Standardized property wealth (RFU) data measures municipal capacity to generate tax revenues and compensation in lieu of taxes. It is produced by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated on April 17, 2026. The data can be used to share expenses of intermunicipal organizations and as a distribution base for regional county municipalities.
Use Cases
- Calculate municipal fiscal potential based on standardized property wealth
- Share expenses of intermunicipal authorities based on tax revenue capacity
- Distribute metropolitan community expenses using a standardized distribution base
- Compare tax revenue generation capacity across different municipalities
Strengths
- Data is standardized (RFU), enabling direct comparison across municipalities
- License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for broad reuse
- Last updated date is explicitly provided (2026-04-17)
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 Québec
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:48:58.556936
- Geography
- Québec, Canada