Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

number of total tenures issued at 940, but represents a significant portion of the total area tenured, exceeding
11,951,660 hectares.
Tourism and accommodation tenures account for 45.3% of the total area currently tenured in BC. These tenures
have the largest average area per tenure at 12,893 hectares, 62 while tenures in the energy sector (2 hectares) and
the residential sector (2 hectares) have the smallest average area per tenure (Figure 25).
Figure 25 Average Area of Current Tenures by Sector
Source: Tantalis
The number of tenures that are active varies at any given time. The number of active tenures is determined by
the number of approved tenures minus the tenures which are cancelled or expired. Changes in tenure status are
often driven by market forces.
62 While tenures in the tourism and accommodation sector encompass large areas, often only a small area of the tenure is used for a
specific activity. For example, a heli-skiing operator’s tenure may cover 7,000 hectares, but the tenured activity will only occur on a
portion of specific slopes within that larger area.
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