Exceptional Forest Ecosystem (EFE) Mapping for Laval Urban Planning

Mapping of exceptional forest ecosystems (EFE) within the urban planning code (CDU) on the territory of Laval. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on 2026-04-22. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GEOJSON, KML, and CSV.

Use Cases

• Identify and protect high-value forest areas for urban planning based on the exceptional forest ecosystem (EFE) classification.
• Analyze spatial relationships between designated EFEs and other land-use zones within the urban planning code (CDU).
• Create conservation priority maps for municipal decision-making based on the geospatial EFE boundaries.
• Integrate forest ecosystem data into broader environmental impact assessments for development projects.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple interoperable geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV).
• Has a clear, permissive license (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse.
• Sourced from an authoritative government organization (Government and Municipalities of Québec).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Mapping for urban planning code (CDU), likely derived from official land-use and ecological surveys.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified in the input.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:39:02.121459; freshness should be verified.

Geography

The territory of Laval, Québec, Canada.