AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Health corridors (archives)

In the context of the fight against COVID-19, the agglomeration of Montreal quickly redesigned public space to promote active and safe travel. The objective: to allow people to move around actively while respecting the physical distance instructions prescribed by the Public Health Department. This data set locates the ESTABLISHED health corridors as well as the PLANNED active and safe routes as reported by the boroughs and linked cities of the Agglomeration. The active and safe routes are presented as announced during the announcement on May 15, 2020.


*Note: * This data is an image of corridors established and planned __as of May 21, 2020__, some changes made on the ground are not reflected in this set. For any additional information on the COVID-19 crisis, please consult the [dedicated section on the City of Montreal's website] (https://montreal.ca/articles/covid-19-etat-des-lieux-et-des-services-municipaux-5013).**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Hydrogeological Information System (HIS)

The Hydrogeological Information System (HIS) contains the physical characteristics of wells and boreholes (location, depth, stratigraphy encountered, etc.) mainly from drilling reports transmitted by well drillers for groundwater sampling installations serving private drinking water residences. The geographic coverage corresponds to all of Quebec although most of the data are found in the south of the province. A monthly update is made.

SIH data can be useful for hydrogeology professionals, the academic community and a wider audience in order to make interpretations on portions of territory, for example on the depth of the rock in a sector, or to consult more precise points of information such as the description of a specific identified well.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Service to 9-1-1 emergency centers

- Service of administrative emergency call center agreements:

This information layer alerts users to telephone respondents for emergency calls that have a 10-digit number.

In fact, the “Serte Entente” layer indicates how cities/MRCs are served using a satellite phone to reach administrative emergency call centers, i.e. 9-1-1 emergency call centers that provide a 10-digit emergency telephone number for portions of their territory that do not have cellular coverage (and therefore, no 9-1-1 coverage).

- 9-1-1 service (cellular coverage):

This information layer alerts users about telephone respondents for 9-1-1 emergency calls.

In fact, the “9-1-1 Service (cellular coverage)” layer indicates the cities/MRCs that are served using a cell phone to reach the 9-1-1 emergency center for portions of their territory that are within cellular coverage. Indeed, the layer clarifies the reality of service, since it is intersected by the combined Quebec cellular coverage of Rogers and Bell.

Bell Mobile Coverage:

Bell mobility 4G HSPA, LTE and 5G cellular coverage for the province of Quebec.

Cellular coverage makes it possible to improve 9-1-1 service in Quebec by specifying the areas where cellular devices can be used.

It is a layer of information that is restricted to distribution within the Ministry of Public Safety and to 9-1-1 emergency call centers.

Rogers mobile coverage:

Rogers Communications cellular coverage for the province of Quebec

Cellular coverage makes it possible to improve 9-1-1 service in Quebec by specifying the areas where cellular devices can be used.

It is a layer of information that is restricted to distribution within the Ministry of Public Safety and to 9-1-1 emergency call centers.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Benthos monitoring

The objective of benthos monitoring is to know the state of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in rivers according, in particular, to the composition of the substrate and the type of flow. Information on benthic macroinvertebrate samples collected at benthos monitoring stations is classified according to the benthos health index: iSBG for coarse-substrate streams and iSBM for soft-substrate streams. The Benthos Health Index (ISB) is a multimetric index based on benthic macroinvertebrates that assesses the biotic integrity of shallow streams. 

The benthos monitoring dataset includes a layer of sampling stations sampled between 2003 and 2023 and a layer of drainage areas for each of the types of substrate, either coarse or loose. The drainage area attribute table also provides a compilation of land use by category for the last year available at the time of data production, i.e. the year 2020.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Limnometric scales (public)

A limnimetric scale is a ruler, usually made of enamelled steel, that resists corrosion. They are generally attached by means of anchoring to existing infrastructures (bridge, quay, concrete wall) in order to ensure their durability. During periods of flooding, they allow municipalities to monitor and follow the rise in river levels.

 Purpose: Locate the speed scales that have been installed on waterways in the various administrative regions of Quebec as part of the vigilance project.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Urban plan - Construction density

Note: The Urban Plan (regulation 04-047) was __repealed on June 16, 2025__, this data is now obsolete, please refer to the data sets of the Urban and Mobility Plan 2050 (regulation 24-017).

The [map 3.1.2] (https://mtl.ged.montreal.ca/constellio/?collection=mtlca&portal=REPDOCVDM#!displayDocument/00000019294) expresses the building density for the whole city according to a 17-color scale that integrates the various density parameters. It is available in [section 3.1.2] (https://mtl.ged.montreal.ca/constellio/?collection=mtlca&portal=REPDOCVDM#!searchResults/s/9f45f91f-af33-11ee-9b08-4b10d95b597d) of the Urban Plan.

Construction density parameters make it possible to frame architectural production and to determine the scale of urban form as well as the intensity of activities on the various portions of the territory.

For each of the sectors to be built or transformed, the parameters set out reflect the intentions of the Plan as to the desired character. In established sectors, these parameters correspond to the general character of the existing buildings whose sustainability the Plan aims at.

Consult the [interactive map] (https://montreal.ca/services/cartes-interactives-amenagement-du-territoire) of the Urban Plan to visualize the thematic data.

**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Wetland of interest (MHI) (designated)

This product presents a polygonal layer of wetlands of interest (MHI) located on the domain of the State and designated under the Sustainable Forest Development Act (LADTF, chapter A-18.1).

The wetlands of interest are wetlands of high ecological value or of great importance for maintaining biological diversity. Their management is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF). Forest management activities are prohibited on the territory of a wetland of interest, with few exceptions. Legally designated wetlands of interest are exempt from industrial activities, which allows them to be registered on the Register of protected areas and AMCE* in Quebec maintained by the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks.

This data comes from the MRNF's Forest Territorial Subdivisions (STF) product, which is the official source of this geographic information.

*AMCE: other effective conservation measures**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Register

Under the Regulation Respecting the Mandatory Reporting of Certain Contaminant Emissions into the Atmosphere (RDOECA), the Ministry of the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks collects data on greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by Quebec businesses in particular. Thus, any person or municipality operating an establishment that emits GHGs into the atmosphere in a quantity equal to or greater than 10,000 metric tons in CO2 equivalent (t eq. CO2) is required to report its emissions no later than June 1 of each year.

The data is presented in separate files:

* Total biogenic and CO2 emissions per establishment;

* Emissions per establishment and per greenhouse gas and per establishment.

Total emissions files include the total quantity of GHGs, the total quantity of GHGs excluding CO2 from biomass, the quantity of CO2 from the combustion of biomass, and the quantity of CO2 from other uses of biomass (for example fermentation).

The emission files by establishment and by greenhouse gas include the quantity emitted of each of the GHGs in metric tons and t eq. CO2. Note that CO2 emissions include those from biomass.

The data presented in this dataset includes emissions from mandatory and voluntary reporting.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Range of distribution of species of the Little Forest Flora of Quebec

__The link: *Access the data directory* is available in the section*Dataset Description Sheets; Additional Information*__.


The third edition of the [*Small forest flora of Quebec (MRNF, 2023) *] (https://boutique.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/Petite%20flore%20foresti%C3%A8re) presents the distribution maps of 298 species of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bryophytes and lichens that grow in Quebec forests. The AIRES_REPARTITION_PFFQ database is the product resulting from the vectorization of each of the distribution areas presented in Little Flora. It thus allows the consultation of these areas in a geographic information system.

The ranges are grouped into a single feature class where the main range of each species is bounded by one or more polygons. The location of isolated populations, located outside the main range of a species, is indicated very generally by circles 30 km in diameter.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
2024 Surface Runoff Modeling - version 2 (2025-09-19)

Runoff data produced by the Montreal Metropolitan Community. These data allow the identification of areas in topographic depression likely to be affected by the accumulation of water (also called “basins”) as well as the flow paths between them. This mapping is based on high-precision surveys, from the 2024 metropolitan lidar.

Release 2 (2025-09-19)

[Montreal metropolitan community site] (https://cmm.qc.ca/)**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Parking boxes

Public parking spaces in downtown Sherbrooke.attributes:Location - Location of the parking spaceName - Name of the parkingNumber - Number of the parking meterType - Type of parkingLevel - Level of the parking spaceLevel - Level of the parking space**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Mileage guide

Mileage markers, also often called kilometer markers, allow road users and safety workers to use road signs to locate on the road network. 

Mileage markers are installed on all motorways and they can also be installed on other classes of roads (e.g. national road) where there are tracking problems or an absence of services.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Tourism organizations - Quebec Tourism Information System (SIT Quebec)

In this dataset, various tourism organizations are listed (cultural organizations, accreditation or certification bodies, economic development organizations, regulatory bodies, sports organizations, tourism organizations).

Please note that this dataset is an overview of the tourist offer in Quebec and is not intended to identify the entire offer. This data comes from the Quebec Tourism Information System (SIT Quebec).

In addition, if your interest lies in obtaining official indicators and statistics on the Quebec tourism industry, we invite you to explore the Tourism Studies and Statistics section of the Québec.ca site at the following link: https://www.quebec.ca/tourisme-et-loisirs/services-industrie-touristique/etudes-statistiques.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Portrait of forest cover in Quebec

The **portrait of forest cover in Québec** is an assembly made from the up-to-date ecoforest map of the inventory of southern Quebec and vegetation maps from the northern ecoforest inventory and Northern Quebec. Administrative divisions, forest boundaries and territories where forest management responsibilities and obligations are under the responsibility of the municipal environment are also added. Then, an update is carried out for areas that have a predominant use other than forest, including the road and rail network, energy transmission lines, cultivated land and built environments. 

The portrait makes it easy to calculate the rate of land use by forests in the territory of a municipality, an unorganized territory, an indigenous territory, an MRC or an administrative region, then to draw up a summary of some main characteristics of the forest.

Annually, the portrait is reproduced with the most recent version of the data sources and then published on the Data Québec portal in December.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Satellite images - Sentinel-2 mosaics

These three satellite mosaics cover the entire territory of Quebec and include images taken in 2018, 2019 and 2020. The spectral bands are blue (band 2), near infrared (band 8), and short wave infrared (band 11).

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission includes a constellation of two satellites in orbit that are in tandem and 180° apart from each other. The orbital configuration allows coverage with a revisit rate varying from two to ten days depending on the latitude. The Sentinel-2 constellation captures multispectral satellite images at a resolution of 10 m for the next generation of operational products, such as land use maps, land change detection maps, and geophysical variables. 

[Product Technical Specifications] (https://diffusion.mern.gouv.qc.ca/diffusion/RGQ/Matriciel/Satellite/Regional/Mosaiques_Sentinel-2/Document/Sentinel-2_User_Handbook.pdf)

**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Territorial forest subdivisions (STF)

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), forests for education and research (FR), forests for education and research (FER), forests for education and research (FER), the Duchesnay forest station, experimental forests (FE), exceptional forest ecosystems (FR), exceptional forest ecosystems (FR), EFE), biological refuges. Depending on the type of territory, rights may be granted under specific conditions and/or excluded from all forest management activities. The mapping of these public forest territories is necessary for several MRNF mandates including the determination of forest opportunities, the allocation of wood volumes and finally the planning and monitoring of forest management works.

In addition to these territories and rights granted, there are forest administrative boundaries that are in force at the MRNF, such as private forest development agencies, pricing zones, management units (UGs), territories of analysis of the Chief Forester (FEC), etc.

