Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the creation of Saskatchewan's online development screening system. Over the past ten years the Heritage Unit of Saskatchewan has completed heritage sensitivity reviews of all of the provincial Crown lands as well as the quarterly mineral rights sales. The land held by the Crown and managed by Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food totals some 80,000 quarter sections. The mineral rights sales include deeded as well as Crown lands and currently stands at just over 17,000 quarter sections. All of these reviews have been maintained in electronic databases. While these databases have served for internal purposes, the Internet and digital mapping technologies have created a cost-effective vehicle to provide this data in a graphic and easily accessible format for developers and heritage consultants.