Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................. i
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................. ii
Report Highlights ................................................................................................................................................. iii
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Land and Resources ........................................................................................................................................ 7
2.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Crown Land Ownership by Province .................................................................................................. 9
2.3 Land Ownership in British Columbia .................................................................................................. 12
2.4 British Columbia Land Use and Land Cover ...................................................................................... 17
3 Socio-Economic Activity ................................................................................................................................ 20
3.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.2 Population ................................................................................................................................................. 22
3.3 Regional Economic Diversity and Income Dependency ................................................................. 26
3.4 Unemployment ........................................................................................................................................ 30
3.5 Sector Dependence on Crown Land ................................................................................................... 32
3.6 Exclusive and Non-exclusive Use of Crown Land ............................................................................. 40
3.7 Economic Activity on Crown Land ...................................................................................................... 44
3.8 Government Resource Revenue ............................................................................................................ 52
4 Land Use Direction and Objectives ............................................................................................................ 55
4.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 56
4.2 Strategic Land and Resource Plans ...................................................................................................... 57
4.3 Land Use Policy Direction ...................................................................................................................... 63
4.4 Land Use Objectives Established under the Land Act ...................................................................... 67
4.5 Old Growth Management Areas .......................................................................................................... 71
4.6 Provincial Protected Areas...................................................................................................................... 74
5 Crown Land Allocation .................................................................................................................................. 81
5.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 82
5.2 Historical Tenures and Grants ............................................................................................................... 83
5.3 Tenures by Sector .................................................................................................................................... 89
5.4 Grants by Sector ...................................................................................................................................... 97
5.5 Sponsored Crown Grants and Nominal Rent Tenures .................................................................... 100
5.6 Government Land Revenue ................................................................................................................... 103
Appendix 1 Sector Descriptions ...................................................................................................................... 109
Ministry of
Forests, Lands and
Natural Resource Operations
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