CDU Special Ecological Development Zone: Urban Planning Zones in Laval

Mapping data for Special Ecological Development Zones (ZAEP) defined in the Urban Planning Code (CDU) for the territory of Laval. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-04-22. It is available in multiple geospatial file formats including SHP, GEOJSON, KML, and CSV.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban ecological conservation areas based on the mapped ZAEP boundaries.
• Integrate zoning regulations into municipal planning models based on the CDU code.
• Perform spatial analysis of development constraints based on the defined ecological zones.
• Create public-facing maps of protected ecological areas within Laval.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple standard geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV).
• License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.
• Last update timestamp is precisely provided (2026-04-22 18:05:02.881148).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely derived from official municipal urban planning documents and spatial databases.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:05:02.881148; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Laval, Québec, Canada