Land Surveyors are professionals with current standards requiring completion of extensive post- secondary education, followed by articles and the writing of professional exams. A Nova Scotia Land Surveyor (NSLS) is governed by provincial law with a mandate to protect the public's interest in matters of real property boundaries. The Nova Scotia Land Surveyors Act regulates this responsibility, as well as details of a surveyor’s entitlement to access to property. The NSLS must be registered with the Association of Nova Scotia Land Surveyors. The Association is a self-regulating professional association that licenses and regulates the activities of its members.

Whyte, McElmon & Associates Limited is proud to provide professional land surveying services in Nova Scotia. We are a medium size firm with the priority of performing our work correctly and a goal of providing service completion on time. Our people understand that the decisions we make and the technical service we provide will have a long-term impact on the property involved. Some projects, such as topographic and grading surveys do not require boundary work. Those assignments that require a boundary survey are of special interest to the land surveyor. An NSLS has, as a primary function, the task of giving an opinion with regards to the location of a boundary. When retracing a boundary, the surveyor can give an opinion only; the location of a disputed boundary can be settled only by the adjoining owners (in some cases) or by a court decision.