Improvement District No. 349  Improvement District No. 349 is an improvement district in northeast Alberta, Canada. Improvement District (I.D.) No. 349 was established through the approval of Order in Council 419/2011 passed by Alberta's Lieutenant Governor in Council on September 9, 2011. It was created from lands that were separated from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Lac La Biche County (the Alberta portion of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range). The effective date of the improvement district's formation was January 1, 2012. I.D. No. 349 was formed as a result of negotiations between the Province of Alberta, the City of Cold Lake, the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and Lac La Biche County. Under a tax revenue sharing agreement, the City of Cold Lake will receive a portion of the tax revenue generated by oil and gas activity on the air weapons range in 2012. The revenue will make the city more sustainable, offsetting its costs to provide infrastructure and services to support the military base located within the city. As partial compensation for losing of land, Lac La Biche County received of land from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo south of the Conklin area and north of the air weapons range. It will also receive a portion of the tax revenue generated by oil and gas activity on the air weapons range from the City of Cold Lake and receive funding assistance from the provincial government. As compensation to Wood Buffalo for the loss of jurisdiction over lands to Lac La Biche County and the new improvement district, the municipality received control over Crown land within its jurisdiction to accommodate future residential, commercial, and industrial growth. The transfer of control provided enough land for approximately 200,000 additional residents. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 349 recorded a population of 0 living in 0 of its 0 total private dwellings, which represents no change from its 2011 population of 0. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Improvement District No. 349 is administered by Alberta Municipal Affairs.