Results from three editions of the City of Montreal's participatory budgeting process, covering phases from idea collection to citizen voting. The first edition allocated $10 million from the 2020-2022 investment budget, later increased to $25 million, while the second and third editions reserved $31.5 million and $45 million respectively from 10-year capital programs. The data is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze citizen voting patterns across three budget editions based on the described phases.
- Track funding allocation changes over time based on the specified budget amounts.
- Study the impact of youth-focused funding ('youth seal') based on the dedicated budget mentioned.
- Compare project selection outcomes between general and youth-targeted proposals.
Strengths
- Contains data from three distinct editions of a participatory budgeting process.
- Specifies concrete budget amounts: $10 million (BP1), $31.5 million (BP2), and $45 million (BP3).
- Includes a dedicated youth-focused funding component for the last two editions.
- Data is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating open reuse.
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
- Collection Method
- Information collected as part of the City of Montreal's participatory budgeting process.
- Time Range
- Covers three editions, likely spanning from 2020 onward.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:49:43.452328; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- City of Montreal, Québec, Canada.