RCI Wetlands: Quebec Wetlands and Areas of Influence Under Interim Control Regulation

Wetlands and areas of influence covered by the Interim Control Regulation (ICR) in Quebec. The original wetland delimitation comes from Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Department of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MELCC), 2020, with modifications to produce this data layer. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-25.

Use Cases

• Map wetland conservation zones based on the Interim Control Regulation (ICR) boundaries.
• Analyze land-use planning constraints based on wetland and area of influence designations.
• Assess environmental protection coverage in populated areas of southern Quebec based on the detailed mapping.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a detailed mapping of wetlands in populated areas in southern Quebec by Ducks Unlimited Canada and MELCC.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including KML, GEOJSON, and ESRI REST.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 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.
• Metadata indicates the description was translated using an automated tool, which may introduce inaccuracies.

Provenance

Source

Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Department of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change (MELCC), 2020.

Collection Method

Detailed mapping of wetlands in populated areas in southern Quebec, with modifications to the source data.

Time Range

Source data from 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:33:16.323458.

Geography

Southern Quebec, specifically populated areas.