Important Notes

CLSS Map Browser

  • The Canada Lands Survey System (CLSS) Map Browser may NOT depict all plans recorded in the Canada Lands Survey Records (CLSR). The various scenarios where this may be the case are as follows:
    1. Update lag - there is a time delay between plan recording and updating of the CLSS Map Browser
    2. Plans without spatial extent - the CLSS Map Browser is limited to displaying plans, plans and field notes and field notes only surveys for which a plan extent was defined. The following plan types may not be available through the Map Browser:
      • Reports
      • Mapping products
      • Sketches
    3. Plans relating to former or cancelled Canada Lands - Lands which are no longer Canada Lands as per section 24 of the Canada Lands Surveys Act are not available through the CLSS Map Browser

    The Canada Lands Survey Records (CLSR) are updated regularly and reflect the most recent recorded survey information. In order to obtain a complete listing of all applicable plans, including those exceptions listed above, please refer to the CLSS Survey Plan Search.

  • When using the information within the CLSS Map Browser for Canada Lands in Nova Scotia one must assess the implications of the application of Section 103 of the Environment Act (S.N.S. 1994-95, c. 1) and its legislative precedents as they apply to the jurisdiction for the extent of the beds of watercourses as defined therein. In addition, some watercourses as defined in the said legislation may or may not be shown in the dataset.