This product is maintained in the MRNF STF system and several official entities of the Ministry have their origins in it. For more information on how to do this, please consult the lexicon that accompanies the datasets.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Related services - Quebec Tourism Information System (SIT Quebec)

This dataset includes various companies offering services related to tourism (travel agencies, currency exchange offices, tourist information offices, tourist information relays, tourist information centers, event organizers, cruise services, shops and boutiques, shops and boutiques, schools, schools, sports and outdoor equipment rental companies, luggage storage, etc.).

Please note that this dataset is an overview of the tourist offer in Quebec and is not intended to identify the entire offer. This data comes from the Quebec Tourism Information System (SIT Quebec).

In addition, if your interest lies in obtaining official indicators and statistics on the Quebec tourism industry, we invite you to explore the Tourism Studies and Statistics section of the Québec.ca site at the following link: https://www.quebec.ca/tourisme-et-loisirs/services-industrie-touristique/etudes-statistiques.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Flood markers

The Department of Homeland Security (MSI) supports the development of flood risk knowledge. Flood markers make it possible to illustrate the water level reached during a very major flood and thus to raise public awareness of the risks associated with it while maintaining this awareness of risk in the collective memory. 

__What is a flood marker? __

A flood marker is a physical mark (15 cm in diameter for the standard) testifying to the maximum level reached by a watercourse during a very significant flood on a given date. The flood marker is usually located at a permanent location and is easily visible to everyone, for example on the wall of a building or on a dedicated pole.

__Point data set “Flood markers” __ 

The “Flood reference” data set contains, for each marker, the location, the date of the reference flood and the maximum water level reached. The list of all attributes is provided in the dataset description sheet (Additional Information section).

Despite the quality of the work carried out, the Ministry of Homeland Security cannot guarantee the absence of errors in the data.

__Related datasets__ 

The “Flood Water Levels” dataset produced by the Ministry of Homeland Security also contains maximum water levels reached during a flood. The link to this dataset is provided in the _Documentation_ section.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Planning Unit (UA)

The planning unit (UA) is a territorial reference unit that applies to forest territories in the domain of the State under article 13 of the Sustainable Forest Development Act (LADTF).

There are currently 57 AU on Quebec's public forest territory. The sustainable forest management strategy provides guidelines and objectives for sustainable forest management for this forest area. The purpose of this delimitation of forest territory is to define areas for the production of resources. Thus, the Minister can grant various forest rights in this territory, such as guarantees of supply (GA), harvesting permits in order to supply a commercial wood processing plant (PRAU), harvesting permits in order to supply a non-commercial wood processing plant, i.e. forest biomass (PRBIO), permits for maple syrup farms (mixed production), permits for blueberry fields (forests) blueberry), mining rights permits (mining concessions) and legal protections for the forests of experimentation (FE).

This AU delimitation has been in force since April 1, 2023 and comes from the MRNF STF system, which is the __official source__ of this geographic information.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Basic mapping

The map data set includes the basic maps of the City.

It is a representation of the territory of the city of Montreal on a large and medium scale (1:1000, 1:5000, etc.). The presentation of land use is composed of elements produced mainly by photogrammetry and complemented by various techniques, at specific dates. It is a geometric and conventional representation of Montreal's territory in 2D+1 (X, Y + altitude ratings or level curves).

The main purposes of the basic mapping product are territorial planning and public consultation.

The breakdown of the SQRC 1:1000 sheets is available [here] (/city-of-montreal/quadrillage-sqrc).**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Electoral districts

Administrative divisions corresponding to the territories represented by the municipal councilors.Attributs:id - ID - Unique IdentifierNumero - Electoral district numberMunicipality - Municipality codeName - Name of the electoral district councilor - Name of the electoral district councilor - Name of the electoral district councilor**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
Level curves

Level curves with an equidistance of 1 m derived from a lidar survey conducted in 2024.attributes:ID - Unique IDSubtype - Master (1) or secondary (2) level curve SCORE - Elevation value (m) The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (m) product The High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDM) product is available on the Open Government website.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Organization: Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec