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Profile of the North Saskatchewan Region and Alberta, 201184 Additional copies of the report are available at: Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Land Use Secretariat 9th floor, Centre West Building 10035 - 108 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 3E1 www.landuse.alberta.ca ISBN: 978-1-4601-1714-9 (printed version) 978-1-4601-1715-6 (online version) Printed May 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Alberta’s Land-use Framework ............................................................1 Purpose of this Profile ..........................................................................3 THE NORTH SASKATCHEWAN REGION ....................................................4 Regional Overview ...............................................................................5 SETTLEMENT AND LAND MANAGEMENT .................................................8 Settlement ............................................................................................9 Private Lands ..................................................................................... 11 Land Management ............................................................................. 11 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY .....................................16 Economy and Gross Domestic Product .............................................17 Energy and Minerals ..........................................................................21 Agriculture ..........................................................................................34 Forestry ..............................................................................................44 Tourism ..............................................................................................50 Other Industry ....................................................................................53 REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................54 Transportation Infrastructure ..............................................................55 Water, Wastewater and Waste Management Infrastructure ...............58 Electricity Generation and Transmission Facilities .............................61 COMMUNITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ........................................................62 Population and Demographics ...........................................................63 Aboriginal Communities .....................................................................66 Community Health .............................................................................68 Cost of Living .....................................................................................69 Higher Education ...............................................................................70 Culture and Community .....................................................................72 Parks and Recreation ........................................................................72 Historic Resources .............................................................................80 ECOSYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT .................................................82 Natural Regions and Subregions .......................................................83 Biodiversity .........................................................................................88 Species at Risk ..................................................................................91 Air and Emissions ..............................................................................95 Water ..................................................................................................98 Climate Variability ............................................................................. 110 North Saskatchewan Regional Plan • Profile of the Region iii NSRP - North Saskatchewan Regional Plan LIST OF FIGURES: Figure 1: Land Use Regions ............................................................................2 Figure 2: North Saskatchewan Region ............................................................6 Figure 3: Counties and Municipal Districts ....................................................10 Figure 4: Land Ownership .............................................................................12 Figure 5: GDP Shares of Industries in the North Saskatchewan ...................17 Region, 2012 Figure 6: Employment Shares of Industries in the North Saskatchewan ......18 Region 2012 Figure 7: North Saskatchewan Region Building Permits (2012) - .................19 Share of Total Building Permit Value by Sector Figure 8: Petroleum and Natural Gas Agreements........................................22 Figure 9: Crude Oil and Natural Gas .............................................................25 Figure 10: Oil Sand Areas and Agreements ..................................................26 Figure 11: Coal Applications and Agreements ...............................................29 Figure 12: Land Cover ...................................................................................35 Figure 13: Arable Land Suitable for Agricultural Crops..................................38 Figure 14: Confined Feeding Operations ......................................................42 Figure 15: Forest Management Agreements .................................................46 Figure 16: Roads, Railways and Airports ......................................................56 Figure 17: Population Settlements ................................................................64 Figure 18: Age and Gender Demographic Profile of the North ......................65 Saskatchewan Region and Alberta, 2011 Figure 19: Health Trends in the North Saskatchewan Region ......................69 Figure 20: Regional Supply of Recreation and Tourism Features .................74 Figure 21: Parks and Protected Areas...........................................................77 Figure 22: Natural Regions and Subregions .................................................84 Figure 23: Airshed Zones and Air Monitoring Stations ..................................96 Figure 24: Watersheds ..................................................................................99 Figure 25: Monthly Breakdown of Flow in the North Saskatchewan River ..103 Figure 26: Phosphorous levels in the North Saskatchewan River, .............106 upstream (Devon) and downstream (Pakan) of the Capital Region, 2008 Figure 27: Wetlands ....................................................................................108 iv North Saskatchewan Regional Plan • Profile of the Region LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: Provincial Protected Areas in the North Saskatchewan Region ......13 Table 2: Federal Protected Areas in the North Saskatchewan Region ..........14 Table 3: CFB Land in the North Saskatchewan Region ................................15 Table 4: Inventory of Major Projects, August 2013 ........................................20 Table 5: Farm Statistics for 1981-2006 for the North .....................................36 Saskatchewan Region Table 6: Agricultural Land Use in the North Saskatchewan Region ..............37 Table 7: Livestock Numbers in the North Saskatchewan Region (2011) .......40 Table 8: Livestock Grazing in the North Saskatchewan Region ....................41 Table 9: Alberta Exports and Imports by Mode (2008) ..................................55 Table 10: Population of First Nations .............................................................67 Table 11: Metis Population .............................................................................68 Table 12: Higher Education in the North Saskatchewan Region (2006) .......70 Table 13: Federal Protected Areas in the North Saskatchewan Region ........75 Table 14: Alberta Parks in the North Saskatchewan Region .........................76 Table 15: Natural Subregion distribution within the North .............................85 Saskatchewan Region Table 16: Underrepresented Natural Landscape Types by Natural ...............89 Subregion within Protected Areas in the North Saskatchewan Region Table 17: Species at Risk (Vertebrates) ........................................................92 North Saskatchewan Regional Plan • Profile of the Region v INTRODUCTION Alberta’s Land-use Framework In response to Alberta’s remarkable growth in recent years, the Government of Alberta began a comprehensive initiative in 2006 to develop a new land-use system for the province. Following consultation with a broad range of Albertans, the government released the Land-use Framework1 on December 3rd, 2008. The Land-use Framework is a new approach to managing lands and natural resources to achieve Alberta’s long-term economic, environmental and social goals. The framework provides a blueprint for making decisions that will help address growth pressures on our land, environment, and communities, while respecting the private property rights of Albertans. It is designed to ensure good stewardship of our lands and resources, so that future generations of Albertans can continue to benefit from the province’s natural beauty and prosperity. The framework establishes three desired outcomes: • A healthy economy supported by our land and natural resources; • Healthy ecosystems and environment; and • People-friendly communities with ample recreational and cultural opportunities. These outcomes recognize that Alberta’s social, economic and environmental goals are highly integrated – how we choose to pursue one goal may affect the others. Achieving our goals will require decision-making and trade-offs about how, where, and when Alberta’s lands and resources are used
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