City of Montreal Forecast Budgets Submitted Annually

The City of Montreal Operating Budget dataset contains forecast budgets submitted each year, including information concerning the Montreal agglomeration. Budgets are tabled at the end of the preceding year, such as the 2013 budget being planned in 2012. The data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal budget forecasting trends based on annual budget submissions
• Compare planned expenditures between the City of Montreal and the Montreal agglomeration based on the description
• Study the timing and process of municipal budget planning based on the example of the 2013 budget

Strengths

• Data includes forecast budgets for both the City of Montreal and the Montreal agglomeration
• Budgets are submitted annually, providing a regular time series
• Available under a CC-BY-4.0 open license

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are 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

Time Range

Annual submissions, with an example from 2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:47:16.927972; freshness should be verified

Geography

City of Montreal and Montreal agglomeration