Publications

Annual report land use changes in Alberta

Description

Through regional plans under the Land Use Framework, Agriculture and Forestry is committed to monitor loss of agricultural land through fragmentation and conversion, and report on an annual basis. Statistics on land use class are provided for Alberta as a whole and for each of the Land Use Framework regions. These reports are used when assessing future needs for policies to preserve and protect agricultural land in Alberta.

Updated

July 24, 2024

Tags
agricultural land agricultural land conversion agricultural land fragmentation farmland farmland loss land use urban sprawl
Resources

Title and publication information

Type
Statistics
Alternative Title

Fragmentation and conversion of agricultural land : land use changes

Alternative Title

South Saskatchewan Regional Plan strategy 1.1: maintain an agricultural land base by reducing fragmentation and conversion of agricultural land

Frequency

Annual

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Agriculture and Irrigation

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Spatial Coverage

Alberta

Start Date

2011-01-01

End Date

2021-12-31

Resource Dates

Date Created

2020-05-01

Date Added

2020-07-21T19:25:35.839027

Date Modified

2024-07-24

Date Issued

2020-05-01

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

The annual reports for 2021 and 2022 were re-issued in July 2024 using the Land Suitability Rating System 1995 layer to analyze the data.

Contact

Contact Name

Agriculture and Irrigation. Land Use Policy