Abstract: The Métis Settlement is a dataset comprised of all the polygons that represent Métis Settlements lands in Alberta. Métis Settlements are lands set apart by provincial legislation for the use and benefit of the members of the eight Métis Settlements in Alberta. The legal title of these lands rests with the Métis Settlements General Council, a legislated-body that holds the fee simple interest on all Métis settlement lands, equivalent to full ownership of the land, with certain limited rights reserved for the Crown. The provincial government has primary jurisdiction over these lands and the people living on them.
Metadata:
File identifier:
1199D1A2-63DF-4A7D-BC30-69DA04A8F114
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
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
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:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2024-04-09
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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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:
10
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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:
Métis Settlement
Alternate title:
Metis Settlement
Date:
Date:
Date:
2000-03-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2014-01-16
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
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
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:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
The Métis Settlement is a dataset comprised of all the polygons that represent Métis Settlements lands in
Alberta. Métis Settlements are lands set apart by provincial legislation for the use and benefit of the
members of the eight Métis Settlements in Alberta. The legal title of these lands rests with the Métis
Settlements General Council, a legislated-body that holds the fee simple interest on all Métis settlement
lands, equivalent to full ownership of the land, with certain limited rights reserved for the Crown. The
provincial government has primary jurisdiction over these lands and the people living on them.
Purpose:
The Métis Settlement dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Métis Settlements
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
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:
PGC.Metadata@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:
Métis Settlement
Keyword:
Métis Lands
Keyword:
Métis
Keyword:
Metis Settlement
Keyword:
Metis Lands
Keyword:
Metis
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:
Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-118.020241
East bound longitude:
-109.446277
South bound latitude:
53.864937
North bound latitude:
58.113856
Supplemental Information:
Approximately 5,600 people live on the eight Métis Settlements in Alberta (this includes settlement members
living off-settlement), including: Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement, East Prairie Métis Settlement, Elizabeth
Métis Settlement, Fishing Lake Métis Settlement, Gift Lake Métis Settlement, Kikino Métis Settlement, Paddle
Prairie Métis Settlement and Peavine Métis Settlement.
Each individual parcel of land within a Métis Settlement has a Métis Title. This is a legal ownership interest
in the settlements land, subject to the fee simple interest held by the Métis Settlements General Council
(MSGC). While the MSGC holds the overall ownership (fee simple) of settlements lands, individual parcels can
be owned by the settlement itself or by its members through Métis titles.
In 1938, responding to the problems in health, education and the general welfare of the Métis population, the
Government of Alberta passed the Métis Population Betterment Act, which set aside colonies (now referred to
as Métis Settlements) for Métis people. In doing so, Alberta became the first province in Canada to enact
legislation specific to Métis.
In 1989, the Government of Alberta and the Alberta Federation of Métis Settlement Associations signed the
Alberta-Métis Settlements Accord, legislation and agreements with various components for: the constitutional
protection of Settlement lands, the development of local government, provincial financial commitments and
the co-management of subsurface resources.
In 1990, The Accord led to the province passing four pieces of legislation: the Métis Settlements Accord
Implementation Act; Métis Settlements Land Protection Act; Constitution of Alberta Amendment Act; and the
Métis Settlements Act. Eight Métis Settlement corporations and the MSGC were established as legal entities
with defined jurisdiction over land and governance; and a total of 1.25 million acres of land was
transferred to the MSGC through letters patent.
The land and rights of Métis Settlements are uniquely protected under Alberta's constitution.
Defining documents for the layer are Registered Plans from Land Titles.
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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 Ltd.
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor 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
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:
PGC.Data@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/item.html?id=63326784a60f4373868ff8b42c1aa2a8
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Métis Settlements
Description:
Feature layer geospatial portal webpage for Métis Settlements
Function:
Online function code:
information
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundaries/municipal_metis_settlement_public/FeatureServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
boundaries/municipal_metis_settlement_public (FeatureServer)
Description:
Feature web service for Métis Settlements
Function:
Online function code:
offlineAccess
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The Métis Settlement boundary is built by selecting and putting available Source Data (described below)
into an edit environment of the layer, to assemble the Geoadministrative Areas (GA) boundary.
