Montreal Urban Development Opportunity Sectors from Plan 2050

Montreal's Urban and Mobility Plan 2050 identifies sectors of opportunity for development, categorized by program type, planning status, and geographic impact scale. The data is sourced from official city maps and regulations, with interactive viewing available via an ArcGIS web application. In cases of discrepancy, the official plan mapping takes precedence as per regulation 24 017.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of opportunity sectors by program type and special urban planning plan status.
• Map planned versus to be planned sectors to prioritize municipal development initiatives.
• Assess the geographic scale of impact for each sector, distinguishing neighborhood from metropolitan level projects.

Strengths

• Data is directly extracted from the official Urban and Mobility Plan 2050 maps and regulations.
• Provides multiple spatial file formats (SHP, GEOJSON) for GIS integration.
• Linked to an authoritative interactive web map for visual validation and context.

Limitations

• No tabular column definitions or sample data are provided for structured analysis.
• The dataset's size and record count are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.
• Relies on an automated translation for metadata, which may introduce interpretation errors.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Collection Method

Extracted from maps within the official Urban and Mobility Plan 2050 (PUM).

Time Range

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Geography

City of Montreal, Québec, Canada