Abstract: The Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit dataset is comprised of the polygons representing Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Units in Alberta. Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta, manages the Fish and Wildlife enforcement services to provide the public and other government departments' information regarding the locations of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Units throughout the province.
Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      38CB036C-1880-43B5-AFE6-C8C412EDD0EC
  Language: 
    Language Code: 
      eng
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta
      Position name: 
          Data and Geospatial Insights Unit
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  9th Floor, John E. Brownlee Building
              Delivery point: 
                  10365 - 97 Street NW
              City: 
                  Edmonton
              Administrative area: 
                  Alberta
              Postal code: 
                  T5J 3W7
              Country: 
                Country: 
                  CA
              Electronic mail address: 
                  GeoAB@gov.ab.ca
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          publisher
  Date stamp: 

      2025-06-11
  Metadata standard name: 
      NAP - Metadata
  Metadata standard version: 
      1.2
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Spatial representation info:

Vector spatial representation: Topology level: Topology level code: geometryOnly Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: composite Geometric object count: 13
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Reference system info:

Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: 3400 Code Space: EPSG Version: 6.11(9.3.0.0)
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Units Date: Date: Date: 2022-08-10 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 2025-06-11 Date type: Date type code: publication Date: Date: Date: 2025-06-11 Date type: Date type code: revision Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta Position name: Data and Geospatial Insights Unit Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 9th Floor, John E. Brownlee Building Delivery point: 10365 - 97 Street NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5J 3W7 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: GeoAB@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: originator Abstract: The Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit dataset is comprised of the polygons representing Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Units in Alberta. Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta, manages the Fish and Wildlife enforcement services to provide the public and other government departments' information regarding the locations of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Units throughout the province. Purpose: The Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit 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 Public Safety and Emergency Services, Government of Alberta Position name: Data and Geospatial Insights Unit Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 9th Floor, John E. Brownlee Building Delivery point: 10365 - 97 Street NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5J 3W7 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: GeoAB@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: Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit Keyword: Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Keyword: Fish and wildlife Type: Keyword type code: theme Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions 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 constraints: Restriction code: license Other constraints: To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta. 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 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 13.3.0.52636 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: Extent type code: true West bound longitude: -120.902231 East bound longitude: -108.457295 South bound latitude: 48.894798 North bound latitude: 60.095171 Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: Extent type code: true West bound longitude: -120.902231 East bound longitude: -108.457295 South bound latitude: 48.894798 North bound latitude: 60.095171
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distribution format: Format: Name: Shapefile Version: 3.0 Specification: SHP File decompression technique: ZIP Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta Position name: Provincial Geospatial Centre Contact info: Contact: 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 Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/fish_and_wildlife_administrative_area_10tm_nad83_aep_v2/MapServer Protocol: REST Name: boundary/fish_and_wildlife_administrative_area_10tm_nad83_aep (MapServer) Description: Web service for Fish and Wildlife data including Enforcement District dataset Function: Online function code: webService Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: MB Transfer size: 5 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/boundaries/FWEnforcementBoundaries.zip Protocol: FTP Name: Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Boundaries (SHP) Description: Shapefile containing Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Boundaries dataset (ZIP) Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Lineage: Lineage: Statement: Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services and Fish and Wildlife Enforcement staff determined the boundaries. National Parks are excluded from the layer. The dataset was compiled by the Data and Geospatial Insights Unit. Process step: Process step: Description: Update - Transfer data from BaseMapping.sde to Sheriff.sde - boundary update to eliminate Bonnyville District Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Data and Geospatial Insights Unit, Alberta Public Safety and Emergency Services Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 9th Floor, John E. Brownlee Building Delivery point: 10365 - 97 Street NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5J 3W7 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: GeoAB@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: pointOfContact Process step: Process step: Description: Creation - Receive boundaries from business areas for Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Unit Date and time: 2022-08-10T00:00:00 Process step: Process step: Description: Update - Changes made to boundaries for Calgary and Lethbridge Units to reflect the removal of Vulcan District Date and time: 2025-06-11T00:00:00
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Metadata maintenance:

Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded
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