High-Value Municipal Dataset Dissemination Progress in Québec

Data Québec's municipal partners began work in 2018 to identify datasets most likely to be used by citizens. The portrait shows the progress of dissemination and standardization of these datasets, assessed using six criteria targeting socio-economic and environmental issues, as well as their availability by municipality. The data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Use Cases

• Monitor municipal open data dissemination progress based on availability by municipality
• Assess dataset value alignment with socio-economic and environmental criteria
• Track standardization efforts for high-value municipal datasets
• Identify municipalities lagging or leading in high-value data publication

Strengths

• Data is assessed using six established high-value criteria, including data quality and government transparency
• Work began in 2018 with dissemination prioritized starting in 2019, indicating a multi-year initiative
• Partners have been setting data dissemination standards since 2017

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

Municipal partners of Data Québec prioritized dissemination based on a list of high-value datasets.

Time Range

Work began in 2018, with dissemination prioritized starting in 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:42.992568; freshness should be verified

Geography

Municipalities in Québec, Canada.