Introduction To Surface Public Land And Crown Mineral Dispositions And Activities

Alberta Surface Public Land and Crown Mineral dispositions and activities are contained within the Land Status Automated System (LSAS). This data is essential to the management of agreements that cover publicly owned resources.

The primary applications of this system are:

1. Provide access to accurate and timely information relating to public land, and surface and mineral interests on crown land e.g. surface activities, mineral dispositions; and
2. Support data capture requirements of government departments through inputting and maintaining their data, e.g. all activities and land for Energy, Sustainable Resource Development and Environment.

The data components include:

Clients - all clients having an interest in Public Lands or Crown Minerals;
Activities - all surface dispositions, minerals agreements, restrictions, reservations, units, etc.;
Land - all Alberta township land and public subdivided land defined by a plan, block, lot reference, and;
Geo-administrative areas - such as provincial parks, special areas, etc.
More information on the LSAS Searches Detailed Descriptions and their data components.

This information is accessible to the public in 3 ways.

1. Via the Electronic Transfer System.
   1. A user id and password can be obtained by filling out the form and faxing it to 780-422-9522.
   2. See the handbook for further information on types of available searches and applicable fees
   3. Search Requests (password required)
2. Via E-mail to CrownLandDataSupport@gov.ab.ca
3. Via subscription to the LSAS Data Files. These files contain all Mineral posting, agreement, unit and restriction, encumbrance and well spacing units information contained on LSAS. For documentation on record layouts see LSAS Mineral Entity Data File, Encumbrance Data File, Well Spacing Units File, Crown Mineral Ownership Data File, Surface Entity Data File.

For further information contact:

Crown Land Data Support central number 780-422-5727 (toll free 310-0000)
Support E-mail: CrownLandDataSupport@gov.ab.ca