Overview
- Data purpose: To show the limits of the rural districts which cover areas outside incorporated local governments for the provision of services such as fire protection, streetlights and garbage disposal.
- Data description: Rural district (RD) polygons are a graphical representation of the rural district boundaries as defined in regulation 2022-45 under the Local Governance Act with an associated RD name attribute. Effective date is January 1, 2023.
- 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, ESRI shape file, KML
- Data coverage and size: Provincial coverage
- Responsible Agency: Department of Environment & Local Government
