Laval, Québec's municipal protected areas, wood and forest corridors of interest, and exceptional forest complexes are delineated in this dataset. The data originates from the revised land use and development plan of the City of Laval and is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec. It was last updated on April 22, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze spatial relationships between protected areas and development zones based on the municipal land use plan.
- Model forest connectivity and wildlife corridors based on the delineated wood and forest corridors of interest.
- Assess conservation priorities by identifying exceptional forest complexes within the municipal boundaries.
- Integrate municipal-level protected area boundaries with regional or provincial datasets for broader analysis.
Strengths
- Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV) for flexibility.
- Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.
- Sourced from an authoritative municipal and provincial government organization.
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.
- The description metadata is limited and was translated via an automated tool, which may affect clarity.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Likely derived from the official revised land use and development plan of the City of Laval.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-22 17:34:24.346395; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- City of Laval, Québec, Canada