ACLS was incorporated on May 24th, 1985 and became a licensing body on March 18th, 1999 when the Canada Lands Surveyors Act came into force. CLICK HERE  for the complete history of the ACLS.

ACLS's history provided here is an edited copy of a paper written by James S (Jim) Simpson and published in the journal Geomatica, Vol 53, No. 1 in January 1999. Mr. Simpson was the first President of the newly formed ACLS and later was Executive Director, then Chair of the Bylaws and Legislation Committee leading up to self-regulation status by the Association.

View article here:  From The Association of Dominion Land Surveyors, April 1882—To The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors, March 1999

A full copy of the journal can be read at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1195103624005755.

Bibliography

1. Thompson, 1967

• Don W. Thompson
• Men and Meridians
• Volume 2, Queen’s Printer, Ottawa, Canada (1967)
  
  

2. Stretton, 1982

• W.D. Stretton
• The Canadian Surveyor
• From Compass to Satellite, The Canadian Institute of Geomatics, Ottawa, Canada (1982)
  
  

3. Records of the Meetings of the Association of Dominion Land Surveyors. National Archives, n.d

• Records of the Meetings of the Association of Dominion Land Surveyors. National Archives, Ottawa, Canada.
  
  

4. Simpson, 1991

• J.S. Simpson
• The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors—Past. Present and Future
• The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors, Ottawa, Canada. Q, Present and Future (1991)