Montreal's heritage buildings dataset lists structures from the Old Montreal Web Site and the Grand Répertoire du Patrimoine Built de Montréal. It contains general information on heritage value and summarizes current knowledge on built heritage management. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-04-17.
Use Cases
- Identify heritage buildings based on inclusion in official municipal registries.
- Analyze patterns of heritage designation based on summarized knowledge of built heritage.
- Support urban policy development based on information on heritage value and management.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from two official municipal heritage registries.
- License is explicitly stated as CC-BY-4.0.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-17 15:49:01.934972.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from the Old Montreal Web Site and the Grand Répertoire du Patrimoine Built de Montréal.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:49:01.934972.
- Geography
- Montreal, Québec, Canada