NWT State of the Land Map: Annual Conservation Status of Crown Lands

The NWT State of the Land Map is an annually produced geospatial dataset from the Government of the 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 2026-05-06 and is distributed under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in land conservation status over time based on the annual production cadence.
• Model resource development potential by identifying areas closed to development as mentioned in the description.
• Support policy decisions on protected area networks using the data on lands set aside for conservation.
• Create visualizations for public reporting on the state of Crown Lands in the Northwest Territories.

Strengths

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

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only in PDF format, which may limit machine-readability and analysis.
• Row count and spatial granularity are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official land designation records and policy decisions.

Time Range

Annual coverage; specific years are not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 18:00:49.232298; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northwest Territories, Canada.