Montreal Land Use Plans Showing Building Occupancy in 1949

70 plans, including an index map, document all types of occupancy of buildings and urban spaces in the City of Montreal in 1949. The dataset is provided by the Archives de la Ville de Montréal and requires a specific credit mention for use. It is part of a collection of historical urban data from Montreal.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical urban density based on building occupancy types mentioned in the description
• Study the evolution of land use patterns based on the 1949 snapshot
• Create historical GIS overlays based on the 70 geospatial plans
• Compare urban form with contemporary aerial views based on the linked 1947-1949 imagery

Strengths

• 70 distinct plans provide multiple views of the city
• Includes an index map for spatial reference
• Specific temporal coverage for a single year (1949)

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 temporal bias inherent to a single historical snapshot

Provenance

Source

Archives de la Ville de Montréal

Time Range

1949

Geography

City of Montreal