Land Survey Products

Several non-digital Land Survey-related products are available. These products are distributed by the Director of Surveys office and also by the Data Distribution Unit of Resource Information Management Branch. Products include elevation diagrams and wellsite control traverse plans.

Land Survey Product Details

Electronic and paper copy reproductions from microfiche are available for all early editions of township plans.
Price: $2.00 per digital township plus GST
           $3.00 per hard copy township plus GST

These are distributed through Alberta Registries SPIN website.

Please note that the original documents are the property of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. For information on accessing the original documents, contact the Provincial Archives of Alberta.


Electronic image reproductions from microfiche are available for most original surveyors' field notes for the Alberta Township Survey.

Price: Free for download

These are distributed through Alberta Government Services Spatial Information System (SPIN).

Please note that the original documents are the property of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. For information on accessing the original documents contact the Provincial Archives of Alberta.


A limited provincial coverage of Alberta Township System (ATS) township elevation diagrams is available.

The complete set of 225 scanned plans is available in digital Group 4 TIFF format (Tag Image Format) on CD-ROM.

Included with the CD-ROM is a descriptive readme file and a file listing the contents of the CD. Both of these files are available below.

Price: $50.00 per CD-ROM plus GST

These are distributed by the Data Distribution Unit of Resource Information Management Branch.


Digital Wellsite Control Traverse Plans, as Group 4 TIFF (Tag Image Format) files, are available only in areas of unsurveyed territory. These plans detail bearings, distances and monuments.

Price: $100.00 plus GST for three CD-ROM set or one DVD-R

These are distributed by the Data Distribution Unit of Resource Information Management Branch.


The Brass Cap Survey Monuments and Standard Survey Tapes are distributed directly through the Director of Surveys office. For more information, contact:

Updated: December 2, 2009