Montreal Food Establishment Locations Under MAPAQ Mandate

A dataset locating food establishments under the inspection responsibility of the City of Montreal's Food Inspection Division. The City acts as a mandatary for the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ) for inspections within its territory. The data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Map food establishment density and types based on the described location data.
• Analyze municipal inspection coverage and resource allocation based on the described mandate.
• Study the relationship between food safety governance and geography based on the described MAPAQ mandate structure.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and CSV for flexibility.
• Last updated on April 22, 2026, suggesting recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• 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 collected as part of municipal food inspection operations under a MAPAQ mandate.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:04:07.587605

Geography

City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada