First Nation Settlement Lands in Yukon, Legacy 1M Scale

Legacy geospatial data delineating Yukon First Nations and Tetlit Gwich'in settlement lands, including rural blocks and Fee Simple lands. The data was constructed using the 1:1,000,000 Digital Chart of the World as a base and 1:30,000 signed Territorial Research Base Maps for boundaries. It is distributed by the Government of Yukon via GeoYukon and is scheduled to be retired on October 31, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map historical indigenous land boundaries based on the described settlement lands and rural blocks.
• Analyze cadastre and land tenure patterns based on the Fee Simple lands mentioned.
• Study the evolution of land agreements based on the data built from the DCW and TRBM sources.

Strengths

• Data is built from authoritative base maps: the 1:1,000,000 Digital Chart of the World and 1:30,000 Territorial Research Base Maps.
• Includes both rural blocks (R-block) and Fee Simple lands for First Nations with ratified agreements.
• Provides a specific retirement date (October 31, 2026) for the legacy layer.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-07-01 16:07:57.019776; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon

Collection Method

Built using the 1:1,000,000 Digital Chart of the World (DCW) as the base and the 1:30,000 signed Territorial Research Base Maps (TRBM) to define boundaries.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-01 16:07:57.019776; the layer is scheduled to be retired October 31, 2026.

Geography

Yukon, Canada