The Department of Management Agreements and Accountability and Institutional Relations of the MSSS manages permits for public and private institutions and facilities in Quebec. This dataset provides a snapshot of licensed capacities and services for these facilities. The data is also available on the M02-Directory of Establishments web portal, which may have daily updates, unlike this fixed-date publication.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional healthcare capacity distribution based on facility permits.
- Monitor service availability across public and private institutions.
- Compare static publication data with the live M02-Directory portal for updates.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the authoritative MSSS department responsible for facility permits.
- Available in CSV and PDF formats for different analysis needs.
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open reuse and redistribution.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is a fixed-date snapshot and may differ from the daily-updated portal.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Managed by the Department of Management Agreements and Accountability and Institutional Relations of the MSSS.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:52:33.506974; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec