AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Regulations relating to the traffic of heavy vehicles and tool vehicles in the territory of the agglomération de Montréal

Set of geographic data concerning the trucking regulations of the City of Montreal and the agglomeration of Montreal. A wired data set identifies regulatory requirements and a surface data set identifies areas prohibited to trucks except for local delivery.
**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
Original ecoforest map from the third inventory

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


The original ecoforest map of the third inventory is made from aerial photographs as well as several other products to inform the photointerpreter (forest interventions, information concerning natural disturbances, data from previous inventories, etc.). This map shows the various forest and ecological characteristics of the forest territory and corresponds to the forest profile up to the year in which the aerial photograph was taken. 
To learn more about ecoforest stratification parameters, simply consult Chapter 3 of the document [*Ecoforest Mapping Standards — Third Ecoforest Inventory (MRNF, 2009) *] (https://mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/documents/forets/inventaire/norme-cartographie-ecoforestiere.pdf). 

__Note that__ the original ecoforest map of the third inventory has been complete since 2003 and that no new cartographic information has been added since then. Note, however, that improvements were made to the dataset format in 2025.**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
Harvesting and other silvicultural interventions

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


The **Harvest and other silvicultural interventions** mapping is produced as part of the ecoforestry inventory of southern Quebec in order to maintain an up-to-date portrait of the forest. Several stakeholders related to forest operations participate in maintaining this forest portrait, including the Regional Operations Sector of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests (MRNF), private forest development agencies and major landowners. This map contains information on forest interventions carried out on the territory (e.g. harvesting, thinning, reforestation) as well as the year of work. The period of work begins at the beginning of the 20th century (when information is available) to the present day. The associated information is presented as a series of overlays of interventions.

This map covers the commercial territory of public forests and private forests in Quebec. **The minimum mapping area is 0.1 ha. **

__ ⚠️ Note that__ when there is more than one intervention on the same territory during the same year, priority is given to the one that changes the forest cover in a sustainable way (e.g. planting). To have access to all the interventions for the same year (in public forests only), please consult the technical and financial activity reports (RATF) distributed by the Ministry's Regional Operations Sector on the government website of Data Québec. 
**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
Permanent sample plot

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


The **permanent sample plot** is a circular sampling unit that covers an area of 400 m2. For each tree, the species, diameter, defoliation of softwoods and the quality of hardwoods are observed and measured. Some of these stems are the subject of further studies in order to know their height and age. Finally, other surveys make it possible to identify the ecological characteristics of the station where the plot is located, whether at ground level or undergrowth plants. 

Since 1970, **more than 12,000 permanent sample plots have been established ** and are monitored decennial. This data is an invaluable source of information on the growth and evolution of forests in Quebec, a source that is enriched each time additional measures are added. In particular, they are used to establish forest growth rates, describe past changes, and model forest evolution. 

This database covers almost all of the territory south of the 52nd parallel of Quebec's public and private forest. 

__ ⚠️ Note:__ Notice to people who want to use the permanent sample plots for training needs or for sampling of any kind. Please contact the Forest Inventory Directorate at 📩
 Inventaires.Forestiers@mrnf.gouv.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
Urban heat/freshness islands and surface temperature 2012

**Warning**

The 2012 version of Urban Heat/Freshness Islands and Surface Temperature is now replaced by a more recent 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. Any new study or analysis should use the most recent data available on Data Quebec * [Urban heat/freshness islands and relative temperature differences 2013-2014] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/ilots-de-chaleur-fraicheur-urbains-et-ecarts-de-temperature-relatifs-2013-2014) * and * [Urban heat/freshness islands and relative temperature differences 2020-2022] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/ilots-de-chaleur-fraicheur-urbains-et-ecarts-de-temperature-relatifs-2020-2022) *.

