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The 1M City Settlement Town Village Annotation 1:1,733,371 to 1:433,343 layer represents the name of cities, settlements, towns, villages in the Province of Alberta.
The label symbolization is determined by an annotation layer created by Alberta Environment and Parks, Provincial Geospatial Center, Custom and Series Mapping Unit for the 1:1,000,000 base map and is visible between the scales of 1:1,733,371 to 1:433,343.
The layer is based on the Alberta Environment and Parks, Provincial Geospatial Center, Geoadministration Unit city, settlement, town and village datasets..
The City dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Cities in Alberta. City is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a City can occur when a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square meters and there is a population of 10 000 or more.
The Settlement dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Settlements in Alberta. A settlement is an area of land that was surveyed prior to the Third System of Survey and does not normally follow the ATS grid.
The Town dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Towns in Alberta. Town is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Town can occur if a majority of buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres and there is a population of 1000 or more.
The Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Villages in Alberta. Village is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Village can occur when a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square meters and there is a population of 300 or more.
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