Agricultural Soil Characteristics and Potential in Quebec's Monteregian Region

An agro-pedological atlas from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada describes soil characteristics, fertility, water regime quality, vulnerability to degradation, and agricultural potential. The dataset covers soils and land in the Monteregian region of Quebec. It was last updated on May 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess soil fertility and agricultural potential based on soil characteristics.
• Evaluate vulnerability to soil degradation based on described soil quality.
• Model water regime quality for agricultural land management.
• Map agricultural soil suitability based on combined soil characteristics and potential.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (FGDB/GDB, GEOJSON, ESRI REST, PDF).
• The dataset is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.
• It is maintained by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a national authority.

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

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 16:01:33.141535; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Monteregian region of Quebec, Canada