Provincial Park Lands Under Section 7 Legal Designation

Lands designated for management under Alberta's Provincial Parks Act that are not yet established as parks or protected areas. The dataset is maintained by the Government of Alberta and was last updated in March 2026. It provides a legal record of land parcels declared under Section 7 of the Act for interim management purposes.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of Section 7 lands using geospatial coordinates to identify clusters near existing parks.
• Track the legal status and management provisions applied to each land parcel using the 'NOTES' field referencing Ministerial Orders.
• Monitor the transition of lands from interim Section 7 management to full park designation by examining temporal updates in the dataset.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government of Alberta and tied to specific legal regulations.
• Includes geospatial data formats (ESRI REST) suitable for mapping and spatial analysis.
• Provides references to legal instruments like Ministerial Orders in the data fields.

Limitations

• Specific data volume metrics like row count and file size are unknown.
• The dataset may have a geographic bias, covering only lands within the province of Alberta.
• Column names and a complete data schema are not provided, limiting immediate analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Legally declared and described in Schedules to the Provincial Parks (Section 7 Declaration) Regulation.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada