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Cadastral (Legal) Surveys
Cadastral surveys establish or determine the boundaries that delineate rights to or interests in land, water, or air space by considering the relevant and appropriate natural features, artificial monuments, metes and bounds descriptions, survey plans, coordinates, and mathematical calculations. Only legally commissioned land surveyors are authorized to practise cadastral surveying. Commissions are granted only to those individuals who meet specific standards of education and geomatics training, and then pass a rigorous set of professional examinations related to several areas of expertise, including land surveying, mapping, hydrography, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and statute law.
Only commissioned land surveyors are entitled to use the designations Alberta Land Surveyor (ALS) and Canada Lands Surveyor (CLS). Our Alberta Land Surveyors are authorized by provincial statutes to practise cadastral surveying in the provinces of Canada. Our Canada Lands Surveyors are authorized by various federal statutes to conduct legal boundary surveys on Canada Lands, including aboriginal and First Nations Lands, National Parks, land in Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories, and the offshore areas of Canada.
MGI’s commissioned Alberta Land Surveyors and Canada Lands Surveyors have been performing cadastral surveys in western and northern Canada for 29 years. We also perform precise cadastral base mapping from our own digital files and the various digital and non-digital files of public agencies. Our experienced field and office staff maintain the integrity of cadastral boundaries while cost-effectively compiling base maps appropriate to each client's specific requirements.
Cadastral Mapping
Our cadastral mapping services support boundary definition, registrable descriptions and documentation, easements, expropriations, lease agreements, oil and gas exploration and production, road and highway construction, right-of-way planning, land subdivision, retracement surveys, and electric power generation, transmission, and distribution. We are often engaged by petroleum exploration clients to provide a complete cadastral overlay on a digital orthophotography base encompassing as many as 100 townships.
Cadastral mapping is very precise. For example, we frequently use cadastral mapping for petroleum industry clients, designing a complete drilling program that includes geologically positioned wellsites and constructible access roads and pipelines. We produce large digital maps with cadastral data and Crown depositions precisely mapped, "zoom in" on a section to add new wellsites, roads, pipelines, and other facilities with appropriate annotations, and deliver a cadastral (legal) plan that is ready for registration with the appropriate authorizing agency.
