The Directory of protected natural environments that contribute to biodiversity tracks terrestrial natural areas protected within the Montréal agglomeration. The dataset is maintained by the Service des Grands Parcs, Mont-Royal et des Sports and updated annually, supporting the agglomeration's target to increase protected land area to 10%. It originates from the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on 2026-04-17.
Use Cases
- Monitor progress towards the 10% protected land area target based on annual updates
- Analyze spatial distribution of protected natural environments contributing to biodiversity
- Support policy evaluation for the Montréal 2030 strategic plan and Climate Plan
- Assess land-use changes and conservation efforts in the Montréal agglomeration
Strengths
- Annual updates provide a time series for tracking conservation progress
- Linked to specific policy targets (10% protected land area) from the Montréal 2030 plan
- Includes official guidelines document for methodological clarity
Limitations
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, limiting suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Montréal agglomeration
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Annual report submitted by the Service des Grands Parcs, Mont-Royal et des Sports to the Conseil d'agglomération de Montréal
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:02.427078
- Geography
- Montréal agglomeration