Government of British Columbia

The Tsunami Notification Zone classifications are used to differentiate the notification areas along the coast of BC. These Zones are used to add BC specific information to tsunami alerts issued from West Coast Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. BC tsunami alerts are disseminated via the Provincial...

This layer tracks amendments to the length of a section in a road tenure application (Road Permit, Forest Service Road, or Special Use Permit Road). NOTE: This layer does not represent the actual road on the ground. It represents where the application is geographically located

The spatial representation for a Tree Farm Licence Addition, which is forest land designated by the Ministry to be added to an established Tree Farm Licence Schedule A or B For further information on Tree Farm Licenses please visit this website:...

The spatial representation of the 5 Mining Regions for the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation (EMLI). These administrative boundaries are derived from the 8 Natural Resource (NR) Regions (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/dfc492c0-69c5-4c20-a6de-2c9bc999301f).

The spatial representation for a Natural Resource (NR) District, that is an administrative area established by the Ministry, within NR Regions.

Legally defined Municipal polygons were drawn from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for Municipalities in the province of British Columbia. In the event of a discrepancy in the data, the metes and bounds description will prevail. Although the boundaries were drawn based...

Forest Licensee Operating Areas for the Kootenays Region, and the Cascades and Okanagan/Shuswap districts in the Thompson-Okanagan region. Other regions and districts will be added as they become available

Rent calculation for the use of Crown land for utilities purposes is based on zonal land values. There are currently 7 zones covering the province. The dataset outlines the boundaries for these zones.

This dataset consists of polyline, single part, and multi part polygons representing the Province of British Columbia. The terrestrial portion of the boundary was derived from the Administrative Boundaries Management System (ABMS) representation of the province: Province of British Columbia -...

The spatial representation for a Timber Supply Area or TSA Supply Block: A Timber Supply Area is a designated area established by the Ministry in order to practice sound, integrated, resource management principles to improve the allowable annual cuts. TSAs were originally defined by an...

The spatial representation for a polygon defining the area of the province defined as west of the Cascade Mountains

This layer represents the regional boundaries that the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction maintains. All service and regional offices belong to one of the regions. This layer is a multipart polygon feature.

Current communities partnering in a mobile business licence program with neighboring communities. To view the the Mobile Business Licence partnerships in the BC Economic atlas, click here.

This view reflects what is in the Tree Farm License Agreement. Once an agreement is signed additions and deletions and changes occur that are not reflected in this layer. If you would like to see the current boundary please use the FADM - Tree Farm License Current View (TFL). Further information...

Legally defined Local Trust Area polygons were drawn from metes and bounds descriptions as written in Letters Patent for the Local Trust Areas in the province of British Columbia. A polygon dataset that includes all of the administrative areas currently in the Administrative Boundaries Management...

The spatial representation for a Pulpwood Area, which is a designated area established by the Ministry where a resources analysis shows a surplus of wood fibre that is below sawlog-use standards

Rent calculation for the use of Crown land for log handling purposes is based on zonal land values. There are currently 11 zones covering the province. The dataset outlines the boundaries for these zones.

The spatial representation for a Tree Farm Licence Deletion, which is forest land within the Tree Farm Licence that is being removed from the Tree Farm Licence Schedule 'A' or 'B' For further information on Tree Farm Licenses please visit this website:...

Ministry of Transportation District Boundary is an exclusive area within a region that the Ministry organizational unit is responsible for. Each Ministry District is partitioned into one or more non-overlapping Contract Areas that cover the entire Ministry District

Current Limited Entry Hunting (LEH) Zones polygons are hunting opportunities created via a lottery, and the details are found in the LEH Synopsis. Participation in the LEH draw is available to any resident of BC who legally possesses a BC Resident Hunter Number. The purpose of Limited Entry...