Business Improvement Areas (BIA)

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Overview

  • Data purpose: To provide a framework for organized business communities to cooperatively design and manage; promotional campaigns, beautification and upgrading programs and various other revitalization initiatives.
  • Data description: Business Improvement polygons are a graphical representation of the BIA boundaries as defined in the Business Improvement Areas Act with an associated BIA name attribute.
  • Update requirements: On an ad hoc basis as boundaries change.
  • Restriction on use: Unrestricted
  • License: Open Government Licence
  • Georeferencing: datum - NAD83(CSRS), map projection - NB Stereographic Double, (EPSG 2953)
  • Data formats: ESRI file geodatabase, KML, ESRI shape file 
  • Data coverage and size: Provincial Coverage, 146 kb 
  • Responsible Agency: Department of Environment and Local Government