Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The group Special Area Boundary contains the following layers:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1) Special Area Boundary Name</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2) Special Area Boundary Outline</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3) Special Area Boundary Area</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The group is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Refer to the individual layers contained within the group for their metadata.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Special Area Boundary Name is comprised of the name of all the polygons that represent Special Areas in Alberta. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Special Area is a rural municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. Special Areas were established under the Special Areas Act in 1938 due to extreme hardship of the drought years of the 1930s. The Special Areas Act of 1938 has more or less remained intact although there were some amendments in 1966 and 1985. Special Area refers to a rural area in southeast Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Special Area dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Special Areas in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:3,466,742 with the label symbology controlled by label classes based on visually optimized scale ranges.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Special Area Boundary Outline represents the outline of of all the polygons that represent Special Areas in Alberta. Special Area is a rural municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Special Area is a rural municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. Special Areas were established under the Special Areas Act in 1938 due to extreme hardship of the drought years of the 1930s. The Special Areas Act of 1938 has more or less remained intact although there were some amendments in 1966 and 1985. Special Area refers to a rural area in southeast Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Special Area dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Special Areas in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Special Area Boundary Area represents the outline with fill area at 50% transparency of all the polygons that represent Special Areas in Alberta. Special Area is a rural municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Special Area is a rural municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. Special Areas were established under the Special Areas Act in 1938 due to extreme hardship of the drought years of the 1930s. The Special Areas Act of 1938 has more or less remained intact although there were some amendments in 1966 and 1985. Special Area refers to a rural area in southeast Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Special Area dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Special Areas in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The group Improvement District Boundary contains the following layers:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1) Improvement District Boundary Name</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2) Improvement District Boundary Outline</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3) Improvement District Boundary Area</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The group is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Refer to the individual layers contained within the group for their metadata.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Improvement District Boundary Name is comprised of the name of all the polygons that represent all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent large unincorporated rural areas in Alberta. Improvement District is a large unincorporated rural area defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act and administered under the Improvement District Act. The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement District except for school affairs.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:3,466,742 with the label symbology controlled by label classes based on visually optimized scale ranges.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Improvement District Boundary Outline represents the outline of all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent large unincorporated rural areas in Alberta. Improvement District is a large unincorporated rural area defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act and administered under the Improvement District Act. The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement District except for school affairs.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Improvement District Boundary Area represents the outline with fill area at 50% transparency of all the polygons that represent all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent large unincorporated rural areas in Alberta. Improvement District is a large unincorporated rural area defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act and administered under the Improvement District Act. The provincial and federal governments have the primary responsibility in the Improvement District except for school affairs.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Improvement District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Improvement Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The group Specialized Municipality Boundary contains the following layers:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1) Specialized Municipality Boundary Name</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2) Specialized Municipality Boundary Outline</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3) Specialized Municipality Boundary Area</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The group is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Refer to the individual layers contained within the group for their metadata.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The layer Specialized Municipality Boundary Name is comprised of the name of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Specialized municipalities are unique municipal structures that can be formed without resorting to special Acts of the legislature. Often, specialized municipalities allow urban and rural communities to coexist in a single municipal government.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Specialized Municipality dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:6,933,486 with the label symbology controlled by label classes based on visually optimized scale ranges.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The layer Specialized Municipality Boundary Outline represents the outline of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Specialized municipalities are unique municipal structures that can be formed without resorting to special Acts of the legislature. Often, specialized municipalities allow urban and rural communities to coexist in a single municipal government.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Specialized Municipality dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The layer Specialized Municipality Boundary Area represents represents the outline with fill area at 50% transparency of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Specialized municipalities are unique municipal structures that can be formed without resorting to special Acts of the legislature. Often, specialized municipalities allow urban and rural communities to coexist in a single municipal government.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Specialized Municipality dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Specialized Municipalities in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The group Municipal District and County Boundary contains the following layers:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1) Municipal District and County Boundary Name</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2) Municipal District and County Boundary Outline</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3) Municipal District and County Boundary Area</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The group is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Refer to the individual layers contained within the group for their metadata.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The layer Municipal District and County Boundary Name is comprised of the name of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Municipal District dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Municipal Districts in Alberta. Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Municipal District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Municipal Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:6,933,486 with the label symbology controlled by label classes based on visually optimized scale ranges.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Name: Municipal District and County Boundary Outline
Display Field: MD_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The layer Municipal District and County Boundary Outline represents the outline of the Municipal Districts in Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Municipal District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Municipal Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>The layer Municipal District and County Boundary Area represents the outline with fill area at 50% transparency of all the polygons that represent the Municipal Districts in the province of Alberta.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Municipal District is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Municipal District occur when a majority of the buildings used as dwellings are on parcels of land with an area of at least 1850 square meters and there is a population of 1000 or more. A municipal district is a government form in rural areas of the province.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Municipal District dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Municipal Districts in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946 with its symbology controlled by scale-based sizing.</SPAN></P></DIV>