Annual sales reports from holders of wholesale pesticide permits in Quebec. The data includes the sector of use, type of use, name and code of the active ingredient, its chemical group, and the quantity sold for the reported year. It is published by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze pesticide usage trends based on reported annual sales quantities.
- Map pesticide sales to specific sectors of use mentioned in the description.
- Study the distribution of chemical groups of active ingredients sold.
- Monitor compliance and market activity for wholesale pesticide permits.
Strengths
- Data is collected annually under a regulatory reporting requirement, ensuring regular updates.
- Includes specific fields for active ingredient name, code, chemical group, and quantity sold.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Mandatory annual reports from holders of wholesale pesticide permits.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:51:16.147301; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec