Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

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5.1 Overview Crown land is an important public asset, which accounts for the vast majority of BC’s land base. With virtually every sector and community in the province having some reliance on Crown land, allocation decisions play a pivotal role in contributing to the economic well-being of the province, its environmental sustainability, and the health of its communities and citizens. The process of allocating Crown land has legislative, policy and operational components. At the legislative Crown Land: Indicators and 82 Statistics Report Land and Resources Land Use Direction and Objectives Crown Land Allocation level, Acts and regulations, including the Land Act, provide the overall legislative framework governing Crown land. At the policy level, strategic Crown land policies guide allocation decisions. At the operational level, procedures, practices and decisions determine how land is allocated. Part 5 presents a range of indicators and statistics of Crown land allocation, focusing on Crown land dispositions under the Land Act. Socio-economic Activity
5.2 Historical Tenures and Grants Why is this Important? By looking at past Crown land allocation, trends can be observed and insight gained on the state of industry and the priorities of government. This information is foundational for understanding the demand and supply of Crown land, and is useful for ministries engaged in strategic planning, policy development, business planning, and operational management. Key Statistics Dispositions of Crown land are made by issuing a tenure or a grant. The term “tenure” refers to the leases, licences, rights-of-way, and permits that are provided by the Province to a client (e.g. individual, company, or government agency). Tenures are provided for a temporary period, typically up to Figure 18 Annual Tenures Issued, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Source: Tantalis Note: Includes both new and replacement tenures 30 years. The permanent allocation of Crown land is referred to as a “Crown grant”, and is defined in the Land Act as the instrument which conveys Crown land under fee simple title. Often a grant takes the form of a sale at market value. The vast majority of Crown land allocated annually under the Land Act is disposed of through issuing tenures. From 2000/2001 to 2008/2009, tenures accounted for 99% of the Crown land area allocated and 95% of the total number of all Land Act dispositions. Over this period, a total of 59,533 new and replacement tenures were issued, and 2,943 grants made, for a variety of purposes. Figure 18 shows the annual number of tenures issued (both new and replacement) and the area of the tenures (in hectares) issued over the 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 period. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 83
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Acknowledgements This project was l
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Report Highlights Land and Resource
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements
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Figure 25 Average Area of Current T
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1 Introduction
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Legislation Governing Crown Land Ma
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Section Key Statistics and Indicato
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Land and 2 Resources
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2.2 Crown Land Ownership by Provinc
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Additional Information • Informat
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how much of the lands in some of th
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Private (fee simple title) lands ar
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2.4 British Columbia Land Use and L
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The distribution of land uses and c
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3.1 Overview The continued well-bei
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First Nations are an important part
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The sub-region with the greatest nu
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Map 5 illustrates the dominant inco
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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
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Page 51 and 52: Table 6 Crown Land Tenured or Prote
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Page 59 and 60: GDP produced by forestry support se
Page 61 and 62: The proportion of 2006 GDP produced
Page 63 and 64: Figure 12 Government Resource Reven
Page 65 and 66: Land Use Direction 4 and Objectives
Page 67 and 68: 4.2 Strategic Land and Resource Pla
Page 69 and 70: In BC, 85% of the land base (80,011
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Page 73 and 74: 4.3 Land Use Policy Direction Why i
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Page 77 and 78: 4.4 Land Use Objectives Established
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Page 81 and 82: 4.5 Old Growth Management Areas Why
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Page 87 and 88: Figure 14 shows the amount and prop
Page 89 and 90: Discussion Figure 17 Percentage of
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Page 97 and 98: Discussion Just over half (51%) of
Page 99 and 100: 5.3 Tenures by Sector Why is this I
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Page 105 and 106: Discussion Overall, the total numbe
Page 107 and 108: 5.4 Grants by Sector Why is this Im
Page 109 and 110: Discussion The residential, agricul
Page 111 and 112: Figure 29 Sponsored Crown Grants an
Page 113 and 114: 5.6 Government Land Revenue Why is
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