A directory of municipalities in Quebec provides coordinates, council members, officials, and general information such as designation, establishment date, area, population, administrative region, and electoral district. The dataset also includes information for regional county municipalities (MRC), metropolitan communities, the Kativik Regional Government, and districts. The Government and Municipalities of Québec published the directory, which was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Mapping municipal boundaries and locations based on coordinates mentioned in the description
- Analyzing local government composition based on lists of council members and officials
- Studying demographic and administrative patterns based on population, area, and regional data
Strengths
- Includes data for municipalities, regional county municipalities (MRC), metropolitan communities, districts, and the Kativik Regional Government
- Provides multiple general information fields such as population, area, and administrative region
- Available in CSV and XML formats
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- The directory has no legal value, as stated in the description
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:41.718948
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada