Northwest Territories Annual Land Status Map for Conservation and Development

The NWT State of the Land Map is an annual publication from the Government of Northwest Territories. It visualizes the percentage of Crown Lands designated for or under consideration for conservation, or otherwise closed to resource development. The dataset was last updated on May 6, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in land protection based on the annual percentage of Crown Lands set aside for conservation.
• Model resource development potential by identifying areas closed to development as indicated on the map.
• Support policy evaluation by tracking changes in land status consideration over time.

Strengths

• Produced annually, providing a time series for longitudinal analysis.
• Focuses on a specific, policy-relevant metric: the percentage of Crown Lands under conservation status.
• Sourced from the authoritative Government of Northwest Territories.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Northwest Territories | Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest

Collection Method

Annually produced map, likely based on administrative and policy records.

Time Range

Annual coverage, specific start year unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 18:00:54.575957; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northwest Territories, Canada.