Abstract: The Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Villages in Alberta. Village is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Village can occur when a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square meters and there is a population of 300 or more.
Metadata:
File identifier:
1F781C01-8685-4550-9976-7A55DB028E99
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:
2024-10-04
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:
80
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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:
Village
Date:
Date:
Date:
2001-06-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-10-04
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2022-12-14
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:
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 Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Villages in Alberta. Village is a
municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Village
can occur when a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square meters and there
is a population of 300 or more.
Purpose:
The Village dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Villages 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:
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:
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:
Municipality
Keyword:
Urban municipality
Keyword:
Villages
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:
-119.68331
East bound longitude:
-109.346243
South bound latitude:
48.938576
North bound latitude:
56.307602
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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: https://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_communities_public/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
boundaries/municipal_communities_public (Map Server)
Description:
Map image REST service containing populated places in Alberta
Function:
Online function code:
webService
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/item.html?id=24c8aa099c5b470c8da41afcb72bfac4
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Communities
Description:
Map image 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:
Villages in Alberta are defined by Orders-in-Council. Besides name, each Village has a numeric identifier
(i.e. 0150 for Hines Creek) 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.).
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 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:
Source data was ADP Municipal Boundary Village shape file. Amisk had an intersection issue which did
not get loaded. As there were no boundary update differences since last Base Features Village
version, and as a quick workaround, Amisk was taken out from the previous departmental Alberta Data
Partnerships Village layer and loaded into Village shape layer. As Amisk was compiled to the Base
Features standard, and thus had slight geometric variation from the most recent boundary
representation in the ADP Village shipment. 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 Village table (VILL_NAME and VILL_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 Village Shape file received from Altalis is processed, using a Informatics AML, to
obtain a formatted Shape file preserved with the same original spatial accuracy. A 2nd AML is run to
obtain polygons attributed according to the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification
Village table standard (i.e. VILL_NAME and VILL_CODE). The formatted shape polygon attribute values
are validated against the Municipal Codes with the VILL_NAME normalized with upper/lower case
according to the Base Features Geoadministrative Areas Specification Village table.
Date and time:
2005-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Barnwell: Label change (O.C. 3/2008). Cremona: Annexation of land from County (O.C. 46/2008).
Date and time:
2008-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Marwayne: Annexation of land from County (O.C. 470/2008). Tilley: Annexation of land from county (O.C.
462/2008).
Date and time:
2008-10-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Hussar: Annexation of land from County (O.C. 531/2008). Loughead: Annexation of land from County (O.C.
544/2008).
Date and time:
2008-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Source data was March 2009 ADP Municipal Boundary Town shape file. Thorsby: boundary correction.
Date and time:
2009-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Source data was May 2009 ADP Municipal Boundary Town shape file. Boyle: Boundary change due to
annexation (O.C. 52/2009).
Date and time:
2009-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Kinuso: Dissolved (O.C. 407/2009). Thorhild: Dissolved (O.C. 131/2009).
Date and time:
2009-10-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Milo: Boundary modification due to annexation (O.C. 565/2009).
Date and time:
2010-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
for Foremost: Boundary change due to annexation (O.C. 58/2010).
Date and time:
2010-03-11T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
for Chipman: Boundary change due to annexation (O.C. 68/2010). Currency date
Date and time:
2010-03-25T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Currency date
Date and time:
2010-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Boyle: Boundary change due to annexation (O.C. 275/2010 Currency 20100910). Derwent: Dissolved (O.C.
229/2010 Currency 20100714). New Sarepta: Dissolved (O.C. 230/2010 Currency 20100714) .
Date and time:
2010-11-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Forestburg: Annexation boundary change (O.C. 342/2010, currency
Date and time:
2010-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Nobelford: Correction changing boundary to include plan 7301HG.
Date and time:
2011-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Nobelford: Annexation boundary change (O.C. 403/2010). Warburg: Annexation boundary change (O.C.
476/2010).
Date and time:
2011-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Foremost: Annexation (O.C. 125/2011)
Date and time:
2011-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Tilley - annexation (O.C. 462/2008 Oct. 1, 2008)
Date and time:
2012-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Galahad - Annexation (O.C. 248/2012, July 24 2012); New Norway - Dissolution (O.C. 328/2012, October
17 2012)
Date and time:
2012-12-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Tilley - Dissolved (O.C. 250/2013)
Date and time:
2013-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Barnwell - Land separation (O.C. 3/2008)
Date and time:
2014-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Village of Minburn - Dissolved into hamlet (O.C. 152/2015 June 24, 2015)
Date and time:
2015-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Village of Galahad - Dissolved into hamlet (O.C. 259/2015 Nov. 17, 2015). Village of Strome -
Dissolved into hamlet (O.C. 260/2015 January 1, 2016).
Date and time:
2016-01-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Irma - Annexation (O.C. 298/2015 Dec. 18, 2015). Ryley - Annexation (O.C. 297/2015 Dec. 18, 2015).
Date and time:
2016-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Chipman - Description changed but did not affect the boundary limits (O.C. 53/2016 March 8, 2016).
Only the metadata changed but not the data.
Date and time:
2016-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Thorsby - Dissolve. Name change from village to town (O.C. 344/2016 Dec. 13, 2016).
Date and time:
2017-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Willingdon - Dissolve to Hamlet (O.C. 240/2017 July 12, 2017; Code = 0352). Botha - dissolve to Hamlet
(O.C. 239/2017 July 12, 2017; Code = 0038)
Date and time:
2017-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Nobleford - Change to Town (O.C. 28/2018 Feb. 21, 2018)
Date and time:
2018-04-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Status Change The Village of Ferintosh (O.C. 190/2019 Oct 08, 2019). The Village of Ferintosh
dissolves and becomes a hamlet in Camrose County. Annexation The Village of Forestburg (O.C.
277/2019 Dec 03, 2019) Updated Boundary for Village of Forestburg
Date and time:
2020-01-06T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update - Village of Gadsby - Dissolve Village of Gadsby into County of Stettler (O.C. 16/2020. Feb 1.
2020)
Date and time:
2020-04-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update - Village of Cereal(O.C. 384/2020), Dewberry(O.C. 385/2020), and Wabamun(O.C. 386/2020)
dissolved and become Hamlets
Date and time:
2021-01-11T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update - Village of Hythe(O.C. 168/2021) dissolved and become hamlets
Date and time:
2021-07-05T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update - Boundary for the Village of Hussar (O.C. 406/2022; Dec. 14, 2022)
Date and time:
2024-10-04T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Description:
Altalis Ltd. is the designated agent of Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP) who provides the monthly
update of the Village shape file to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, if there are changes
commencing Nov. 2005.
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Village.shp
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Calgary, Alberta
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
originator
Other citation details:
Village.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.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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