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

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Canada post service disruption – Update

Canada Post will resume delivery on Thursday, December 19, 2024. The Aboriginal Consultation Office (ACO) will resume accepting delivery of information packages to Indigenous communities in accordance with the official list of consultation contacts, found at the bottom of this page, as of Thursday, December 19, 2024.

Refer to section 2.3.1 of the Proponent Guide for further information on verifiable delivery methods and requirements.

Consultation timelines pause for the holidays

In light of the holiday season, the Government of Alberta acknowledges that there will be some First Nation, Metis Settlement and Credibly Asserted Métis Communities’ office closures and, therefore, will pause consultation activities from December 23, 2024 to January 3, 2025, inclusive. 

This time period will not be used or included when calculating timelines or deadlines for consultation. This includes the time a First Nation, Metis Settlement, or Credibly Asserted Métis Community has to:

  • respond to notification of a project, or
  • review and respond to a project follow-up(s), or
  • review a Record of Consultation Log

Note: 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.

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 is from Monday, December 23, 2024 to Friday, January 3, 2025, inclusive.

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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