FRR: Agricultural Shoreline Strip Compliance in Montérégie, 2020

Aggregated results from a 2020 photo-interpretation project characterizing 400 kilometers of agricultural shoreline strips along watercourses in five Montérégie regional county municipalities. The data classifies shoreline compliance based on width criteria relative to the high-water line and embankment. This work was funded by the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR) under the Regional Program for the Acquisition of Data on Wetlands and Water Environments (PRADMHH).

Use Cases

• Assessing regulatory compliance of agricultural riparian buffers based on width classifications.
• Modeling the relationship between shoreline strip characteristics and potential water quality impacts.
• Prioritizing areas for riparian restoration or conservation efforts based on aggregated municipal-level data.

Strengths

• Covers 400 kilometers of surveyed agricultural watercourses.
• Provides aggregated results for five specific regional county municipalities.
• Uses explicit, defined width criteria (e.g., 3 meters, 5 meters) for compliance classification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the five surveyed municipalities in Montérégie.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Photo-interpretation of shoreline strips, with results aggregated by municipality.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:07:00.711172; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Five Regional County Municipalities (MRCs) in Montérégie, Québec, Canada: Beauharnois-Salaberry, Haut-Richelieu, Jardins-de-Napierville, Marguerite-d'Youville, Vallée-du-Richelieu.