Government and Municipalities of Québec

From 1986 to 2000, a major ecological inventory program was carried out in the forests of southern Quebec in order to describe the diversity of forest ecosystems. In total, 28,425 ecological observation points (POE) were established on a territory covering 760,000 km2, located between 45° and 53°...

Territories in the domain of the State over which granted rights include wood volume assignments defined by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF). There are different types of rights granted according to the purpose (s) of use (s): -Guarantees of supply (GA), wood harvesting...

The Geographic and Administrative Database is available at scales of 1/1,000,000 (BDGA1M) and 1/5,000,000 (BDGA5M). It provides a geographic and administrative base on a small scale for the whole of Quebec. The data is the result of an automatic generalization of the vectors of a database on a...

This map locates the parts of the territory where the standards relating to landslides, prescribed by the Government of Quebec, must apply. Landslide stress areas include, in addition to the embankment, protective bands at its top and base, where various interventions must be regulated. These...

The layer of ecological planning units (UPE) constitutes the territorial base at the base of the ecoforest inventory process in southern Quebec (IEQM). It was created and then integrated as part of the current inventory (fifth IEQM). It integrates concepts that are both administrative (forest...

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 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...

All wireless access points under the responsibility of the City of Saguenay.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).

Location of mileage markers on the road network. Mileage markers are installed on highways and they can also be installed on other roads, where there are tracking problems or an absence of services.This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon...

The canopy is defined by the projection on the ground of the tops (crown) of trees (including leaves, branches, and trunks), which is visible from the sky. Any vegetation with a height greater than 2 m was taken into account. The mapping of the canopy was carried out using deep learning methods,...

This division defines the forests attributable to the domain of the State, where it is allowed to manage Quebec forests in a sustainable and continuous manner. Beyond this limit, no forest management will be authorized by the Ministry, except for activities specific to local communities. This new...

__The link: * Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset description sheets; Additional information__. The forest maps from the first inventory are available at a scale of 1/20,000. They cover almost all of the territory south of the 52nd parallel. Each file covers an area of...

Set of municipal buildings in the city of Saguenay. Use of the building: - Cultural, recreational and leisure - Transport, communication and public servicesThis third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).

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...

The link: Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset Description Sheets; Additional Information. In 2020, the Forest Inventory Directorate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF) began the production of vector layers of riparian ecotones. This type of layer is...

This project was carried out thanks to the financial support of component 2.2 of the MAMAH Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR). The updates were made using orthophotos from spring 2020. The project covers the territory of the MRCs of Haut-Saint-Laurent, Haute-Yamaska, Haute-Yamaska, Roussillon,...

The Forest Protection Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests has produced a matrix layer representing the potential for the intensity and spread of forest fires in Quebec. This data is the result of the annual analysis of the distribution of forest fuels at a local...

Bicycle network on the territory of the city of Saguenay. ## #Code identifying the type of bike lane pavement: * A = Asphalt * B = Asphalt * B = Wood * B = Wood * C = Concrete * G = Gravel * P = Other ## #Codes identifying the type of bike path: * 1 = Identified roadway: * 1 = Designated roadway...

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...

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:...