**Description**


Presentation of urban heat and freshness islands, as well as surface temperature.
This product was created by INSPQ and CERFO in 2012, financed in part by the Green Fund as part of measure 21 of the [2006-2012 Climate Change Action Plan (PACC)] (http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/changements/plan_action/2006-2012_fr.pdf) of the Government of Quebec.

Mapping was carried out for distribution areas with a population density >= 400 inhabitants per km2 and adjacent distribution areas.
Purpose: Locate urban heat and freshness islands, and present a surface temperature gradient.**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
History (public) of ice jams listed at the MSP

This data layer comes from information recorded to the Operations Directorate of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) during winter heat or spring flooding. The compilation was carried out using digital documents, papers, event reports or situation reports.
The database also contains field observations made by municipal stakeholders grouped into river monitoring committees. These committees are set up and coordinated by the regional directorates of the MSP.

Field observation is the collection of qualitative or quantitative data on the state of the river at a specific time. The level of the river can, when the situation applies, be measured using a limnimetric scale or evaluated using a geographic coordinate system as well as its trend (increasing, stable, or decreasing). General information characterizing the ice cover may also be recorded by the observer.

The information in the database is consistent with the Canadian Common Alert Protocol Profile (PC-PAC). The PC-PAC is a set of rules and controlled values that support the translation and composition of a message to facilitate its sending by different means and from different sources.

The PC-PAC formats used are as follows:

SEVERITY LEVEL
The severity level of the event based on the harm to life of persons or damage to property. The severity of observations on past events can therefore be estimated from the consequences recorded at the time of the events. For field observations by river committees, the degree of severity is generally estimated directly by the observer.
The definitions are as follows:
Extreme: Extraordinary threat to life or property.
Significant: a significant threat to life or property.
Moderate: possible threat to life or property.
Minor: low threat to life or property.
Normal: there is no threat to life or property.
Unknown: severity unknown.

EMERGENCY
The emergency level is determined based on the reactive measures that need to be taken in response to the current situation.
The definitions are as follows:
Immediate: reactive action must be taken immediately.
Expected: Reactive action should be taken soon (within the next hour).
Future: reactive action needs to be taken in the near future.
Past: reactive action is no longer necessary.
Unknown: emergency unknown.

STATE
The state refers to the context of the observation, real or simulated.
Current: information about a real event or situation.

Purpose: To obtain an overall picture of the situation concerning ice jam flooding problems in order to estimate the risk of flooding along river sections subject to this problem.
Geographically locate the ice jams listed on Quebec waterways.
Characterize each case listed according to the severity level as defined in the PC-CAP common alert protocol.**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
Intrusion Detection and Access Control System (IDACS) - Privacy Impact Assessment: Global Affairs Canada

The Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) was developed as part of the Department’s commitment to protection of personal information. It also meets the Management of Information Technology Security requirements obligating departmental major services to undergo a security and privacy assessment at this point.

DFAIT represents Canada world-wide through a global network of embassies, High Commissions, consulates and diplomatic offices. These sites are supported by DFAIT Headquarters (HQ) located in Ottawa, Lester B. Pearson Building, 125 Sussex Drive which is the primary site for the Intrusion Detection and Access Control (IDAC) system’s operation. DFAIT has a total of 11 satellite offices within the National Capital Area (NCA). All of these NCA offices are serviced by the IDAC system at HQ, in one way or another, making it the largest operational IDAC system in DFAIT. DFAIT also has 11 Regional Offices, in every province and territory across Canada, but none were connected to the IDAC system at the time the PIA was completed, therefore these offices were out of scope for the PIA. Specifically, the Halifax Regional Office has since been added to the system and the Moncton and Toronto Regional Offices will be added in the near future.

Organization: Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
Snow disposal sites

Data set containing the list and location of snow disposal sites used by the City of Montreal during snow loading periods, including information on each site.

