A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.

The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically:

Surveyors general in Australia:

• Surveyor General of New South Wales

• Surveyor General of South Australia

• Surveyor General of Queensland

• Surveyor General of Tasmania

• Surveyor General of the Northern Territory

• Surveyor General of Victoria

• Surveyor General of Western Australia

Surveyors general in Canada:

• Arpenteur général du Québec – prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada

• Surveyor General of Upper Canada – 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867 – now under Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) as the Office of the Surveyor General

• Surveyor General of Nova Scotia

Surveyors general in British North America

Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island

• Joseph Despard Pemberton

Surveyor General of New Brunswick

• Robert Power (surveyor)

• Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK

• Surveyor General of Hong Kong

• Surveyor General of India

• Surveyor General of Ireland

• Surveyor General of Malaysia

• Surveyor General of New Netherland

• Surveyor-General of New Zealand

• Surveyor General of Pakistan

• Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon)

Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors:

• Surveyor General of the United States

• Surveyor General of Arizona

Surveyor General of North Carolina

• Surveyor General of the Province of North Carolina

• Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (today's north-central U.S.)

• Surveyor General of the Eastern District

• Surveyor General of Spanish Louisiana

References

See also

• Surveyor Generals Corner (Australia)

• Public Land Survey System (United States)