In 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This data set is one of a series created using earth observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2008 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.

The spatial representation for a Forest Deletion, which is any Forest land that is to be removed from the land designated by the Lieutenant Governor into an established forest

Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zone was evaluated. This record describes the Lethbridge Coal Zone depth to top.

Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zone was evaluated. This record describes the Taber coal zone's calculated gas content.

The Fisheries Contact Boundaries dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent the Environment and Protected Areas Fisheries Contact Boundaries within the Province of Alberta. The dataset is to help Government of Alberta Staff and external consultants to determine which Biologist is responsible for and has authority over Research Licenses (RL-PAAS and traditional RLs), FWMIS Data Requests, and other Fisheries Management approvals within that region. Please refer to the metadata included with the data for full entity attribute information.

The location of man made areas of importance pertinent to the business activities of the Government of Alberta.

Alberta Geological Survey created a coal and coalbed methane (CBM) database to capture and manage CBM data. The database compiles different sources and contains information on 7923 wells (15,200 formation picks, 37,357 coal picks, 495 coal analyses and 363 vitrinite reflectance measurements). From this parent dataset, individual coal zone was evaluated. This record describes the Drumheller Coal Zone depth to top.

The spatial representation for a Forest Exclusion, which is an areas or block excluded from Provincial Forest at the time of the original establishment by Order in Council

The vector grid system provides a spatial and statistical infrastructure that allows the integration of environmental and socio-economic data. Its exploitation allows the crossing of different spatial data within the same grid units. Project results obtained using this grid system can be more easily linked. This grid system forms the geographic and statistical infrastructure of the [Southern Quebec Land Accounts] (https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/document/comptes-des-terres-du-quebec-meridional-regions-administratives-et-provinces-naturelles) of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec (ISQ). It forms the geospatial and statistical context for the development of ecosystem accounting in Quebec. **In order to improve the vector grid system and the Land Accounts of Southern Quebec and to better anticipate the future needs of users, we would like to be informed of their use (field of application, objectives of use, territory, association with other products, etc.). You can write to us at maxime.keith@stat.gouv.qc.ca **. This grid system allows the spatial integration of various data relating, for example, to human populations, the economy or the characteristics of land. The ISQ wishes to encourage the use of this system in projects that require the integration of several data sources, the analysis of this data at different spatial scales and the monitoring of this data over time. The fixed geographic references of the grids simplify the compilation of statistics according to different territorial divisions and facilitate the monitoring of changes over time. In particular, the grid system promotes the consistency of data at the provincial level. The spatial intersection of the grid and the spatial data layer to be integrated makes it possible to transfer the information underlying the layer within each cell of the grid. In the case of the Southern Quebec Land Accounts, the spatial intersection of the grid and each of the three land cover layers (1990s, 2000s and 2010s) made it possible to report the dominant coverage within each grid cell. The set of [matrix files of Southern Quebec Land Accounts] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/comptes-des-terres-du-quebec-meridional-changement-de-la-couverture-terrestre) is the result of this intersection. **Features: ** The product includes two vector grids: one made up of cells of 1 km² (or 1,000 m on a side), which covers all of Quebec, and another of 2,500 m² cells (or 50 m on a side, i.e. a quarter of a hectare), which fits perfectly into the first and covers Quebec territory located south of the 52nd parallel. Note that the nomenclature of this system, designed according to a Cartesian plan, was developed so that it was possible to integrate cells with finer resolutions (up to 5 meters on a side). In its 2026 update, the 50 m grid system is divided into 331 parts with a side of 50 km in order to limit the number of cells per part of the grid to millions and thus facilitate geospatial processing. This grid includes a total of approximately 350 million cells or 875,000 km2. It is backwards compatible with the 50 m grid broadcast by the ISQ in 2018 (spatial structure and unique identifiers are identical, only the fragmentation is different). **Attribute information for 50 m cells: ** * id_M50: unique code of the cell; * CO_MUN_2024: geographic code of the municipality of September 2024; * CERQ_NV2: code of the natural region of the Quebec ecological reference framework; * CL_COUV_T00, CL_COUV_T01a, CL_COUV_T01a, CL_COUV_T01b, CL_COUV_T02: land cover class codes from maps from the years 1990, 2000 and 2010. Note: the 2000s are covered by two land cover maps: CL_COUV_T01A and CL_COUV_T01b. The first inventories land cover prior to reassessment using the 2010s map, while the second shows land cover after this reassessment process. **Complementary entity classes: ** * index_grid50m: index of the parts of the grid; * Decoupage_mun_09_2024: division of municipalities; * Decoupage_mrc_09_2024: division of geographical MRCs; * Decoupage_ra_09_2024: division of administrative regions. Source: System on administrative divisions [SDA] of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests [MRNF], September 2024, allows statistical compilations to be carried out according to administrative divisions hierarchically superior to municipalities. * Decoupage_CERQ_NV1_2018: division of CERQ level 1, natural provinces; * Decoupage_CERQ_NV2_2018: division of CERQ level 2, natural regions. Source: Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks [MELCCFP]. **Geospatial processes delivered with the grid (only with the FGDB data format, compatible with ArcGIS Pro) :** * ModelBuilder ArcGIS Pro, allows the spatial intersection and the selection of the dominant value of a new geographic division to populate the grid (Tools\ 1_add_separation_geography); * ModelBuilder ArcGIS Pro, allows the statistical compilation of results according to different sections entered in the grid (Tools\ 2_compilation_stat_grille50m). Additional information on the grid in the report [Southern Quebec Land Accounts] (https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/fichier/comptes-des-terres-du-quebec-meridional-edition-revisee.pdf#page=46) published in October 2018 (p. 46). View the results of the Southern Quebec Land Accounts on the [interactive map] (https://statistique.quebec.ca/cartovista/comptes_terres/index.html) of the Institut de la Statistique du Québec. **This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The DND Air Weapons Range dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent the Air Weapons Range established by the Department of National Defence, Government of Canada, within the Province of Alberta. Air Weapons Range is the area used as a practice and firing range with restricted access provisions and which is owned and operated by the Department of National Defence, Government of Canada.