The sets on
 [snow removal sectors] (/city-of-montreal/sector-deenigement), the [contracts and transactions] (/city-of-montreal/contrats-transaction-de-neigement) are also available on the portal.**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
Priority areas to be greened to reduce the impacts of heatwaves

Polygons representing priority areas to be greened on the territory of the City of Montreal to reduce the impacts of heat waves. Three priority levels were defined according to a methodology that aimed to meet the following 5 objectives: 
1. Reducing the vulnerability of Montreal to heat waves
2. Decrease the area of heat islands
3. Increase the canopy index in the most tree-deficient areas
4. Reducing the impacts of heatwaves on the most sensitive groups
5. Greening living environments as a priority (residential and community sectors)

This layer will be used to monitor the evolution of one of the eight indicators of the 2020-2030 Climate Plan [2020-2030 Climate Plan] (https://portail-m4s.s3.montreal.ca/pdf/Plan_climat%2020-16-16-VF4_VDM.pdf), i.e. the number of plantations in vulnerable sectors with a target of 500,000 trees to be planted by the City and its partners. It will also help to better plan and prioritize greening projects that are often expensive (e.g. green roofs, new parks, green corridors, expanded tree planting areas, vegetated overhangs or medians, etc.). 

The data can also be consulted on the [interactive map of climate change vulnerabilities in the Montreal agglomeration] (https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/944e0b7104bd491591ccca829da24670/page/Page/).**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
Quebec Deprivation Index 2021

The deprivation index was designed in the late 1990s in order to measure the deprivation of Quebecers on a small geographic scale. It is used for the purposes of researching and monitoring trends on social inequalities in health, developing policies and programs, allocating resources, and evaluating services. It is composed of a material dimension and a social dimension that can be analyzed separately or in combination. The index includes six indicators, all from the 2021 census and calculated on the basis of dissemination areas (DAs).
 
The geographic file includes the national (province of Quebec), regional (health regions (RSS)), and local (territorial service networks (RTS), local service networks (RLS) and local community service centers (CLSC)) versions of the deprivation index. 
In cases where a broadcast area (AD) straddles two territories (in the RTS, RLS and CLSC versions of the file), it is the AD with the largest proportion of the population that determines which RTS, RLS or CLSC is selected in order to have a single deprivation index value per AD for mapping. All results by AD are available in the equivalence table on the [Web site of the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ)] (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/defavorisation/indice-de-defavorisation-materielle-et-sociale).

For more information on the deprivation index, you can consult [*The Material and Social Deprivation Index: in brief*] (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/publications/2639).
**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
Geobase - knots

The geobase is the spatial representation of the road network in the form of a filamentary network composed of lines called sections. 

At the intersections of these sections or at their limits, points called __knots__ are placed, which, in special cases, have a specific type.

This __Geobase - Nodes__ data set includes the nodes that accompany the sections that are part of the [Geobase - road network] data set (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase). 

Related data sets:

- [Geobase - road network] (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase)
- [Geobase double - street sides of the road network] (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase-double)
- [Geobase - poles] (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase-pole)
- [Geobase - destroyed sections] (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase-troncon-detruit)
- [Geobase - section management] (http://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/geobase-gestion-troncon)

 __Warnings__

- The data disseminated (Geobase - nodes) must be used in accordance with the open data policy and license of the City of Montreal.
- The data disseminated (Geobase - nodes) are those that are in our possession and are not necessarily up to date throughout the country.
- The data disseminated (Geobase - nodes) is provided for information purposes only and should not be used for the purposes of designing or carrying out the works, or for the purpose of locating assets.
- The City of Montreal and the Geomatics Division cannot be held responsible for the inaccuracies or inaccuracies of the data disseminated (Geobase - nodes).**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
HUMA Committee briefing binder: Appearance by the Minister of Job and Families – March 26, 2026

Appearance by: Minister of Job and Families. Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA). Subject: Cúram Software and the processing of Old Age Security (OAS). Date: March 26, 2026 – 8:15 am to 9:15 am

