First Nation Settlement Lands in Yukon, Surveyed Cadastral Framework

A legacy geospatial dataset of surveyed cadastral boundaries for Yukon First Nations and Tetlit Gwich'in settlement lands, including rural blocks and site-specific lands. It was created by the Government of Yukon, extracted from the NRCAN ICM dataset, and is scheduled for retirement on October 31, 2026. The data covers lands identified in ratified final agreements, categorized as Category A, Category B, or Fee Simple ownership.

Use Cases

• Map land ownership boundaries based on the described cadastral framework for First Nations.
• Analyze the distribution of different land ownership types (Category A, B, Fee Simple) across settlement lands.
• Support land management and planning decisions based on the surveyed rural blocks and site-specific lands.

Strengths

• Data is scheduled for a defined retirement date (October 31, 2026), indicating a managed lifecycle.
• Describes three specific types of land ownership (Category A, Category B, Fee Simple) present in the data.
• Originates from an authoritative government source (Government of Yukon) and a federal dataset (NRCAN ICM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• This is a legacy layer being retired, suggesting it may not be the most current representation.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon, extracted from the NRCAN ICM dataset.

Collection Method

Extracted from the Land_parcel feature class of the source dataset.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-01 16:10:47.252505; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Yukon, Canada, specifically First Nations and Tetlit Gwich'in settlement lands.