Government and Municipalities of Québec

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...

As of September 20, 2024, you can find the data for the building footprint layer using the [Quebec Building Repository] sheet (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/referentiel_bati). You will have access to improved data with increased territorial coverage. Therefore, the “Building...

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...

Note that topographic maps at a scale of 1/100,000 are no longer updated. For the latest update date, see the [metadata] (ftp://transfert.mern.gouv.qc.ca/public/diffusion/RGQ/Documentation/BDAT/Metadonnees_BDAT100k_NordSud.xls). The reference cartographic data is now constituted according to a...

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...

Municipalities with established populations of Ixodes scapularis ticks (blacklegged ticks) are municipalities where tick populations reproduce and survive from one year to the next. This indicator makes it possible to identify municipalities where their presence suggests a higher risk of tick...

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 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...

__The link: * Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset description sheets; Additional information. Products derived from LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) are generated as part of the [__provincial LiDAR sensor data acquisition project]...

__The link: * Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset description sheets; Additional information__. Hydrographic derivatives from LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) were produced as part of the provincial LiDAR sensor data acquisition project. These products provide...

__The link: * Access the data directory is available in the sectionDataset description sheets; Additional information__. As part of the provincial LiDAR sensor data acquisition project, a topographic humidity index or Topographic Wetness Index (TWI) was produced from the digital terrain model...

Location of street furniture (payment terminals and signs), regulations, pricing and time periods of street parking spaces in Montreal managed by the [Sustainable Mobility Agency] (https://www.agencemobilitedurable.ca/fr/informations/donnees-ouvertes.html). For the sake of consistency, the...

An area of intensification of wood production (AIPL) is a territory mainly intended for wood production in which silvicultural work aims to increase the value, per unit area, of the volume per stem or of the quality of the stems, by the production of desired species or by a combination of these...

Digital terrain models offer a representation of the relief south of the 52nd parallel, in the form of an elevation matrix. This matrix makes it possible to visualize the territory in perspective and to perform three-dimensional spatial analyses, using appropriate software. A module specialized...

#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 October 2023. An aquatic...

This theme presents observations of invasive exotic species (IEE) transmitted and validated using the Sentinel tool, an IEE detection system. An invasive exotic species is a plant, animal, or microorganism (virus, bacteria, or fungus) that is introduced outside of its natural range. Its...

This product integrates all the boundaries of public forest territory: according to the Law on Sustainable Forest Land Management (LADTF), the public forest territory consists of management units (UA), local forests (FP), residual forest territories (TFR), residual forest territories (TFR),...

Warning The 2012 version of Urban Heat/Freshness Islands and Surface Temperature is now replaced by a newer version from 2013-2014 and 2020-2022. Data from the 2012 version is archived on Data Québec for consultation, for example for old reports or analyses referring to this version of the data....