Provincial Bison Protection Area Boundaries In Alberta

Two designated bison protection areas in Alberta are mapped, supporting conservation of threatened wood bison. The Government of Alberta created this dataset by interpreting legal descriptions from Schedule 11 of the Wildlife Regulation. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial overlap between bison protection area polygons and other land-use designations.
• Enforce hunting regulations by verifying if a reported location falls within the Northwest or Wabasca Bison Protection Area.
• Model habitat suitability for wood bison by combining protection area boundaries with environmental data layers.

Strengths

• Polygon boundaries are derived from official legal descriptions in the Wildlife Regulation.
• Dataset is maintained by the Government of Alberta, an authoritative source.

Limitations

• The exact number of polygon features and total area covered are unspecified.
• Data discrepancies are resolved in favor of written legal descriptions, not the GIS data.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Interpreted from written legal descriptions in Schedule 11 of the Wildlife Regulation.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Northern Alberta, Canada.