Solar Photovoltaic Potential for Buildings on Montreal Island

Estimates of technical solar photovoltaic potential for every building on Montreal Island. The dataset includes identified roof area, installable photovoltaic capacity, and estimated average annual electricity production. It is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess city-wide solar energy generation capacity based on roof area estimates.
• Plan targeted solar installation campaigns based on building-level photovoltaic capacity.
• Model renewable energy integration into urban grids based on estimated annual electricity production.

Strengths

• Provides building-level estimates for the entire Island of Montreal.
• Includes three key photovoltaic metrics: roof area, installable capacity, and annual production.
• Available in geospatial (GPKG) and tabular (CSV) formats.

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 source region.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 18:01:37.884658

Geography

Island of Montreal