Land Surveyors already licensed outside of Canada

If you hold a license to practice land surveying in another country, you may be eligible to become registered as an Alberta Land Surveyor without going through all of the same steps as someone who has never been registered as a Land Surveyor.
 

Introduction

The Alberta Land Surveyors' Association (ALSA), as a self-governing body, desires to promote and increase the knowledge, skill and proficiency of surveyors in all things relating to their profession in order to protect the public. The ALSA, through the Registration Committee, is responsible for the examination, licensing, and registration of land surveyors in Alberta.

Under section 19(b) of the Examination and Training Regulation, an applicant is entitled to be registered as an Alberta Land Surveyor if the applicant has a combination of education, practice requirements, examinations and other qualifications that demonstrate the competence required for registration to the satisfaction of the Registration Committee.

An applicant who currently holds a license to practice land surveying outside of Canada, and a certificate of completion from the Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors may be exempted from some of the regular examination and training requirements.

The applicant’s license must be to practice land surveying and not a different branch of surveying. The practice of land surveying is defined in the Land Surveyors Act as:

i. the survey of land to determine or establish boundaries;
ii. the survey of land to determine or establish the boundaries of any right or interest in land or in air space;
iii. the survey of air space to determine or establish boundaries;
iv. the survey of land to determine the location of anything relative to a boundary for the purpose of
certifying the location of the thing;
v. the survey of lakes, rivers or watercourses to establish or determine their boundaries;
vi. the survey by any means, including photogrammetric, electronic or astronomic methods, of land,
water or air space for the purpose of preparing maps, plans and documents connected in any way with the establishment or determination of boundaries delineating any right or interest in land, water or air space;
vii. cadastral operations and compiling and recording information related to the matters specified in
subclauses (i) to (vi);
viii. establishing and maintaining a network of geodetic points of any order of precision and establishing
photogrammetric controls for the purposes of the work specified in subclauses (i) to (v), including the preparation of maps, plans and documents and the giving of advice with respect to any of the matters specified in this clause;

The exemption does not apply if the person was educated outside of Canada but does not also hold a license to practice land surveying. Applicants who are educated outside of Canada are still required to go through the articling process.


 

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The Alberta Land Surveyors' Association (ALSA) is a self-regulating professional association legislated under the Land Surveyors Act. The Association regulates the practice of land surveying for the protection of the public.