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The Municipal Affairs Population Lists contain the populations for Alberta municipalities, Metis Settlements, and First Nations communities, collated by Alberta Municipal Affairs. Each year, municipalities have the option to conduct a municipal census in compliance with the Municipal Government Act and the Determination of Population Regulation 63/2001. In the event a municipality does not conduct a municipal census, Municipal Affairs uses the most current municipal census that was approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, or the federal census counts. Upon approval of the Minister, shadow populations are collected by select municipalities, in accordance with the Determination of Population Regulation.

The Specialized Municipality dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Specialized Municipalities in Alberta. Specialized Municipality is a type of municipality which does not meet the needs of the residents of a proposed municipality such as City, Municipal District, Town or Village. but formed to provide for a form of local government that will provide for the orderly development of the municipality or by any other reason that is appropriate in the circumstances. Specialized municipalities are unique municipal structures that can be formed without resorting to special Acts of the legislature.

Government Electronic Directory Services (GEDS) provides public access to Government of Canada employee contact information as provided by participating departments. Encoded with the Latin Alphabet 1 (ISO 8859-1) character set. This is the dataset that contains all of the raw data within the Government of Canada Employee Contact Information system, not the searchable lookup. To search for contact information, please go to Government Electronic Directory Services (GEDS).

Registered marriage officiants in Ontario. The dataset includes: * first name, last name and location of the marriage officiant * affiliation * a date stamp at the end indicating the date when the changes were made by the operations team To search: Use the Control+F buttons to find a specific city or person. Note: Registrations and cancellations of marriage officiants are generally updated within 4 weeks of notification. This data is related to: * Getting married: How to get the government documents you need if you plan to marry in Ontario.

The Culture Point dataset is comprised of all the points that represent Hamlets, Localities and Townsites in Alberta. The formation of a Hamlet can occur if there are 5 or more buildings used as dwellings with a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres, has a generally accepted boundary and name and contains parcels of land that are used for non-residential purposes. Hamlet is an unincorporated community that can be designated by the council of Municipal District or Specialized Municipality within their boundaries, or by the Minister of Municipal Affairs within the boundaries of an Improvement District. Locality is an unincorporated place or an area with scattered population.

Localization and contact information of DFO offices.

Find, search and locate DFO offices within Canada.

Municipal boundaries are created by Order in Council as per the Municipal Act. Each Municipality has it's own Official Community Plan (OCP) and Zoning Bylaw. Changes to the OCP or Zoning Bylaw are processed by 3rd reading of Bylaws.

Local service district polygons are a graphical representation of the local service district boundaries as defined in the Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act with an associated LSD place name attribute.

The dataset identifies the location and types of Federal Land. These polygon boundaries should be verified using Federal Crown Land Survey Records and/or title searched at the local Land Registry Office. This data set may not include all Federally owned lands. Official LIO title: Federal Land Other

This dataset provides information about the extent of municipal land use planning in Nova Scotia. Each municipality is listed along with the type of its land use planning described as either comprehensive for entire municipality, comprehensive for local areas only, comprehensive for towns, or single issue. It also lists the date of the municipal land use plans described. A comprehensive strategy is one that address all major areas of concern, for example: residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, environmental, social and economic.