How does INAC manage Crown Lands in the NWT?

INAC manages surface activities on Crown lands in the Northwest Territories through the administration, regulation, inspection and enforcement of renewable and non-renewable legislation.

These activities include:

• Processing applications for land dispositions
• Administering the field activities of the department in the NWT through district and sub-district offices
• Enforcing and ensuring compliance with legislation and regulations of the Territorial Lands Act , Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act , Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act , Northwest Territories Waters Act    and with the terms and conditions of permits and licences issued by  INAC and territorial land and water boards, through its Land Administration office
• Participating in consultation and the environmental screening of applications for land disposition and recommends conditions for permit and licences
• Responding to infractions related to permits, licences and spills, throughout the NWT
• Developing regional surface and sub-surface land policies in cooperation with the Government of the Northwest Territories 
• Providing support to land claim negotiators and the Protected Areas Strategy  committee, such as up-to-date information on third party interests and subsurface issues, implementing INAC's obligations under various claim agreements
• Conducting environmental screening according to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act , consultation, maintaining over 10,000 land records, and managing an automated Land Information Management System (LIMS)

Land Management and Ownership

Applicable guidelines and legislation