Alberta Oil Sands Leases And Licences

Polygon features represent oil sands applications, agreements, leases, and licences across Alberta. The data documents the legal rights to explore for oil sands resources, managed by the Government of Alberta. Records were last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of oil sands agreements using polygon features.
• Track changes in land tenure over time using term date attributes for leases and licences.
• Compare the extent of different agreement types, such as applications versus active leases.
• Map exploration rights density by overlaying agreement polygons with other geospatial layers.

Strengths

• Data is updated regularly, with a last update date in March 2026.
• Provides official government records on mineral rights and land tenure.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and temporal coverage of the records are unknown.
• Data completeness for historical agreements is uncertain.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Official government records of mineral rights applications and agreements.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada