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The Canadian colleges and universities listed below offer programs such as geomatics, GIS, or geomatics engineering towards a career as a professional land surveyor, land survey technician/technologist, or related fields such as a field survey assistant and GIS technician. To see examples of job postings, visit the association website in your region.

Two programs are accredited by our national association Canadian Council of Land Surveyors. Other programs are accredited by organizations, such as the Canadian Technology Accreditation Board under the mandate of Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists, or by provincial organizations, for example, in British Columbia the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC). For more information about accredition in the different regions across Canada, contact the association in your region.

For information about a career in land surveying or the requirements to become a certified professional land surveyor, visit our Guide to Becoming a Professional Surveyor in Canada page.

Colleges and Universities

Alberta
British Columbia
Canada Lands
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan

Alberta
Program Institution
Geomatics (Surveying) Engineering Technology
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Geomatics Engineering Technology Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)
Geomatics Engineering Technology Lethbridge Community College
Department of Geomatics Engineeering
Bachelor of Science in Geomatics Engineering Degree Program
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Accredited by Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Science - Geography,
with a Concentration in Geographical Information Science
University of Lethbridge
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Olds College

British Columbia
Program Institution
Geomatics Engineering Technology British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
GIS Program British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)

Canada Lands
See the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors for details about how to become a surveyor on the Canada Lands.

Manitoba
Program Institution
Civil Engineering Technology - Geomatics Technology option Red River College

New Brunswick
Program Institution
Civil Engineering Technology - Option : Highway and Municipal New Brunswick Community College
Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick
Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Geodesy and Geomatics Degree Program
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Accredited by Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
University of New Brunswick

Newfoundland
Program Institution
Geomatics Engineering Technology (Co-op),
Ridge Road Campus
College of the North Atlantic

Nova Scotia
Program Institution
Geomatics Engineering Technology,
Annapolis Valley Campus, Lawrencetown
Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC)

Ontario
Program Institution
Geographic Information Systems Algonquin College
Geography, concentration in geomatics Brock University
Civil Engineering Technician/Technology Cambrian College
Survey Engineering Technician Loyalist College
School of Geography and Earth Sciences
- Geographical Information Systems Laboratory
- Centre for Spatial Analysis
McMaster University
GIS - Geospatial Management Postgraduate Program Niagara College Canada
Civil Engineering -
Geomatics option
Ryerson University
Geomatics Institute at Fleming Fleming College
Geomatics Program,
Faculty of Environmental Studies
University of Waterloo
Geographic Information Science, GIS Lab, and Faculty of Arts & Science - GIS Queen's University
Geomatics Engineering York University
Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering
- Earth Science and Geomatics Engineering
York University

Prince Edward Island
Program Institution
Engineering Faculty University of Prince Edward Island
Construction Technology Holland College

Quebec
Program Institution
Faculté de foresterie et de géomatique
Département des sciences géomatiques
Laval University / Université Laval
Technologie de la géomatique / Cartographie CÉGEP de l'Outaouais
Génie civil, Géomatique et Dessin technique Collège Ahuntsic
Secteur technique Collège Ahuntsic

Saskatchewan
Program Institution
Geomatics Technology,
Palliser Campus, Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology

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