NOC 2021 · 21203 · TEER 1
Land surveyors
Unit group 21203 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Land surveyors plan, direct and conduct legal surveys to establish the location of real property boundaries, contours and other natural or human-made features, and prepare and maintain cross-sectional drawings, official plans, records and documents pertaining to these surveys. They are employed by federal, provincial and municipal governments, private sector land surveying establishments, real estate development, natural resource, engineering and construction firms, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- cadastral surveyor
- Canada lands surveyor
- city surveyor
- commissioned land surveyor
- country surveyor
- land survey supervisor
- land surveying party chief
- land surveyor
- legal surveyor
- pipeline surveyor
- port surveyor
- professional land surveyor
- property surveyor
- provincial land surveyor
- railway surveyor
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.