Municipal Tree Inventory for Québec, Updated to 2026

An inventory of municipal trees in Québec, compiled by the Government and Municipalities of Québec. The dataset is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license and was last updated on 2026-04-22. The description notes the inventory is in progress and may not be complete.

Use Cases

• Map urban canopy coverage and distribution based on the geospatial tree inventory.
• Analyze municipal forestry assets for maintenance and planning purposes based on the described inventory.
• Model ecosystem services like carbon sequestration using the geospatial tree data.
• Support public works and urban development decisions with location-based tree data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOJSON, SHP, KMZ) for interoperability.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-04-22 18:03:40.204953).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description explicitly states the inventory is in progress and may not be complete.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Municipal inventory, likely compiled by local authorities.

Time Range

Inventory is ongoing; temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 18:03:40.204953; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities in Québec, Canada.