Abstract: The Urban Service Area dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Urban Service Areas in Alberta. Urban Service Area is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of an Urban Service Area can occur if there is a large unincorporated community within a Specialized Municipality that is recognized as an equivalent to a City by the Government of Alberta. It has a population, public utility services, and other characteristics.
Metadata:
File identifier:
973C1D5F-0F17-42AB-8C11-9A1974B7A8CB
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Hierarchy level name:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2024-02-05
Metadata standard name:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata standard version:
2007
▲ Return To Top
Vector spatial representation:
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
complex
Geometric object count:
2
▲ Return To Top
Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
▲ Return To Top
Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Urban Service Area
Date:
Date:
Date:
2001-06-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-01-15
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-01-10
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
The Urban Service Area dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Urban Service Areas in Alberta.
Urban Service Area is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The
formation of an Urban Service Area can occur if there is a large unincorporated community within a
Specialized Municipality that is recognized as an equivalent to a City by the Government of Alberta. It has
a population, public utility services, and other characteristics.
Purpose:
The Urban Service Area dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Urban Service
Areas in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Urban service area
Keyword:
Municipality
Keyword:
Urban municipality
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
Other constraints:
Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
force as of the date you accessed the information, found at https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use limitation:
Distribution Liability: Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is
licensed as is, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and
liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information
Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any
circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss,
injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the
Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-121
East bound longitude:
-109
South bound latitude:
48
North bound latitude:
61
Supplemental Information:
Urban Service Areas in Alberta are defined by Orders-in-Council. Besides name, each Urban Service Area has a
numeric identifier (i.e. 0116 for Fort McMurray) designated by Alberta Municipal Affairs documented in the
Municipal Codes. The Municipal Codes document also contains the number of Alberta municipalities by type
(i.e. City, Improvement District, etc.). Altalis Ltd. is the designated agent of Alberta Data Partnerships
(ADP) (formerly Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP)) who provides the monthly update of the Urban Service
Area shape file to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, if there are changes commencing Nov. 2005.
▲ Return To Top
Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
File Geodatabase
Version:
3.0
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
Shapefile
Version:
3.0
Specification:
SHP
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
4037163490
Facsimile:
4037163494
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 1550, 635 - 8 Avenue SW
City:
Calgary
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T2P 3M3
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
support@altalis.com
Hours of service:
08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis: https://www.altalis.com/
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundaries/municipal_communities_public/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
boundaries/municipal_communities_public (Map Server)
Description:
Esri map service containing populated places in Alberta
Function:
Online function code:
webService
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/item.html?id=24c8aa099c5b470c8da41afcb72bfac4
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Communities
Description:
Esri map service portal page with linkage to Esri feature service and open web map service (WMS)
Function:
Online function code:
information
▲ Return To Top
Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
This dataset is sourced from all municipality types maintained by Altalis. Ltd under the Alberta Data
Partnerships, Ltd.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Source data was ADP Municipal Boundary Urban Service Area shape file. Names were populated according
to the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification standard.
Date and time:
2006-04-01T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
processor
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
The latest MS Excel spreadsheet of the Municipal Codes is downloaded from the Alberta Municipal
Affairs website and converted to dBase III format. The Urban Service Area table (USA_NAME and
USA_CODE) of the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification, is updated according to the
Altalis Ltd. Municipal Boundary Change Tracking spreadsheet, and converted from MS Word to dBase III
format. The original source Urban Service Area Shape file received from Altalis is processed, using
a Informatics AML, to obtain a formatted Shape file preserved with the same original spatial
accuracy. A 2nd AML is run to obtain polygons attributed according to the Base Features
Geoadministrative Areas Specification Urban Service Area table standard (i.e. USA_NAME and
USA_CODE). The formatted shape polygon attribute values are validated against the Municipal Codes
with the USA_NAME normalized with upper/lower case according to the Base Features Geoadministrative
Areas Specification Urban Service Area table.
Date and time:
2006-07-02T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Addition of Lac La Biche (Municipal Affairs has the coding to be that of Urban Service Area).
Date and time:
2007-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Lac La Biche removed.
Date and time:
2008-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Fort McMurray: Annexation of land (O.C. 440/2009).
Date and time:
2010-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Fort McMurray: Correction of boundary in W ½ Sec. 29 and NE ¼ Sec. 30-88-8-4
Date and time:
2011-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Fort McMurray: Annexation (O.C. 457/2011 Nov. 8, 2011)
Date and time:
2012-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Fort McMurray Annexation of land (O.C. 338/2014 July 23, 2014). Note: A section along the western
boundary indicates a difference of ~3.5 m with the previous version delivered on May 1, 2012 by
Altalis.
Date and time:
2015-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Fort McMurray - Boundary change (O.C. 9/2018) NOTE: Altalis April 2018 delivery of this layer contains
4 polygons. Fort McMurray and Sherwood Park are the valid polygons. The 2 additional polygons are
-Lac La Bich which no longer exist -Plamondon is a hamlet rather than an Urban Service Area based on
the Municipal Affairs source. Send notification to Altalis
Date and time:
2018-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
New area - Lac La Biche Urban Service Area (Code = 6578)
Date and time:
2018-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Name Change - Lac La Biche USA to just Lac La Biche
Date and time:
2019-05-24T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update - Fort McMurray - Annexation (O.C. 14/2020. Jan 1. 2020)
Date and time:
2020-04-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Boundary and Name Change - Sherwood park was split into 2 separate polygons: Sherwood Park and
Sherwood park (Bremner); Lac La Biche was split into 2 separate polygons: Lac La Biche and Lac La
Biche (Plamondon).
Date and time:
2024-01-10T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Urbserv.shp
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Calgary, Alberta
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Role:
Role code:
originator
Other citation details:
Urbserv.shp is part of a zip file delivered to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government
of Alberta monthly that contains shapefiles of all municipality types maintained by Altalis.
▲ Return To Top
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
▲ Return To Top