Harvesting Rights

Hunting, fishing, and trapping are important to many Métis people’s way of life throughout history, and remains important to the culture today.

It has been an ongoing struggle to have Métis harvesting rights recognized here in Alberta. The Otipemisiwak Métis Government has worked for many years to secure a sustainable harvesting agreement with the provincial government that honours our historical connection and right to this land. We will never give up on what we know to be true: the Métis Nation within Alberta have inherent harvesting rights covering every corner of our province, including the south.

Harvesting Cards

Whether you’re an existing Métis Citizenship Card holder or in the process of applying, you can apply to become an approved Métis Harvester.

View the application process

Current Rights

The 2019 Métis Harvesting in Alberta Policy [pdf] was a result of the Métis Harvesting Agreement [pdf] between the Métis Nation of Alberta and the Government of Alberta signed in March 2019. This 2019 agreement replaces the 2010 policy and recognizes the rights of eligible Citizens to hunt, fish, and trap for food in four large regional Métis Harvesting Areas in central and northern Alberta (as opposed to the much smaller 25 local Métis harvesting areas provided for in the 2010 policy).

HARVESTING ENGAGEMENTS “WHAT WE HEARD” REPORT

In 2018, the Métis Nation of Alberta (now the Otipemisiwak Métis Government) and the Government of Alberta (GoA) agreed to collaboratively review the GoA’s Métis Harvesting in Alberta Policy. As a part of the collaborative review process, the MNA and GoA undertook a series of engagement sessions and conducted online and paper surveys as a means to gather feedback from Métis harvesters. The feedback from the engagement sessions and the survey were compiled to feed into and inform the policy review process.

Download the What We Heard [pdf] report.

Past updates can be found on the Archived Harvesting Updates page.

Harvesting Agreement

This 2019 agreement between the Government of Alberta and Métis Nation of Alberta (now known as the Otipemisiwak Métis Government) formed the basis for the current Harvesting policy.

Download the pdf

Harvesting Policy

The Government of Alberta’s Métis Harvesting in Alberta Policy went into effect in September of 2019.

Open the pdf

Harvesting Information

Get more information about Harvesting and Fishing.

Harvesting Information

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