legal Surveys Division is a part of Geomatics Canada which is apart of
the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada.

The staff of the Legal Surveys Division is made up of a wide range of
skilled professional and technical people. Professional land
surveyors, survey engineers, computer specialists, technicians,
technologists and administrators ensure the efficient operations of
the Division. The head of the division is the Surveyor General of
Canada Lands.

The Division's legislated responsibility is to regulate all legal
surveys on Canada Lands. Canada Lands include the Yukon and Northwest
Territories, Nunavut, Indian Reserves, National Parks, and the
Offshore. Legal surveys create boundaries to define the extent of
ownership interests in land. Plans of legal surveys are used in legal
documents that transfer these interests. These plans of legal surveys
of Canada Lands are recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at
Ottawa, some of which are also registered in land registration
offices.

The Division provides a consultation service, which includes the
preparation of legal descriptions. It also manages legal survey and
mapping projects for other government departments with land management
responsibilities for specific Canada Lands.

Regulation of legal surveys includes:

*the provision of survey instructions
*examination and inspection of surveys
*maintenance of survey frameworks, records and standards
*the recording and distribution of information in the Canada Lands
Surveys Records
*Legal Survey contract management
*Advice and Consultation for legal surveys); 
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      Lands and to the survey of native land claims. Legal Surveys is also
      responsible for providing and maintaining the Canada Lands Survey
      System. This includes the standards and cadastral surveys required by
      a variety of property rights systems operated or supported by the
      federal government on Canada Lands.
      
      Legal Surveys Division is a part of Geomatics Canada which is apart of
      the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada.
      
      The staff of the Legal Surveys Division is made up of a wide range of
      skilled professional and technical people. Professional land
      surveyors, survey engineers, computer specialists, technicians,
      technologists and administrators ensure the efficient operations of
      the Division. The head of the division is the Surveyor General of
      Canada Lands.
      
      The Division's legislated responsibility is to regulate all legal
      surveys on Canada Lands. Canada Lands include the Yukon and Northwest
      Territories, Nunavut, Indian Reserves, National Parks, and the
      Offshore. Legal surveys create boundaries to define the extent of
      ownership interests in land. Plans of legal surveys are used in legal
      documents that transfer these interests. These plans of legal surveys
      of Canada Lands are recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records at
      Ottawa, some of which are also registered in land registration
      offices.
      
      The Division provides a consultation service, which includes the
      preparation of legal descriptions. It also manages legal survey and
      mapping projects for other government departments with land management
      responsibilities for specific Canada Lands.
      
      Regulation of legal surveys includes:
      
      *the provision of survey instructions
      *examination and inspection of surveys
      *maintenance of survey frameworks, records and standards
      *the recording and distribution of information in the Canada Lands
      Surveys Records
      *Legal Survey contract management
      *Advice and Consultation for legal surveys"""@en ;
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