Laval Police Service records road accidents occurring within its municipal jurisdiction, excluding highway networks under provincial authority. The dataset is published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on April 17, 2026. Data is available in XML, CSV, and JSON formats.
Use Cases
- Analyze municipal accident frequency based on Laval Police Service jurisdiction
- Compare urban vs. highway accident patterns based on jurisdictional exclusion
- Map accident locations based on territory of Laval
Strengths
- Data is explicitly limited to Laval Police Service jurisdiction, providing a clear geographic scope
- Available in three common data formats: XML, CSV, and JSON
- Last updated on April 17, 2026
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
- Geography
- Laval, Québec (excluding highway networks)