Speed Limits in 2014: Québec Street Regulations (L-12036)

Speed limits in 2014 (regulation L-12036) is a geospatial dataset from the Government and Municipalities of Québec. It provides a graphic representation of streets where speed is regulated, based on the last adoption of the regulation in 2014. The dataset is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulated speed zones across a road network based on the linear element representation.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of speed regulations for policy review based on the 2014 adoption.
• Integrating regulatory speed data with other traffic datasets for safety or planning models based on the street-level detail.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple interoperable formats (SHP, CSV, JSON).
• Has a clear temporal anchor point based on the 2014 regulation adoption.
• Published 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.
• The description metadata is limited and was translated via an automated tool.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Graphic representation (linear element) of regulated streets, likely derived from official municipal records.

Time Range

Based on the 2014 adoption of regulation L-12036.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 19:08:12.503215; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Streets within Québec, Canada.