1. Geo Solutions to support rapidly developing land administration regimes on Canada Lands
Peter Sullivan - Surveyor General of Canada Lands, International Boundary Commissioner - Canada

2. Canada Lands are transforming
Devolution to Northern Territories – Yukon, NWT, Nunavut
Transfer of administration to territorial and indigenous governments;
Indigenous Land Claims – over the last 20 years Canada has surveyed an area equivalent to several countries in Europe;
Self-government – the emerging challenge, ensuring that First Nations have the cadastral systems to activate their land base.

3. Nunavut \ NWT boundary

4. Nunavut Final Agreement
1200 Parcels Surveyed
(not all parcels were surveyed)

5. The monument on the upper left is typical of what you’ll find across the prairies. The other photo shows the 49th between Idaho and British Columbia
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6. First Nations Reserves (~3000)

7. Geodetic Infrastructure
Canadian Active Control System
Web Services
My CLSS
Plan Browser
Cadastral Data
Imagery
Canada Lands on Google Earth
Earth Sciences

8. “Parcel Fabric Renewal - Towards a community-based
Gaps:
Integrated land management (registry, surveys, land use planning);
parcel definition (mixture of formal and informal tenure);
capacity development (access to professional capacity).
5 Pilot Projects
“Parcel Fabric Renewal - Towards a community-based
Cost-effective and timely, land development framework.”