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Building Location Survey

What is an "Up-to-date Building Location Survey"?

"Up-to-date", for a survey, doesn't necessarily mean that the survey is recently dated. Rather, a building location survey is up-to-date when it shows all buildings, easements, rights of way, fences, and other improvements (like pools and decks) located on (or encroaching onto) the subject property as they actually exist at present.

A survey could therefore be five years old and "up-to-date" because it shows all these things as they actually exist at present, or a survey could be two days old and not be "up-to-date" because a pool, deck, fence, outbuilding, or addition or other structure or improvement has been added since the date of the survey to the subject property or a neighbouring property in a location

To be a "survey", it must be prepared, signed, and dated by an Ontario Land Surveyor as a survey, and all dimensions must be legible. Beware – other documents, like "site plans" and assessment maps can look like a survey, but they are not and cannot be relied upon for survey purposes. Technically, where a survey is called for, an original survey is required, bearing the original seal of the surveyor.

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