Montreal Heritage Interest Statements Post-2012

Montreal's Heritage Division provides locations for places subject to a statement of heritage interest after 2012. The statements document historical, symbolic, artistic, social, and technical values of sites like buildings, monuments, and landscapes. Data is available in HTML, GEOJSON, and SHP formats.

Use Cases

• Map approximate locations of heritage sites from GEOJSON/SHP files for spatial analysis of cultural asset distribution.
• Analyze the distribution of heritage values (historical, symbolic, artistic) documented in statements across different site types.
• Identify characteristics of places expressing heritage values for urban planning and conservation prioritization.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Heritage Division of the City of Montreal.
• Covers multiple data formats (HTML, GEOJSON, SHP) for different analytical needs.
• Statements contain detailed assessments of multiple heritage value categories.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific column definitions are unavailable, complicating initial analysis.
• The dataset's size and row count are unknown, limiting understanding of its scale.
• Metadata description was machine-translated, which may introduce interpretation errors.

Provenance

Source

Heritage Division, City of Montreal

Collection Method

Documents prepared by a working group under the heritage assessment process.

Time Range

Post-2012

Freshness

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Geography

City of Montreal, Québec, Canada