The Régie du Bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) requires contractors, promoters, and owner-builders to hold a license for construction work. This dataset lists all active RBQ license holders, published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec. The data was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Verify contractor licensing status based on the requirement for construction contractors to hold a license.
- Analyze the distribution of licensed promoters based on the requirement for those selling newly built properties.
- Identify owner-builder licenses based on the exemption for owners performing work on their own behalf.
- Monitor industry compliance based on the legal mandate for most construction work to require a license.
Strengths
- Data is provided in multiple formats (CSV, JSON, PDF) for flexibility.
- Licensed under CC-BY-4.0, a permissive open data license.
- Last updated on April 17, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
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 solely on Quebec.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:49:32.685316; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec