Abstract: The Municipal District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in Alberta. Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.
Metadata:
File identifier:
43667342-7DED-4EA1-B663-8119AAA46A1B
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
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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:
7804273570
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2024-02-05
Metadata standard name:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata standard version:
2007
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Vector spatial representation:
Topology level:
Topology level code:
geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
composite
Geometric object count:
63
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
Version:
6.11(9.3.0.0)
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Municipal District and County
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:
7804273570
Facsimile:
7804220712
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
The Municipal District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in Alberta.
Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The
formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of
land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal
district is a government form in rural areas of the province.
Purpose:
The Municipal District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Municipal
Districts 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:
7804273570
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
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
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:
County
Keyword:
MD
Keyword:
Municipal district
Keyword:
Rural
Keyword:
District
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
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:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
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 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
Environment description:
Esri ArcGIS 12.8.0.29751
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-120.566953
East bound longitude:
-108.810455
South bound latitude:
48.897759
North bound latitude:
58.176673
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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: http://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_boundary_public/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
boundaries/municipal_boundary_public (Map Server)
Description:
Esri map service containing geoadministrative municipal datasets
Function:
Online function code:
webService
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/item.html?id=991cfdfa0f4a4021848c148fdfb4a9ad
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Municipal Boundaries
Description:
Esri map service portal page with linkage to Esri feature service and open web map service (WMS)
Function:
Online function code:
information
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
Municipal Districts in Alberta are defined by Orders-in-Council. Besides name, each Municipal District has
a numeric identifier (i.e. 0506 for Big Lakes, M.D. of) 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 Ltd. (ADP) who provides the monthly update of the Rural shape file to Alberta
Environment and Protected Areas, if there are changes commencing Nov. 2005.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Base Features initial compilation and the layer was called Rural.
Date and time:
2001-06-01T00:00:00
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:
Layer was changed to Municipal District.
Date and time:
2003-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Source data was October ADP Municipal Boundary Rural shape file which contained Improvement District,
Municipal District, Special Area and Specialized Municipality. Municipal District was extracted to
form its own layer. Only City of Edmonton and Calgary area are excluded from the Municipal District
shape file. Names were populated according to Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification
standard.
Date and time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
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 Municipal District table (MD_NAME and
MD_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 Rural Shape file received from Altalis is processed to obtain a
formatted individual shape file of Municipal District preserved with the same original spatial
accuracy. A 2nd process is then run to obtain polygons attributed according to the Base Features
Geoadministrative Areas Specification Municipal District table standard (i.e. MD_NAME and MD_CODE).
The formatted shape polygon attribute values are validated against the Municipal Codes with the
MD_NAME normalized with upper/lower case according to the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas
Specification Municipal District table.
Date and time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
M.D. of Rocky View No. 44: Annexation of land to City of Calgary (O.C. 333/2007). Exclusion of Town of
Crowsnest Pass which has become Specialized Municipality as Municipality of Crowsnest Pass (O.C.
1/2008).
Date and time:
2008-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Lac Ste. Anne County & Sturgeon County-Boundary fixed requested by the County.
Date and time:
2008-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Brazeau County: Annexation of land from Yellowhead County (O.C. 545/2008). Yellowhead County: Land
separated to Brazeau County.
Date and time:
2008-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Name change: `County of Athabasca No. 12' to `Athabasca County' (O.C. 563/2009). Municipal District
layer has exclusions: City of Calgary, Edmonton, Ft. Saskatchewan, and St. Albert. Correction of
boundary between MD of Willow Creek No. 26 / Cardston County
Date and time:
2009-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
MD of Foothills No. 31: Annexed land from City of Calgary (O.C. 43/2011).
Date and time:
2011-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Wheatland County: annexation of land (O.C. 126/2011)
Date and time:
2011-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
MD of Rocky View No. 44 changed to Rocky View County (O.C. 312/2009 June 24, 2009).
