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Description
Municipal boundaries for Alberta, Canada, including Counties, Municipal Districts, Special Areas, Improvement Districts, Cities, Towns, Villages, Summer Villages, and Hamlets. The dataset is a GIS-ready mapping database created by Alberta Environment and Parks and distributed by AltaLIS Ltd. under the Province of Alberta's Open Government Licence, with a record last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
Create maps showing jurisdictional limits for Counties, MDs, and Cities to support regional planning.
Analyze spatial relationships between different municipal types like Towns, Villages, and Hamlets for demographic studies.
Use the Special Areas and Improvement Districts boundaries for environmental or land-use management applications.
Strengths
Includes nine distinct municipal boundary types (Counties, MDs, Special Areas, etc.) for detailed analysis.
GIS-ready format facilitates immediate use in mapping software without conversion.
Limitations
Specific row counts, file sizes, and column details are unknown, hindering precise scope assessment.
Data is specific to Alberta, Canada, limiting applicability for national or international comparative studies.
Provenance
Source
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta.
Collection Method
Created as a GIS mapping database by the provincial government agency.
Freshness
Last updated record shows April 2026, indicating active maintenance.
Geography
Province of Alberta, Canada.
Data is distributed under the OGL-CA-2.0 (Open Government Licence - Canada). Primary file format listed is HTML, which may require further investigation to access the actual GIS data files.