Protected Areas and Conservation Territories in Quebec

Quebec's compilation of legally designated protected areas and other effective conservation measures (ECAs). The dataset includes territories defined under the Natural Heritage Conservation Act (LCPN) and IUCN criteria, administered by the Ministry of the Environment, Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks.

Use Cases

• Map protected area boundaries and ECAs using geographic file formats like SHP and GPKG for spatial analysis.
• Analyze the distribution of territories by legal designation (LCPN or IUCN) to assess conservation policy coverage.
• Identify territories of importance for conservation prioritized by the MELCCFP for future protected area allocation.

Strengths

• Includes territories under multiple international and provincial legal frameworks (IUCN and LCPN).
• Data is provided in multiple standard geospatial formats (SHP, GPKG, FGDB/GDB, ESRI REST).
• Maintained by the authoritative Government and Municipalities of Québec organization.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, hindering initial assessment of dataset scale and structure.
• Metadata was machine-translated, which may introduce inaccuracies in field descriptions or terminology.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Compilation of registered territories meeting definitions of the LCPN or IUCN.

Time Range

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Geography

Quebec, Canada