A Surveyor General Diagram is the fundamental registerable document prepared by the land surveyor. This document consists of very essential property and land information.

This information includes the unique designation of the property; an illustration showing the property; the boundary description listing the corner beacons and the details of any curvilinear boundary; descriptions of the corner beacons; a table listing the numerical data of the boundaries and the size of the property.

The most common type of diagram is an SG Diagram which is cutting off a portion of a parent property