What CCS and geothermal developers do with Township Canada
Alberta's CCS market is fast-moving and underserved by mapping tools. The province publishes pore space tenure, project boundaries, and injection-well locations through the AER GeoView portal, but evaluating a candidate site means switching between that portal and an internal GIS. Township Canada puts all four CCS layers — plus the AER wells layer and treaty boundaries — on a single DLS-grid view.
The four CCS / geothermal layers
All shipped, all rendering on the same map as AER wells and pipelines:
- Pore Space Rights — indigo polygons showing licensed pore space tenure areas
- CCS Project Boundaries — outlined polygons for named CCS projects
- CCS Injection Wells — circle layer styled distinctly from production wells
- Geothermal Tenure — separate fill colour for geothermal-specific tenure class
Layers toggle independently in the data catalog. See docs for the data-source pipeline (Alberta Energy GeoView ESRI REST endpoints, daily refresh, served as PMTiles).
Why this matters before submission
The AER's CCS tenure evaluation window is competitive. Operators submitting CCS lease applications need to:
- Confirm the proposed project area doesn't overlap existing pore space tenure
- Identify existing or planned injection wells in the formation
- Cross-reference treaty / consultation overlay for duty-to-consult planning
- Bundle the DLS legal descriptions for the submission package
Township Canada lets you do steps 1-3 visually on one map, then export the DLS legal descriptions for the submission via the batch converter.
Treaty / consultation overlap surfaced inline
Energy Bundle subscribers get the treaty boundaries layer (Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, 10). For a proposed CCS site, the parcel report at /parcel/[lld] surfaces whether the location sits within a treaty area — useful as an early-stage flag before formal consultation planning.
What's NOT here yet
- Indigenous consultation overlay (beyond treaty boundaries) — spec'd, pending source selection + legal sign-off on disclaimer copy. See docs.
- Crown dispositions overlay — spec'd, planned via AB Energy GeoView free-data path. See docs.
Both are roadmapped follow-ups to the Energy Bundle.
Which tier fits
- Business — $40 CAD/mo. Required base.
- Energy Bundle add-on — $100 CAD/mo. Unlocks all four CCS / geothermal layers, treaty overlay, wells lifecycle filtering, operator snapshot API.
Most CCS developers and geothermal startups run Business + Energy Bundle = $140/mo per seat. See pricing.