Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

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2.1 Overview In BC, Crown land, as defined by the Land Act, is “land, whether or not it is covered by water, or an interest in land, vested in the government.” 4 BC has one of the largest provincial Crown land bases in Canada. The vast majority of land in BC is Crown land, and the Province has a responsibility to ensure that it is managed to maximize and sustain the flow of benefits to British Columbians. Responsibility for the management of Crown land and resources is shared by many agencies in the province. 4 BC’s Land Act, R.S.B.C 1996, ch.245. Crown land can be vested in either the federal or provincial governments but this report focuses on provincial Crown land, both narrowly and broadly defined. The narrow definition only applies to land owned by provincial ministries. The broad definition includes all land owned by ministries, provincial Crown corporations and other agencies established under provincial statutes such as universities, school boards and health authorities (the socalled SUCH sector), but does not include public lands owned by local governments. Crown Land: Indicators and 8 Statistics Report Land and Resources Land Use Direction and Objectives Crown Land Allocation Part 2 presents an inventory of BC’s land base. The land base is analyzed by indicators such as ownership type, land cover, resources, and land use activities, with a focus on Crown land. New data are presented on provincial land ownership and provincial land use. Part 2 provides the context for a more detailed examination of Crown land management in Parts 3, 4 and 5. Socio-economic Activity
2.2 Crown Land Ownership by Province Why is this Important? Provincial Crown land ownership varies significantly between Canadian provinces. Relative to other provinces, BC has a high proportion of provincial Crown land. As such, Crown land management plays an important role in the operation of the province. Crown land management decisions can have a profound effect on the goal of maximizing and sustaining the flow of benefits from this public resource to all British Columbians. Figure 3 Provincial Crown Land in Each Canadian Province Key Statistics Figure 3 shows the total area in hectares of provincial Crown land in each Canadian province and the amount of Crown land as a percentage of total land for each province. Source: Data for all provinces (except BC) from Environment Canada, The State of Canada’s Environment, 1996. Data for BC calculated with support from Integrated Registry Branch, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 9
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Page 3 and 4: Acknowledgements This project was l
Page 5 and 6: Report Highlights Land and Resource
Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents Acknowledgements
Page 9 and 10: Figure 25 Average Area of Current T
Page 11 and 12: 1 Introduction
Page 13 and 14: Legislation Governing Crown Land Ma
Page 15 and 16: Section Key Statistics and Indicato
Page 17: Land and 2 Resources
Page 21 and 22: Additional Information • Informat
Page 23 and 24: how much of the lands in some of th
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Page 29 and 30: The distribution of land uses and c
Page 31 and 32: 3.1 Overview The continued well-bei
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Page 37 and 38: Map 5 illustrates the dominant inco
Page 39 and 40: Brownfields are abandoned, vacant,
Page 41 and 42: Discussion Unemployment levels tend
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Page 45 and 46: Discussion Industries directly asso
Page 47 and 48: Manufacturing and commercial sector
Page 49 and 50: Utilities and pipelines sector Appr
Page 51 and 52: Table 6 Crown Land Tenured or Prote
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Page 55 and 56: Crown land sites occupy around 50%
Page 57 and 58: Figure 9 Percentage of GDP Produced
Page 59 and 60: GDP produced by forestry support se
Page 61 and 62: The proportion of 2006 GDP produced
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Page 65 and 66: Land Use Direction 4 and Objectives
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In BC, 85% of the land base (80,011
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Map 7 Approved Sub-regional and Lan
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4.3 Land Use Policy Direction Why i
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Map 8 shows examples of resource ma
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4.4 Land Use Objectives Established
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Map 11 Coast Land Use Decision Ecos
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4.5 Old Growth Management Areas Why
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Additional Information • Landscap
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Table 11 Types of Protected Area De
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Figure 14 shows the amount and prop
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Discussion Figure 17 Percentage of
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Crown Land 5 Allocation
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5.2 Historical Tenures and Grants W
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Table 12 Tenure and Grant Types Ten
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Discussion Just over half (51%) of
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5.3 Tenures by Sector Why is this I
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Figure 23 Applications in Manufactu
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number of total tenures issued at 9
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Discussion Overall, the total numbe
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5.4 Grants by Sector Why is this Im
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Discussion The residential, agricul
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Figure 29 Sponsored Crown Grants an
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5.6 Government Land Revenue Why is
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The manufacturing and commercial se
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Figure 34 shows the sub-regional di
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Appendix 1 Sector Descriptions Tenu
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