RSQA reports provide a history of annual air quality assessments for the Montreal agglomeration. The Air Quality Monitoring Network measures pollutant concentrations in ambient air to draw up an overview of the situation. The dataset is published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term trends in pollutant concentrations based on annual reports
- Assess the effectiveness of regional air quality policies based on historical overviews
- Model urban air pollution exposure based on ambient air measurements
- Compare air quality across different years in the Montreal agglomeration
Strengths
- Data is published by an authoritative government source, the Government and Municipalities of Québec.
- Reports provide a historical overview, likely spanning multiple years.
- Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Montreal agglomeration.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Measurements from the Air Quality Monitoring Network (RSQA).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:57.676469; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Montréal agglomeration