Administrative Divisions of Québec at 1:20,000 and 1:100,000 Scales

Québec's administrative boundaries are provided at scales of 1:20,000 and 1:100,000. The data layers include boroughs, municipalities, unorganized territories, indigenous territories, administrative regions, and interprovincial borders. A municipal referrals file tracks name changes, and the dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Use Cases

• Create jurisdictional maps based on administrative region and MRC boundaries.
• Analyze municipal governance changes based on the municipal referrals file.
• Perform spatial analysis of territories based on indigenous territory and unorganized territory layers.
• Generate base maps for regional planning based on borough and agglomeration boundaries.

Strengths

• Offers two standard cartographic scales (1:20,000 and 1:100,000) for different precision needs.
• Includes a specific file for tracking municipal name changes.
• Coverage includes multiple administrative levels from boroughs to international borders.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 18:07:27.840155; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Québec, Canada, including interprovincial and international borders.