BDPPAD: Declared Agricultural Plots and Productions in Quebec Since 2003

Polygons in vector format representing the outlines of agricultural plots associated with clients of La Financière Agricole du Québec (FADQ) since 2003. The database maintains a bank of plots from year to year, covering as much territory as possible, and associates declared agricultural production with plots for each insurance year. This dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing agricultural land use change over time based on the bank of plots maintained since 2003.
• Modeling crop production patterns based on declared production associated with plots.
• Mapping the spatial distribution of insured agricultural activity based on client plot outlines.
• Studying the continuity of agricultural operations based on the inclusion of both active and inactive customer plots.

Strengths

• Contains plot outlines maintained annually since 2003, providing a multi-year temporal dimension.
• Covers a wide territory by including plots associated with both active and inactive customers.
• Data is provided in a standard geospatial vector format (SHP).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata was translated using an automated tool, which may introduce inaccuracies.

Provenance

Source

La Financière Agricole du Québec (FADQ)

Collection Method

Declarations from agricultural insurance clients.

Time Range

Since 2003

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:04:58.393666; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Québec, Canada