Disposition rental rate updates
Alberta’s government has updated rental rates for many non-agricultural public lands dispositions to ensure Albertans receive a fair return for the use of Crown land while maintaining Alberta’s competitiveness for investment.
What has changed
Rental rates for select public lands dispositions increased on June 1, 2026.
Work camps
- Work camps operating for 12 or more consecutive months has moved to a provincewide rental rate of $3,205 per acre per year.
- Work camps operating for less than 12 consecutive months continue under existing tiered rates.
- Where accommodations are incidental to another disposition type, the rental rate is the base rent plus $412.50 per bed per year.
Fort McMurray area
- Long term work camp restrictions in the Fort McMurray Work Camp Restriction Area (radius of 75 km from Fort McMurray) remain in place. New long term camp applications in this area are not being accepted.
- Dispositions supporting an aerodrome within 150 km of Fort McMurray are now charged $230 per acre per year.
What is not changing
- Agricultural dispositions, including grazing leases and Farm Development Leases, are not affected by the June 1, 2026, increase. See grazing dispositions below.
- Public benefit non-profit organizations remain exempt.
- Tourism, recreation-related dispositions and certain pipeline or temporary workspace categories do not see changes in 2026.
- There are no changes to surface material royalties in 2026. Existing rates have been converted to a metric tonne basis.
Grazing dispositions
Effective January 5, 2026, the annual rental rates for grazing leases (GRL), grazing licences (FGL) and grazing permits (GRP) were updated.
Public lands fees
Under section 9.1 of the Public Lands Act, the minister may set fees, rents and other amounts payable for the use of public lands. These fees are detailed in Ministerial Orders.
Ministerial Order 49/2026: Public land fees, rents and other amounts payable.
Payments
Acceptable forms of payment for fees, rents and royalties are:
- bank draft
- cash
- cheque or certified cheque
- electronic funds transfer (wire transfer)
- money order
- credit card (GPAS payment system)
Include the disposition number (for example, DLO123456, DML123456) on bank drafts, cheques and money orders. Payments can be couriered or mailed to:
Forestry and Parks
Public Lands Disposition Management
5th Floor, Petroleum Plaza, South Tower
9915 108 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5K 2G8
Credit cards
To pay by credit card online email [email protected] and provide the following:
- disposition holder’s name/company name
- disposition number
- payment amount
- email address of the person who is paying by credit card
The administrator will generate a transaction request through the GPAS payment system, which will be sent to the email address provided. Once the payment details are completed an email confirmation of payment will be sent. A request can be made for more than one disposition payment in a single email, but a credit card payment link will be sent to you separately for each disposition, one link per payment.
Invoicing
Forestry and Parks administers the collection of public land rents, fees and some other charges associated with regulatory decisions made by the ministry and the Alberta Energy Regulator.
If you have a question about your invoice, contact us and provide the following information:
- disposition number
- disposition holder's name
- date of invoice in question
- amount of invoice in question
Contact
Connect with Public Lands Disposition Management for charges and invoicing inquiries:
Email: [email protected]