Abstract: The Improvement District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent large unincorporated rural areas in Alberta. Improvement District is a large unincorporated rural area defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act and administered under the Improvement District Act. The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement District except for school affairs.
Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      E9520EAA-B418-427D-897C-47B0675C9F09
  Language: 
    Language Code: 
      eng
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: 

      2021-12-13
  Metadata standard name: 
      NAP - Metadata
  Metadata standard version: 
      1.2
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Spatial representation info:

Vector spatial representation: Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: complex Geometric object count: 8
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Reference system info:

Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: 3400 Code Space: EPSG
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Improvement District Date: Date: Date: 2021-12-10 Date type: Date type code: publication Date: Date: Date: 2021-04-28 Date type: Date type code: revision Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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 Improvement District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent large unincorporated rural areas in Alberta. Improvement District is a large unincorporated rural area defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act and administered under the Improvement District Act. The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement District except for school affairs. Purpose: The Improvement District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Improvement 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 Parks, 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: Improvement District Type: Keyword type code: theme Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Live Data and Maps Thesaurus name: uuidref: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66 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/Unrestricted Classification system: Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification Handling description: https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf 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: Improvement Districts in Alberta are defined by Orders-in-Council. Besides name, each Improvement District has a numeric identifier (i.e. 0373 for Kananaskis Improvement District) 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.). The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement Districts except for school affairs. Six of the seven I.D.s are located in national parks (I.D. No. 4 (Waterton), I.D. No. 9 (Banff), I.D. No. 12 (Jasper), I.D. No. 13 (Elk Island) and I.D. No. 24 (Wood Buffalo) and 2 are provincial parks: Kananaskis Improvement District (including Kananaskis Provincial Park ) and the I.D. No. 25 (Willmore Wilderness). 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 Parks, if there are changes commencing Nov. 2005.
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distribution format: Format: Name: ESRI File Geodatabase Version: 10.7.1 Specification: FGDB File decompression technique: ZIP Distribution format: Format: Name: ESRI Shapefile Version: 10.7.1 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/products/base/20k_base_features.html Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundary/urban_and_rural_municipality/MapServer Protocol: REST Name: Urban_and_Rural_Municipality/Latest Description: REST service containing Urban and Rural Municipality datasets Function: Online function code: webService
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Data quality info:

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: Base Features initial compilation. Date and time: 2001-06-01T00:00:00 Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: Source data was ADP Municipal Boundary Rural shape file which contained Improvement District, Municipal District, Special Area and Specialized Municipality. Improvement District was extracted to form its own layer. Names were populated according to the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification standard. Date and time: 2005-11-01T00:00:00 Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: I.D. No. 24 Wood Buffalo was updated to match centre of main river channels as created in Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Specialized Municipality). Date and time: 2008-06-01T00:00:00 Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: Source data was March 2009 ADP Municipal Boundary Rural shape file. I.D. No. 24 Wood Buffalo: Boundary correction. Date and time: 2009-03-01T00:00:00 Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: 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) Date and time: 2012-02-01T00:00:00 Processor: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, 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: 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: 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: Corrections - Corrections made to municipal datasets to fix topology errors such as slivers and overlaps Date and time: 2021-12-08T00:00:00 Source: Source: Source citation: Citation: Title: Rural.shp Date: missing Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Altalis Ltd. Contact info: missing Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Altalis Ltd. Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: Calgary, Alberta Role: Role code: publisher Other citation details: Rural.shp is part of a zip file delivered to Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta monthly that contains shapefiles of all municipality types maintained by Altalis. Rural.shp file contains 4 municipality types including Improvement District, Municipal District, Special Area and Specialized Municipality. Source extent: missing
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Metadata maintenance:

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