Shawinigan Municipal Zoning Plan with Land Use Attributes

Polygon data details land use regulations across the territory of Shawinigan, Quebec. The dataset is produced by the Ville de Shawinigan through digitization from the cadastre and is governed by municipal regulation SH-550.102, with a last update recorded in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze land use distribution by querying the `usage_` and `zone_` columns across the city's polygons.
• Calculate total area for specific zoning categories using the `st_area (shape)` attribute for development capacity studies.
• Assess regulatory constraints like building setbacks by examining the `backward_margin` and `margin_recul_note` fields.
• Track zoning regulation evolution by comparing historical usage designations in columns like `usage_v1`, `usage_v2`, `usage_v3`, and `usage_v4`.

Strengths

• Contains specific regulatory attributes like `backward_margin` and multiple historical usage fields for analysis.
• Sourced directly from municipal cadastre digitization, providing authoritative geospatial boundaries.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and spatial sample size limit statistical reliability.
• Attribute columns like `c1`-`c7` and `i1`-`i4` lack clear descriptions, complicating interpretation.
• Metadata indicates use of automated translation, which may introduce terminology inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

Ville de Shawinigan, provided via the Government and Municipalities of Québec on Open Canada.

Collection Method

Digitization from the cadastre.

Freshness

Last updated in April 2026, indicating planned future updates.

Geography

Territory of the city of Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada.