British Columbia Crown Land Tenures Active on April 1, 2009

A historic record of all Land Act tenures in good standing on April 1, 2009, sourced from the TANTALIS system. Crown tenures include leases, licences, rights-of-way, permits, reserves, and notations issued under agreements between individuals or companies and the provincial government. This data was used to inform the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Crown Land Indicators and Statistics report.

Use Cases

• Analyze historic Crown land usage patterns based on tenure types like leases and permits.
• Map the distribution of active land tenures across British Columbia based on parcel and client associations.
• Study government land management indicators and statistics based on the data's stated purpose.
• Identify sectors or purposes for which Crown land was allocated based on the tenure types and agreements described.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple types of Crown tenures: leases, licences, rights-of-way, permits, reserves, and notations.
• Records are sourced from the authoritative TANTALIS system and used for official government reporting.
• Data captures a specific historic snapshot of all tenures in good standing on April 1, 2009.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may show a Crown tenure more than once due to multiple clients or parcels, which could complicate analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia, sourced from TANTALIS.

Collection Method

A historic snapshot of administrative records.

Time Range

Snapshot of tenures active on April 1, 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:25:28.452048; freshness should be verified.

Geography

British Columbia, Canada.