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LANDS ADMINISTRATION

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The Land Administration office of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) is responsible for managing Crown land throughout the NWT. Our specific roles and activities include:

• Processing applications for land dispositions;
• Enforcing and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, terms and conditions;
• Participating in consultation and environmental screening of applications for land dispositions and permits and recommend permit conditions;
• Providing support to land claim negotiators and the Protected Areas Strategy committee;
• Developing regional surface land policies in cooperation with the Government of Canada's Northern Affairs Program and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

For more information on the Lands Administration Division, please click on the following links:

• What do we do?
• Land Management and Ownership