Community Media Locations Supported by Québec's Operational Assistance Program, 2015-2016

A 2015-2016 list of community media outlets recognized or financially supported by Québec's Ministry of Culture and Communications. The dataset includes geolocation data, sourced from the Operational Assistance Program for Community Media, and is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec. It was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map the geographic distribution of funded community media based on the geolocation data.
• Analyze government support for local media outlets based on the program recognition status.
• Study cultural policy implementation in Québec based on the list of supported organizations.
• Identify potential gaps in community media coverage across regions based on the location data.

Strengths

• Data is geolocated, enabling spatial analysis.
• Specific temporal coverage for the 2015-2016 period.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Sourced from an authoritative government program.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single provincial program.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Compiled from the Operational Assistance Program for Community Media of the Ministry of Culture and Communications.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:07:07.887745; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Québec, Canada