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Indigenous consultation contacts

First Nations, Metis Settlements and Credibly Asserted Métis Communities consultation timelines and contacts.

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Consultation pauses and reinstatements

The Aboriginal Consultation Office (ACO) has issued a consultation pause and/or reinstatement for the following First Nations, Metis Settlements and/or Credibly Asserted Métis Communities:

Indigenous communityConsultation pause initiatedReinstatement of timeline following pause
Doig River First NationMay 15, 2024May 22, 2024
Mikisew Cree First NationMay 16, 2024May 23, 2024
Athabasca Chipewyan First NationMay 16, 2024May 23, 2024
Kapawe’no First NationJune 18, 2024June 22, 2024
Mikisew Cree First NationJune 19, 2024June 22, 2024
Chipewyan Prairie First NationJuly 23, 2024July 30, 2024
Little Red River Cree NationJuly 23, 2024August 13, 2024

This page will be updated once per week on Tuesdays. For real-time updates, check the ACO Digital Service banner daily.

When a consultation pause is in effect for an Indigenous community, all Consultation Timeline and Consultation Adequacy Decisions associated with The Government of Alberta’s Guidelines on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management and The Government of Alberta’s Guidelines on Consultation with Metis Settlements on Land and Natural Resource Management (as applicable) are paused for that community. Consultation activities should not take place during the consultation pause.

For proposed projects where all procedural aspects of consultation were completed prior to a consultation pause, proponents may proceed with submitting records to the ACO for an adequacy review. The ACO will not be issuing consultation adequacy decisions during the consultation timeline pause period. Any additional consultation required, as directed in a ‘More Information Request’, may be subject to a consultation pause, as per the listing on this page.

When timelines are reinstated, all consultation activities can be resumed with Indigenous communities as of the reinstatement date.

2024 government holidays

The following days do not count as Government of Alberta working days when calculating consultation timelines.

Table 1. Government of Alberta holidays not counted as working days.

*Consultation timeline pause for the holidays to be determined at a later date and posted on this webpage.

DateHoliday
Monday, January 1, 2024New Year’s Day
Monday, February 19, 2024Family Day
Friday, March 29, 2024Good Friday
Monday, April 1, 2024Easter Monday
Monday, May 20, 2024Victoria Day
Monday, July 1, 2024Canada Day
Monday, August 5, 2024Heritage Day
Monday, September 2, 2024Labour Day
Monday, October 14, 2024Thanksgiving Day
Monday, November 11, 2024Remembrance Day
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 through Wednesday, January 1, 2025*Holiday Office Closure*

Official consultation contacts listing

First Nations and Metis (Metis Settlements and Credibly Asserted Métis Communities) consultation contacts:

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