Hamlets are smaller settlement areas identified in municipal official plans, generally without municipal water and sewer servicing. For precise boundaries and locations of hamlets, the appropriate municipality should be consulted.

The Hamlet dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Hamlets in Alberta. The formation of a Hamlet can occur if there are 5 or more buildings used as dwellings with a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres, has a generally accepted boundary and name and contains parcels of land that are used for non-residential purposes. Hamlet is an unincorporated community that can be designated by the council of Municipal District or Specialized Municipality within their boundaries, or by the Minister of Municipal Affairs within the boundaries of an Improvement District.

The Culture Point dataset is comprised of all the points that represent Hamlets, Localities and Townsites in Alberta. The formation of a Hamlet can occur if there are 5 or more buildings used as dwellings with a majority of which are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres, has a generally accepted boundary and name and contains parcels of land that are used for non-residential purposes. Hamlet is an unincorporated community that can be designated by the council of Municipal District or Specialized Municipality within their boundaries, or by the Minister of Municipal Affairs within the boundaries of an Improvement District. Locality is an unincorporated place or an area with scattered population. Townsite is a federally administered village. The boundaries of rural classification of Locality and Townsite are often undefined.

Built-Up Areas are man-made land cover features, ranging from small hamlets at rural cross roads to large cities. This product requires the use of geographic information system (GIS) software.

Minor urban center is one of the 7 Niagara Escarpment Plan land use designations. This designation includes rural settlements, villages and hamlets. The boundaries of minor urban centres are defined by the municipality in an approved official plan and/or secondary plan. [More information](http://www.escarpment.org)

The Town dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Towns in Alberta. Town is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Town can occur if a majority of buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square metres and there is a population of 1000 or more.

The Village dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Villages in Alberta. Village is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of a Village can occur when a majority of the buildings are on parcels of land smaller than 1850 square meters and there is a population of 300 or more.

A tribal council is a grouping of First Nations with common interests who voluntarily joined together to provide services to member First Nations.The tribal council geographic location dataset contains the geographic location of all tribal councils in Canada as points as well as basic attributes data. Each tribal council point represents its address as it is registered in Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Indian Government Support System (IGSS). A connection with the IGSS is in place to ensure that any update to the system is reflected in the attributes data associated with the geography of each tribal council. This dataset is Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) official source for Tribal Councils geographic location on maps.

Buildings located on the territory of the City of Sherbrooke and belonging to one of the following categories: business, hospital, school or municipal building. These categories are respectively associated with subtype codes 2, 3, 4, and 5 attributes:ID - Unique IdentifierSubtype - Building Subtype Code (2 - Business, 3 - Hospital, 4 - Hospital, 4 - School, 4 - School, 5 - Municipal Building)**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Work in progress during the current day on the territory of the City of Sherbrooke.attributs:ID - Unique identifierMunicipality - Municipality codeType - Type of workSub-type - Sub-type of workDescription - Description of the workDescription - Description of the workDescription - Description of the workConstruction - Construction unit - Unit of realization of the workLocation - Unit of realization of the workLocation - Street affected by the workIntersection - Intersection affected by the worksCivic number - Civic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned by the worksConstruction - Unit of completion of the workLocation - Street affected by the workIntersection - Intersection affected by the worksNo_Civic - Civic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned by the worksCivic number concerned Voie_de - Cross lane from which the street is affected (see LOCATION) WAY_A - Cross lane up to which the street is affected (see LOCATION) DATE_START - Construction start date (UTC or local depending on the various formats offered) DATE_END - Construction end date (UTC or local depending on the various formats offered) TRAFFIC - Effect on trafficSignaler - Presence of signalersPresence of signalsSpeed - Modification of the speed limitSpeed - Modification of the speed limitPolice - Increased police presenceCoureWater - Cutoff in the drinking water supplyPerteAccess - Temporary loss of access to vehicle entrancesCommon transport - Possible disruption of public transitSchool - Presence of a school or school corridorCommerce - Presence of businessesSubsequent workSubsequent work - Planned subsequent workNote - Additional clarificationsDebuthe date - Construction start date (Eastern time) “YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM"datefinHE - Date of completion of work (Eastern time) “YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm”**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**