Quebec (Province, 1763-1791). Surveyor General's Office

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Type d'entité

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Forme autorisée du nom

Quebec (Province, 1763-1791). Surveyor General's Office

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

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    • Surveyor General's Office

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      Zone de description

      Dates d’existence

      1764-1791

      Historique

      On December 7, 1763, Royal Instructions to Governor Murray make mention of empowering a Surveyor General "to make a faithful and exact survey of the lands" of the colony of Quebec. Further to this, on Feb. 4, 1764, a submission was made to the King by His Majesty's Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, outlining the need for exact surveys of the North American dominions, and recommending that such lands, for purposes of surveying, be divided into Northern and Southern Districts with a Surveyor General appointed for each.

      The King approved this submission on February 10, 1764, and Captain Samuel Holland was appointed Surveyor General for the Northern District (including the Colony of Quebec). The submission also recommended the appointment of a Deputy Surveyor General for Quebec, and on September 8, 1764, Samuel Holland appointed John Collins to this position.

      Survey work in the area which would later become Upper Canada, began in 1783, with the survey of townships at Cataraqui (Kingston).

      In 1788, the territory of what would in 1791 become Upper Canada was divided into four districts - Luneburg, Mecklenburg, Nassau, and Hesse - and Deputy Surveyor Generals were appointed to each district.

      While the Constitutional Act of 1791 made no provision for the appointment of a Surveyor General, the office was maintained, with separate Surveyor Generals appointed for both Upper and Lower Canada. Holland continued as Surveyor General of Lower Canada, while David William Smith was appointed Acting Surveyor General of Upper Canada (receiving his commission in 1800).

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      Fonctions et activités

      The Surveyor General's Office of the Province of Quebec (1763-1791) was responsible for the surveying and mapping of the lands of the Province and the laying out of townships.

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      Contexte général

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      Entité associée

      Upper Canada. Surveyor General's Office (1791-1845)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA84

      Type de relation

      temporel

      Type de relation

      Upper Canada. Surveyor General's Office est le successeur de Quebec (Province, 1763-1791). Surveyor General's Office

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      Description de la relation

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      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

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      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      BA139

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

      Niveau de détail

      Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Thomson, Don. Men and Meridians, Vol. 1 (1966)

          Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Archives, p. 43

          Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Province of Upper Canada and of Great Britain, 1791-1840 (1984)

          Notes de maintenance

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger