ALC ALR Polygons

The spatial representation for the boundary of an Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), which is a parcel of land, based on soil and climate, deemed necessary to be maintained for agricultural use. The data gets updated four times a year, at the end of: Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct. It is also available on the ALC's website: https://www.alc.gov.bc.ca/alr-maps/ History: ALR hard copy base (1:50000) and large scale constituent maps. Compilation from hard copy maps rectified to standard provincial base digital data (TRIM, CDMS, ICI, PMBC). Resolution: Variable, determined for feature from base source. Registry: Land Reserve Commission, 201-4940 Canada Way, Burnaby BC, V5G-4K6, (604)660-7000

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:43 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:43 (UTC)
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criticality_level Faible
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fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
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source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/92e17599-ac8a-47c8-877c-107768cb373c
subject government_and_politics
update_frequency irregular
year_most_recent 2025-07-02 18:21:21.967000
year_start 2020-06-05 16:11:22.715000