Date and time:
2011-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
MD of Northern Lights No. 22 changed to County of Northern Lights (O.C. 24/2010 Feb. 3, 2010) Note:
The name change was missed in 2010, as ADP/Altalis did not report this name change on their
Municipal Boundary Change Tracking.xls
Date and time:
2011-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
County of Newell No. 4 changed to County of Newell (O.C. 417/2011)
Date and time:
2012-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Lac La Biche County (O.C. 418/2011 Sept. 9, 2011: Land separated from Regional Municipality of Wood
Buffalo (Specialized Municipality) and annexed to Lac La Biche County. New ID No. 349 (O.C. 419/2011
Sept. 9, 2011) a. Schedule 1 - Land separated from Lac La Biche County to form new 'ID no. 349'
(Code = 5411) b. Schedule 2 - Land separated from Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Specialized
Municipality) to form new 'ID No. 349' (Code = 5411) Yellowhead County (O.C. 477/2011 Dec. 1, 2011)
Boundary change: Annexed land from Town of Hinton
Date and time:
2012-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Name change: County of Thorhild No. 7 to Thorhild County (O.C. 59/2013)
Date and time:
2013-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
M.D. Bighorn No. 8 - Annexed land from Rocky View County (O.C. 230/2013). Rocky View County - Land
separated to M.D. Big Horn No. 8 (O.C. 230/2013).
Date and time:
2013-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
The name County of Lethbridge changed to Lethbridge County (O.C. 393/2013 Dec. 4, 2013)
Date and time:
2014-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Name change of 'Municipal District of Big Lakes' to 'Big Lakes County' (O.C. 76/2015 March 6, 2015)
Date and time:
2015-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Lac La Biche County became Specialized Municipality (O.C. 259/2017 Sept 14, 2017)
Date and time:
2018-02-13T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Updated boundary of Leduc County due to annexation from City of Edmonton (O.C. 359/2018 Nov 27; Code =
0201). Name change of Foothills County (O.C. 396/2018 Dec 11; Code = 0111)
Date and time:
2019-02-04T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update Name change from MD. of Big Lakes to Big Lakes County (O.C. 076/2015 Mar 06; Code = 0506)
Date and time:
2019-03-04T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction City of Edmonton – Annexation (O.C. 359/2018. O.C. 360/2018. Nov 27. 2018) Corrections were
made to annexation; therefore, the boundary of Leduc County needed to be updated.
Date and time:
2019-08-22T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction Kananaskis I.D. (O.C. 370/1982.) should follow boundaries of Bow Valley Provincial Park
(O.C. 743/1975.) in Sec. 33-24-8-W5M. Corrections were made to transfer Seebe Gravel Pit out to M.D.
of Big Horn No.8.
Date and time:
2019-08-23T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction: - MD and County listed below were edited to correction discrepancies with special areas -
MD of Provost No.52 - Starland County - MD of Acadia No.34 - Cypress County - County of Newell
Date and time:
2020-06-30T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Annexation - MD of Bonnyville No.87 (O.C. 121/2021.) Dissolving ID No.349 in to MD of Bonnyville
No.87. Removing ID No. 349 from Improvement District feature class.
Date and time:
2021-06-11T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Correction - Corrections made to MD of Ranchland No.66 due to provincial boundaries corrections near
Deadman Pass.
Date and time:
2021-09-17T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Corrections - Corrections made to municipal datasets to fix topology errors such as slivers and overlaps
Date and time:
2021-12-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Annexation - City of Calgary - Annexation of Rocky View County under survey plan 1510028 (O.C.
364/2021. Dec 08. 2021)
Date and time:
2022-02-09T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Corrections - City of St. Albert - Corrections made to include road allowances west of Section 12 and
13 of 54-26-W4M (O.C. 362/2021. Dec 08. 2021)
Date and time:
2022-03-04T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Annexation
- Annexation of land from Flagstaff County to MD of Wainwright (O.C 157/May 25, 2022)
Date and time:
2022-07-20T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Corrections - Sturgeon County - Corrections made to exclude portion of NW-11-54-24-W4M (O.C. 360/2018.
Nov. 27. 2018) Annexation - City of Edmonton - Annexation from the Sturgeon County
Date and time:
2022-11-17T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Annexation - from the City of Calgary to Rocky View County - Portion of road allowance west of Sec.
04/09-024-02-W5M (O.C. 210/2023. Nov 29. 2023)
Date and time:
2024-01-10T00:00:00
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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