Government and Municipalities of Québec

The Quebec groundwater monitoring network, which has more than 260 piezometric stations located in all regions of Quebec, aims to collect data to assess the effect of climate change on groundwater levels. Some measurement stations were active as early as 1969, but most of the network was built as...

This thematic layer shows the location of pesticide stations in surface water monitored as part of various studies. The data comes from an extraction from the BQMA and, when a report is available on the Department's website, the reader can access it from a link in the information window. The...

A territorial unit applicable on the forest territory of the State that can include one to several management units (UA), only RGA 05 and 14 include an AU. In an RGA, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF) allocates “Supply Guarantee” (GA) wood volumes to beneficiaries. The...

The theme of land use at the origin of these layers is a value-added product created from the assembly of geographic data that must respect various use and distribution agreements. The degree of accuracy of this product corresponds to the precision of the layers that compose it. To access the...

Forest ecosystems located on the domain of the State and of particular interest for the conservation of biological diversity, because of their rare or ancient nature, or because they are home to one or more threatened or vulnerable plant species. Their management is under the responsibility of...

Biological refuges are small forest areas located on the domain of the State and permanently removed from forest management activities in order to maintain the biological diversity associated with old forests. Their management is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and...

Geochemistry includes information related to rock samples and sediment samples.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).

This theme includes lake catchments, the majority of which are part of the Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network (RSVL). The dataset also includes the lake outlet layer and tables for compiling land use by year for each watershed. Outfall and watershed layers and land use tables are linked together...

The Tesselle Forest Information System (SIFORT) is a system that was created in order to meet various needs for analysis and knowledge data on Quebec territory. SIFORT is a database composed of polygonal units of 15 seconds (latitude) by 15 seconds (longitude), whose average area is approximately...

Under the Regulation respecting the mandatory reporting of certain emissions of contaminants into the atmosphere (RDOECA), the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change collects data on air contaminants emitted by Quebec companies in particular. Thus, any person or...

Topographic mapping of northern indigenous villages is available for 23 villages. It was produced by photogrammetric method, from aerial photographs taken between 2009 and 2011. The accuracy of this mapping is of the order of ±40 centimeters in planimetry. In hypsometry, it is ±50 centimeters for...

This theme presents the location of samples of contaminants of emerging interest (CIE) carried out by the Directorate-General for Monitoring the State of the Environment (DGSEE) as part of its work since 2000. Each station is accompanied by a link in the attribute table allowing the reader to...

The purpose of the cartographic data resulting from analyses of the ecological connectivity of natural environments in the St. Lawrence lowlands is to equip users by making it possible to integrate the concepts of ecological connectivity and the quality of the habitat of natural terrestrial...

Delimitation of territories for which a ministerial order has been published in the Official Gazette of Quebec in order to exempt them from the application of the regulations provided for in the territory of the ZIS. Territories other than those shown may be subtracted later. For more information...

This thematic layer shows the location of the wells sampled for pesticides in the context of various studies carried out near certain target crop environments between 1999 and 2022. The data comes from an extraction from the BQMA and, when a report is available on the Department's website, the...

The link: Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset Description Sheets; Additional Information. Slope classes express the slope of land where most of the forest stand is located. The slope classes are generated from a numerical model combining terrain slopes into six classes: +...

Wildlife Habitats (HAFA) contains data for the 11 legal wildlife habitats located on land under the domain of the State that meet the definition of the Wildlife Habitat Regulations (RHF). There are also HAFAs located on mixed and private lands for information purposes. Warning: The digital...

The regional agency for the development of private forests is a non-profit legal entity. Its constitution and organization are described in sections 132 to 168 of the Sustainable Forest Development Act (RLRQ c. A-18.1). The agency's territory is a grouping of MRCs redivided according to the...

Deposit is the layer of loose material that covers rock. It may have been established during the retreat of the glacier at the end of the last glaciation or by other processes associated with erosion and sedimentation. The nature of the loose deposit is evaluated based on the shape of the land,...

Location of public schools (French-speaking, English-speaking and special status) as well as private and governmental schools for preschool, primary, secondary, vocational training and adult education. In addition, the location of educational institutions in the college and university networks is...