Indices of food desert and accessibility to food shops

Indices of food desert and accessibility to food shops The food desert is a sector offering poor access to food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets and public markets), i.e. a distribution area (AD) in which residences are located on average more than 1 kilometer from a food store in urban areas and more than 16 kilometers in rural areas, and characterized by very high material deprivation (quintile 5). Accessibility to food stores is a quantitative measure used to assess the geographic ease of access with which individuals or populations can access food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets, and public markets) from where they live. For more information on the food desert index, you can consult * [Identifying Food Deserts] (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/boite-a-outils-cooperative-alimentaire/identification-deserts) *.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).** 2025-02-05 Government and Municipalities of Québec geomatique@inspq.qc.ca Form DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentScience and Technology 2021 Food Desert IndexHTML https://cartes.inspq.qc.ca/geoportail/?context=environnementsalimentaires&zoom=7¢er=-73.41636,46.25729&invisiblelayers=*&visiblelayers=5e7416f0d548415c27c6f46259e0ae91,carte_gouv_qc Access to the nearest food store (m) 2021HTML https://cartes.inspq.qc.ca/geoportail/?context=environnementsalimentaires&zoom=7¢er=-73.41636,46.25729&invisiblelayers=*&visiblelayers=80467fc9545d0b349692b52fa034a58d,carte_gouv_qc INSPQ website, Identifying food desertsHTML https://www.inspq.qc.ca/boite-a-outils-cooperative-alimentaire/identification-deserts Original metadata (https://www.donneesquebec.ca)HTML https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/c69d8357-061a-4122-b8b9-51bcbc786aa7 Summary sheet — Food desert indexPDF https://cartes.inspq.qc.ca/fiches/Geoportail_FS_MAPAQ_aliment_deserts.pdf Summary sheet — Access to the nearest food storePDF https://cartes.inspq.qc.ca/fiches/Geoportail_FS_MAPAQ_aliment_commerces_alimentation3.pdf Index of food desert and accessibility to food shops 2021SHP https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/c69d8357-061a-4122-b8b9-51bcbc786aa7/resource/1c182cd0-a628-421a-bfae-b293ed08af7c/download/inspq_inddes2021.zip Description of variables in the data fileXLS https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/c69d8357-061a-4122-b8b9-51bcbc786aa7/resource/a93e3fbf-fe53-41a0-b89c-ec3b58f02511/download/inspq_inspq_inddes2021_descriptionvariable.xlsx

The food desert is a sector offering poor access to food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets and public markets), i.e. a distribution area (AD) in which residences are located on average more than 1 kilometer from a food store in urban areas and more than 16 kilometers in rural areas, and characterized by very high material deprivation (quintile 5). Accessibility to food stores is a quantitative measure used to assess the geographic ease of access with which individuals or populations can access food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets, and public markets) from where they live. For more information on the food desert index, you can consult * [Identifying Food Deserts] (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/boite-a-outils-cooperative-alimentaire/identification-deserts) .This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).*

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