Municipal Housing Agreements in Québec Under Regulation 20-041

Agreements concluded under the Regulation for a mixed metropolis (20-041) to improve the supply of social, affordable, and family housing. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 22, 2026. Since April 1, 2021, the conclusion of an agreement in accordance with this regulation has been required for all permits subject to it.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial distribution of housing agreements based on available geospatial file formats.
• Analyzing trends in municipal housing development obligations based on the regulatory requirement.
• Assessing the supply of social and affordable housing units based on agreement data.
• Monitoring compliance with the Regulation for a mixed metropolis (20-041) based on permit-linked agreements.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Multiple file formats (GEOJSON, SHP, CSV) suggest flexibility for different analysis tools.
• Last update timestamp (2026-04-22 18:36:06.191281) is provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of municipal regulatory and permitting processes.

Time Range

Agreements concluded since at least April 1, 2021.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:36:06.191281; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers municipalities in Québec subject to the regulation.