Permanent Agricultural Zone and Inclusions for Laval, Quebec

Geospatial data delineating the permanent agricultural zone and agricultural inclusions within the City of Laval, Quebec. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 22, 2026. It corresponds to Map 2-26 in the city's revised land use and development plan.

Use Cases

• Analyze land use patterns based on the delineated permanent agricultural zone.
• Model urban growth and farmland preservation based on the agricultural inclusions.
• Support municipal planning and zoning decisions based on the official development plan map.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV).
• Corresponds to an official map in a municipal land use plan.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely derived from municipal cartographic and planning documents.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:05:29.562935; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Laval, Quebec, Canada