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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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:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
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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:
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:
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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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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