The GA boundary built uses Base Features (BF) Source Data which includes arc layers of Alberta Township
System (ATS), Hydrography, Hypsography and Access. In cases where BF Source Data does not exist, Alberta
Data Partnerships (ADP) Cadastral Source Data including block, lot, plan, ownership and right-of-way are
used. Legal Subdivision (LSD) arcs supplied by ADP are also used.
ATS data layer is considered to be the foundation by which all other Source Data should be registered with
when the GA boundary layer is compiled. The Cadastral Source Data maintained by ADP is used in the
hierarchy order of block, lot, plan and right-of-way; regardless which version it is. The ADP cadastral
representation of ATS and Hydrography is not used. The ADP LSD arcs are used for boundary segments that
are interpreted as aligning with legal subdivision lines according to the defining document, but the
representation of Section, Quarter Section and Road Allowance are not allowed to be used as these lines
should be derived from the BF ATS Source Data.
If none of the above Source Data is available and the defining document refers a specific elevation or
contour, Hypsography contour data is used. If no source arc for the particular contour or elevation
exists, interpolation of the contour or elevation graphically is obtained by averaging between
successive contours on either side of the range of elevation values. If the defining document describes
a mountain peak, interpretation of the contours to determine the highest point of the peak is determined
or in certain cases a spot height point in the Hypsography cartographic layer is used to identify the
peak. If the defining document describes a boundary segment as Height-of-Land (HOL), HOL data is
captured by digitization or graphical construction.
In cases if the GA boundary is described, but no Source Data is available except from a digital reference
file provided by data authority, with data authority's expressed permission, arcs are copied from the
digital reference file. Segments of the boundary which adjoin to Provincial Boundary or National Park,
arcs are copied from these 2 layers to define the GA boundary so that the layer does conform to these 2
key layers.
Once all the Source Data has been copied and put into the edit environment, Constructed arcs are used to
close polygon in cases where a gap between 2 Source Data arcs exceeds 0.001 meters. If a gap is less
than 0.001 meters, one of the Source Data is extended to close the polygon, in accordance with the
Source Data edit hierarchy i.e. with the highest order of importance to the least importance which is in
the order of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, ADP data, Access, Height-of-Land or digitized arcs and
digital reference file.
Spatial relationship of the boundary layer compiled is maintained with the Base Features (BF) Source data
and other Source Data with the geometry of all the Source Data remains unaltered throughout the editing
process. Edit tolerance is set to zero for node snap and arc snap. The GA polygons compiled have all the
linework precisely closed.
Attribute tables are created according to item definition, with only one label point exists per GA polygon.
Clean processes on the Source Data beyond the tolerances specified above are prohibited. Source Data is
edited manually in order to maintain polygon topology using BUILD processes. After polygons are built,
they are attributed according to the Base Features GA Specification table standard i.e. CODE and NAME.
The formatted polygon attribute values are validated with Métis Settlement codes and legal names
obtained from the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Aboriginal Affairs.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Initial compilation. The GA boundary was compiled in Phase 1 (1999/2000). Phase 1 source data was
obtained directly from the Data Distribution Unit of Informatics Branch as the data was not
available through Spatial Database Engine (SDE) repository at that time. Subsequent
Geoadministrative Areas (GA) Phase 2 and Phase 3 compilation source data were extracted from SDE
which embedded "shift" during the extraction process, resulting in slight differences in position of
linework of Phase 1 GA datasets with the other GA layers.
Date and time:
2000-03-01T00:00:00
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:
Revised data structure. Correction of Elizabeth Settlement boundary in the area of 59-2-W4.
Date and time:
2006-07-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Reconciled to ATS v4.1.
Date and time:
2008-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Reconciled and conformed to ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial Boundary which was compiled by Alberta Data
Partnerships Ltd. (ADP) on behalf of the Government of Alberta (GOA). The ATS V4.1 Alberta
Provincial Boundary is considered definitive for GOA use which supersedes all previous versions. The
ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial Boundary was compiled in 8th decimal place geographic coordinates
(GCS_North_American_1983) and which was geoprocessed to NAD 1983 10 TM AEP Forest coordinate system,
using ESRI ArcGIS application.
Date and time:
2012-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Migrate to Feature Class - check & repair geometry, run topology.
Date and time:
2013-12-01T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Base Features Source Data includes arc layers of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography and Access
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
missing
Source extent:
missing
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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