Building Inventory for Saguenay, Québec with Usage and Category Classifications

A municipal building inventory for the city of Saguenay, Québec, covering all main, accessory, and agricultural buildings with addresses. The data includes classifications for building usage and category. It is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban density and land use patterns based on building usage classifications.
• Map municipal infrastructure assets based on geospatial building footprints.
• Support property tax assessment and planning by categorizing main and accessory buildings.
• Study the distribution of commercial versus residential structures within the city.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Includes a detailed classification system for building usage and category.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (PDF, GEOJSON, SHP, CSV).

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 compiled from municipal administrative and property records.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:05:24.404044; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Saguenay, Québec, Canada