RTC: Public Transit Stops and Routes for Québec

The RTC (Réseau de transport de la Capitale) provides its public transit data in standardized formats. This dataset includes schedule and route information in GTFS format and geospatial data on stops and routes in shapefile format. It was last updated on 2026-04-22 and is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping transit stop locations based on the provided geospatial shapefiles.
• Analyzing bus route schedules and frequencies based on the GTFS feed.
• Planning multi-modal transportation networks based on the combined route and stop data.
• Developing real-time transit applications based on the standardized GTFS format.

Strengths

• Data is provided in two industry-standard formats: GTFS for schedules and shapefiles for geospatial data.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse.
• Last updated on 2026-04-22, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC), via the Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Collection Method

Operational data published by the transit authority.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:42:09.713281; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Québec, Canada (RTC service area).