Quebec Public Forest Territory Boundaries and Administrative Units

Territorial forest subdivisions (STF) from the Government of Québec integrates boundaries for public forest territories and administrative units. The dataset includes management units, local forests, residual territories, and biological refuges, supporting mandates for determining forest opportunities and planning management works. It is maintained in the MRNF STF system and is available in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GPKG, and FGDB/GDB.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution and area of management units (UA) and local forests (FP) for resource allocation planning.
• Map boundaries of exceptional forest ecosystems (EFE) and biological refuges to support conservation and biodiversity studies.
• Cross-reference forest administrative boundaries like pricing zones and territories of analysis of the Chief Forester (FEC) for regulatory compliance checks.
• Use the boundaries of residual forest territories (TFR) and experimental forests (FE) to model land use exclusions from forest management activities.

Strengths

• Data is maintained in the official MRNF STF system, serving as the origin for several official Ministry entities.
• Available in seven different file formats (SHP, PDF, CSV, GPKG, OTHER, FGDB/GDB, HTML) for flexible integration.
• Covers a comprehensive typology of public forest territories including management units, local forests, and biological refuges.

Limitations

• Sample data and specific row/column counts are unavailable, limiting pre-download assessment of data structure and volume.
• The description contains repetitive text and was translated via an automated tool, which may obscure precise definitions.
• The dataset's practical application requires consulting the accompanying lexicon for proper use, adding a prerequisite step.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec (Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec).

Collection Method

Integrated and maintained in the MRNF STF system.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-25.

Geography

Québec, Canada.