Shawinigan Public Transit Bus Stop Locations and Attributes

The City of Shawinigan provides a point layer dataset of bus access stops for the Shawinigan Public Transport Board (RTCS). It contains attributes such as zones, address, street corner, bus shelter, and boarding number. The data is collected via location at the corresponding address.

Use Cases

• Map bus stop density and distribution across different zones for transit network planning.
• Analyze the presence of bus shelters (abri_bus) relative to address and street corner (coin_rue) to prioritize infrastructure upgrades.
• Validate boarding number (embarkation) sequences for route and schedule management systems.
• Geocode addresses for integration with municipal GIS and urban mobility applications.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple interoperable formats including SHP, GEOJSON, and CSV.
• Published under the Québec Creative Commons license (qc-cc-by) for reuse.
• Maintained by a municipal government authority, the City of Shawinigan.

Limitations

• Core quantitative metrics like row count, file size, and spatial precision are unknown.
• Attribute descriptions were machine-translated, which may introduce ambiguity in field interpretation.
• No sample data is available to preview structure or data quality before download.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec, City of Shawinigan.

Collection Method

Location at the corresponding address.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 25, -2026.

Geography

Territory of the city of Shawinigan, Québec.