Data · dataset · 2026
Alberta CPR Land Sales Spatial Data 2026
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The Alberta Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Land Sales Spatial Data contains records of agricultural land sales by the CPR to settlers in Alberta from 1883 to 1927.
Description
The dataset includes the name of the purchaser, the legal description of the land (e.g., NW-03-045-24-W4), the number of acres purchased, and the cost per acre. This is one of three provincial spatial datasets in the collection, alongside corresponding Manitoba and Saskatchewan datasets, with legal land descriptions linked to corresponding spatial boundaries.
A non-spatial tabular dataset containing the same underlying records is also available. These records were transcribed from the original CPR Land Sales ledgers by volunteers from the Glenbow Archives and later enhanced by Archives and Special Collections at UCalgary. The completeness and accuracy of the dataset cannot be guaranteed, and researchers are encouraged to verify all details.
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The original ledgers are available for consultation at UCalgary Archives and Special Collections. An interactive web application for exploring the spatial dataset is available through the CPR Land Sales (web app).
Links
Where it is published
- Dataverse dataset page borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2FKPAQRO ↗
landing page · from borealisdata ca
- DOI doi.org/10.5683/sp3/kpaqro ↗
DOI / persistent id · from borealisdata ca
Catalogue records · 1
- Dataverse API borealisdata.ca/api/datasets/:persistentId/?persistentId=doi%3A10.5683%2FSP3%2… ↗
metadata API · from borealisdata ca
Topics
- Stated by source
- Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences
- From keywords
- Humanities · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Tabular 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borealis | doi:10.5683/SP3/KPAQRO | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:arts-and-humanities | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].dataverse_subject:social-sciences | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /subjects |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · borealisdata ca | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| created_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /description |
| publication_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | /name |
| updated_date | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · borealisdata ca | connector:borealisdata_ca@1.0.0 |