Shawinigan Public Parking Lots with Capacity and Amenity Details

Point layer data maps public parking lots within the city of Shawinigan, Quebec. Attributes include total capacity, 24-hour and 2-hour spot counts, and amenity flags for disabled access, bike stops, and snow plowing. The dataset is maintained by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze parking capacity distribution using the `nb_place_totale` and `nb_place_24_hrs` columns.
• Identify lots with accessibility features for routing applications by filtering the `disabled` column.
• Model seasonal parking availability by cross-referencing the `snow` (plowed) attribute with weather data.
• Assess short-term parking supply for commercial areas using the `nb_place_2_hrs` count.

Strengths

• Includes 15 distinct attributes detailing capacity, regulations, and amenities per parking lot.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Exact number of parking lots (rows) is unspecified.
• Data scope is limited to a single municipality, Shawinigan.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Collection Method

Location data gathered at corresponding addresses.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

Geography

City of Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.