Historical Municipal Boundaries of Laval, Québec, Pre-1965 Merger

Boundaries of former municipalities before their 1965 merger to form the City of Laval. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical municipal fragmentation based on pre-merger boundaries mentioned in the description.
• Mapping the spatial composition of Laval prior to its 1965 formation.
• Studying the scale and geometry of administrative units involved in a major urban merger.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV), enhancing accessibility.
• The dataset has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely derived from historical administrative records.

Time Range

Pre-1965.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:10:47.713928; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Area constituting the present-day City of Laval, Québec, Canada.