Quebec Municipal Boundaries and Territorial Transaction History

Tabular data files present the most recent portrait of municipal boundaries in Quebec and the history of all territorial transactions affecting municipalities since 1964. The files aggregate information from the Directory of territorial divisions, including transactions, toponyms, codes, and links to provincial and federal divisions. The dataset is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping current municipal boundaries based on the most recent portrait file.
• Analyzing historical territorial transactions affecting municipalities since 1964.
• Integrating municipal codes and toponyms with provincial and federal territorial divisions.
• Studying the evolution of municipal governance structures over time.

Strengths

• Includes historical transaction records dating back to 1964.
• Aggregates information from authoritative sources like the Directory of territorial divisions.
• Distributed in XML format, which is recommended for data exploitation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Earlier versions (up to 1985) are hosted separately, potentially complicating longitudinal analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Time Range

1964 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:48:05.009604

Geography

Quebec, Canada