Municipal Zoning Data for Québec with Grid of Uses

Municipal zoning in force for Québec, provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec. The dataset includes a unique identifier, municipal code, zone identifier, and a hyperlink to a grid of permitted uses for each zone. It was last updated on 2026-04-22 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze municipal land-use patterns based on zoning identifiers.
• Integrate zoning boundaries into GIS mapping projects based on the geospatial file formats.
• Study the relationship between municipal codes and permitted uses based on the grid of uses hyperlink.
• Build models for urban development compliance based on the zoning regulations in force.

Strengths

• Includes a hyperlink to a detailed grid of permitted uses for each zone.
• Available in multiple geospatial and tabular formats (KML, GEOJSON, CSV, ESRI REST).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government and Municipalities of Québec.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal planning bylaws.

Time Range

Data reflects zoning in force as of the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:37:17.941537; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Municipalities in Québec, Canada.