Government and Municipalities of Québec provide georeferenced information on more than 200 sites and 300 industrial effluents. The dataset contains annual data concerning compliance and characteristics of wastewater discharges for mines, oil refineries, pulp and paper mills, cement plants, and other industries subject to the Industrial Discharge Reduction Program. It was last updated on 2026-04-17.
Use Cases
- Monitor compliance with environmental regulations based on annual compliance data
- Analyze characteristics of industrial wastewater discharges based on effluent data
- Map industrial pollution sources based on georeferenced site information
- Compare discharge patterns across industries like mining, pulp and paper, and cement
Strengths
- Georeferenced information on more than 200 industrial sites
- Annual compliance and characteristics data for over 300 industrial effluents
- Covers multiple industrial sectors including mines, oil refineries, and pulp and paper mills
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 open_canada, focusing on Québec
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Time Range
- Annual basis
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:47:17.823764
- Geography
- Québec, Canada