Organization: Employment and Social Development Canada | Emploi et Développement social Canada
Vegetation in Northern Quebec

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


The mapping of **vegetation in Northern Québec** is a component of an extensive inventory carried out to meet knowledge acquisition needs as part of the economic, social and environmental development project “**Plan Nord**”. This inventory was carried out between **2010 and 2013**. Vegetation mapping in Northern Quebec provides information on terrestrial ecosystems, both forest and non-forest, such as the type of forest cover, undergrowth vegetation, disturbances, etc. A mapping approach based on remote sensing techniques (satellite images) was used. Ground and air control points contribute to the validation and clarification of the information interpreted.

This map is available for the entire territory north of the 53rd parallel, which represents an area of approximately 680,000 km2. This territory is presented on topographical bases at a scale of 1/250,000. The minimum mapping area is 16 ha for vegetation and 3 ha for wetlands.
**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
Indicators of the condition of the pavement of the bicycle network

The City of Montreal is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of the network of bicycle paths located on its territory. Knowledge of the condition and condition of this network is an important element in the process of management, determining needs and establishing an adequate level of service for users.

To obtain this information relating to the condition of the roads, auscultation campaigns using specialized equipment are carried out from time to time.
**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
Public parking lots (polygons) - Ville de Shawinigan

Polygonal layer of public parking lots on the territory of the city of Shawinigan.

[Link to the complete Isogeo sheet] (https://open.isogeo.com/s/b6da64af30234cbda2afed3972a5fc3e/Urd8YxfJdWSzGaUmhHFMY60vx14s0/r/2046d9f1f3034b3cac62ad11ec6c40cf?lock)

! [Shawinigan logo] (https://jmap.shawinigan.ca/doc/photos/LogoShawinigan.jpg)


**Collection method**
Location at the corresponding address

**Attributes**

* `objectid` (`integer`): 
* `number` (`char`): Number
* `name` (`char`): Name
* `location` (`char`): Location
* `nb_place_24_hrs` (`integer`): Number of seats 24 hours
* `disabled` (`char`): Disabled
* `vignette` (`char`): Thumbnail
* `regulation` (`char`): Regulation
* `terminal_electric` (`char`): Electrical terminal
* `nb_place_2_hrs` (`integer`): Number of seats 2h
* `reserve_electrique` (`char`): For electric cars only
* `st_area (shape) `(`double`): 
* `st_length (shape) `(`double`): 
* `duration` (`char`): 
**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
Results of forest compilations by Forel

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


**The results of compilations by forel** are one of the deliverables of the ecoforest inventory in southern Quebec. These results are used to produce forest compilations by stand associated with the original ecoforest map. The forel corresponds to a forest pixel with a resolution of 20 meters by 20 meters. 
These results are presented in the form of matrix mapping (image in raster format) to assess the variability of the various dendrometric characteristics within the same forest stand.
Here is the list of variables presented in this map: gross market volume per hectare, basal area per hectare and number of stems per hectare.

These results are intended to provide small-scale information that can, among other things, support the planning of forest operations. They cover ecoforest stands 7 m or more in height. For commercial stems, a separate matrix file is produced for each of the three variables and each of the species, attribution groups, species types and for the total all species. For saplings (stems of 9 cm or less in diameter), only results for basal area and the number of stems per hectare for species types and for the total of all species are produced. The information contained in this map is an image of the forest in the year the aerial photograph was taken.

The results of this forest compilation method will eventually cover most of the territory south of the 52nd parallel. When achieved, the results are disseminated by planning unit (AU) for the territories produced under the fourth inventory and by ecological planning unit (UPE) for the territories produced as part of the fifth inventory.

__ ⚠️ Notes: __
Consult the [original ecoforest map and current inventory results]
] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/resultats-d-inventaire-et-carte-ecoforestiere) for the results of forest compilations by population, also available on Data Quebec.


**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