Government and Municipalities of Québec

In order to effectively fight against aquatic invasive species, the Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks has formulated a series of best practices. Among these good practices, cleaning watercraft greatly reduces the risks of dispersal of aquatic...

The Route Blanche is a snowmobile trail located on the Lower North Shore, constituting the only winter land link between Kegaska and Blanc-Sablon, thus bridging the road link between municipalities. The White Road is inventoried in the BGR system with the sub-route code “M”, as in this example:...

This thematic layer shows the location of water sampling sites authorized in Quebec under section 22 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and their associated volume (liter per day). Water sampling sites are the sites where water enters a facility designed to take water, both underground...

#Description This database contains the coordinates of observations of fish and invertebrates, which are exotic and invasive, known by the Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks (MELCCFP) in Quebec (MELCCFP) in Quebec as of May 2024. An aquatic invasive...

The Ministry of Public Security (MSP) supports the development of knowledge of flood risks. In collaboration with Laval University and the Reunification of Quebec Basin Organizations, the MSP has developed a methodical and rigorous process for documenting floods that have an impact on the safety...

The Multi-Risk Vigilance Card is a product developed by the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) that brings together warnings and reports on phenomena of natural origin that may have consequences on the safety of citizens, goods and services to the population. It is updated continuously...

Following the spring floods at the end of April 2017 on Lake of Two Mountains, Lake Saint-Pierre and the Rivières des Prairies and Mille-Îles that affected the regions of Montérégie, Laurentides, Mauricie, Montréal and Laval, geomatic data (e.g. satellite images) were captured to document these...

This grid is a spatial representation of sectors where a map has been produced by regional county municipalities (RCMs) or cities under MRC jurisdiction. It indicates that a mapping of flood zones has been integrated into the land use and development plan (SAD) or in an interim control regulation...

The government, through its Minister of Culture and Communications, can classify a heritage asset, that is, a building, a site, a document, an object or a heritage complex. The classification makes it possible to recognize the heritage value of the property, to ensure its protection, and to...

The Ministry of Education (MEQ) annually calculates two deprivation indices for the 69 school service centers and linguistic school boards: • the Socio-economic Environment Index (IMSE), which consists of the proportion of families with children whose mothers do not have a diploma, certificate or...

Linear location of road works (worksites/obstacles). Description of road works in progress causing traffic obstacles on roads managed by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD).This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).

The theme on physicochemical monitoring of rivers and rivers presents data from all the stations of the water quality monitoring networks in rivers in Quebec and the St. Lawrence River sampled between 2000 and 2020. The purpose of networks for monitoring general water quality is to characterize,...

List of active factories with permits consuming more than 2000 cubic meters of unworked woody material, such as roundwood, shavings, sawdust, planers, bark, etc. In addition, category 8 is still included. It is represented by pulp and paper mills that do not require wood processing permits since...

This theme presents the index of water health along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. It makes it possible to determine if the sites present risks to human health and if they are suitable for swimming. These data are the result of an exploratory monitoring program that aims to raise awareness...

This thematic layer represents the characterization of the hardness of surface water in Quebec for the period 2005 to 2019. The hardness is presented according to the medians calculated from the concentrations of calcium and magnesium ions in seven classes. Water hardness influences the toxicity...

This theme presents the trophic status of lakes monitored as part of the Voluntary Lake Monitoring Network (RSVL) between 2004 and 2020. The trophic state is the result of the compilation of data acquired as part of this network. Trophic levels are used to classify lakes according to their degree...

This layer shows the location of the sampled stations classified according to the Eastern Canada Diatom Index (IDEC). It contains data obtained since 1935 that was converted to version 3 of the index (Lavoie et al. 2014). Benthic diatoms are microscopic unicellular algae that line the bottom of...

This theme includes data from all metal monitoring stations in the waters of rivers in Quebec and the St. Lawrence River since 2008. It includes the stations of the “Special Metals” tour, the stations of Réseau-Fleuve and Réseau-Rivières as well as the stations of the “Grand Nord” project.This...

Territory of the districts of the Direction Générale de la Protection de la Faune du Québec. These territories represent the administrative boundaries of the territories covered by the various wildlife protection districts.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated...

The purpose of this dataset is to make it possible to locate civil security events recorded by the Operations Department of the Ministry of Public Security. It brings together in a structured way operational information related to claims that have had an impact on citizens, goods or services to...