Delimitation of territories for which a ministerial order has been published in the Official Gazette of Quebec in order to exempt them from the application of the regulations provided for in the territory of the ZIS. Territories other than those shown may be subtracted later. For more information on the mapping of flood zones in Quebec, consult the information available on the Ministry's website using the following link: http://www.cehq.gouv.qc.ca/zones-inond/zone-intervention-speciale.htm**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Areas that may be occasionally flooded.attributs:ID - Unique IdentifierMunicipality - Municipality CodeType - Type of areas according to the recurrence of flooding**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The Ministry of Education (MEQ) annually calculates two deprivation indices for the 69 school service centers and linguistic school boards: • the Socio-economic Environment Index (IMSE), which consists of the proportion of families with children whose mothers do not have a diploma, certificate or degree (which represents two thirds of the weight of the index) and the proportion of households whose parents were not employed during the week of reference of the Canadian census (which represents a third of the weight of the index). • The Low Income Threshold Index (LFS) corresponds to the proportion of families with children whose income is close to or below the low income threshold. The low-income cut-off is defined as the income level at which families are estimated to spend 20% more than the overall average on food, housing, and clothing. It provides information that is used to estimate the proportion of families whose incomes can be considered low, taking into account the size of the family and the environment of residence (rural region, small urban area, large agglomeration, etc.). For the 2023-2024 school year, the socio-economic data used are extracted from the 2016 Canadian census and relate to the situation of Quebec families with at least one child aged 0 to 18. Depending on their geographical position, these families are grouped together in one of the 3,680 settlement units established by the Ministry. The annual school indices are grouped in decimal rank in order to locate the relative position of the school among all public schools, for primary and secondary education. Note that schools may include more than one school building, that no index is calculated for school boards with special status (Cree, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and Littoral) and that only schools with 30 students or more are selected (without an MEQ-MSSS agreement). For the school year 2023-2024, 695 primary schools and 197 secondary schools are considered disadvantaged (decile ranks 8, 9 or 10) according to the IMSE index. These schools have 15,7109 and 113,781 students respectively, representing 30% of the public network for each of these two levels of education.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

###**New aerial images released for free! **### All orthophotographic mosaics produced since 2002, in order to meet the needs related to the ecoforest inventory of southern Quebec (IEQM), are now available as open data. For more information on this product, please refer to the fact sheet ** [Historic Airborne Forest Imagery] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/imagerie-historique) **. To download them, please consult the ** [download map] (https://imagerie-telechargement.portailcartographique.gouv.qc.ca/) **. **** Orthophotographic mosaics present an aerial view of Quebec territory at different times. Each image has been analytically straightened to eliminate inaccuracies caused by the camera being tilted at the time of shooting or by the image being moved due to terrain. These collections are the result of governmental and regional initiatives, namely: * The Ecoforest Inventory of Southern Quebec (IEQM) * Partnerships between ministries, agencies and municipal communities Their download is free, as they were acquired under an open data license (** [Creative Commons 4.0] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/licence/) **). Three formats are available depending on the territory: JPEG 2000, ECW and GeoTIFF. For product ownership information (resolution, image type, etc.), please refer to the information for each mosaic available in the ** [download card] (https://imagerie-telechargement.portailcartographique.gouv.qc.ca/) **. For more information on priced aerial imagery, please consult the sheet ** [aerial imagery] (https://mern.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-geographique/imagerie-aerienne/) ** in the “Maps and Geographic Information” section of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources website.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Mineral potential includes information related to mineral exploration targets and favourable areas.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The GTC System makes it possible to compile information on the records of land contaminated by industrial and commercial activities or by accidental spills. This is not an exhaustive inventory, but a compilation of cases brought to the attention of the Department. It also includes information on land that is now rehabilitated. The thematic layers of contaminated land make it possible to locate each georeferenced intervention site of the Operations Management Assistance System (SAGO) to which at least one contaminated field sheet is associated.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Electoral districts**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

This data layer comes from information recorded to the Operations Directorate of the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) during winter heat or spring flooding. The compilation was carried out using digital documents, papers, event reports or situation reports. The database also contains field observations made by municipal stakeholders grouped into river monitoring committees. These committees are set up and coordinated by the regional directorates of the MSP. Field observation is the collection of qualitative or quantitative data on the state of the river at a specific time. The level of the river can, when the situation applies, be measured using a limnimetric scale or evaluated using a geographic coordinate system as well as its trend (increasing, stable, or decreasing). General information characterizing the ice cover may also be recorded by the observer. The information in the database is consistent with the Canadian Common Alert Protocol Profile (PC-PAC). The PC-PAC is a set of rules and controlled values that support the translation and composition of a message to facilitate its sending by different means and from different sources. The PC-PAC formats used are as follows: DEGREE OF SEVERITY The severity level of the event based on the harm to people's lives or damage to property. The severity of observations on past events can therefore be estimated from the consequences recorded at the time of the events. For field observations by river committees, the degree of severity is generally estimated directly by the observer. The definitions are as follows: Extreme: extraordinary threat to life or property. Significant: a significant threat to life or property. Moderate: possible threat to life or property. Minor: low threat to life or property. Normal: there is no threat to life or property. Unknown: severity unknown. EMERGENCY The emergency level is determined based on the reactive measures that need to be taken in response to the current situation. The definitions are as follows: Immediate: reactive action must be taken immediately. Expected: reactive action should be taken soon (within the next hour). Future: reactive action should be taken in the near future. Past: reactive action is no longer necessary. Unknown: emergency unknown. STATUS Status refers to the context of the observation, real or simulated. Current: information about a real event or situation. Purpose: To obtain an overall picture of the situation concerning ice jam flooding problems in order to estimate the risk of flooding along river sections subject to this problem. Geographically locate the ice jams listed on Quebec waterways. Characterize each case listed according to the severity level as defined in the PC-CAP common alert protocol.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Road segments from the Adresses Québec geobase including attributes relating to trucking regulations issued by municipalities. The integration of updates is done periodically by the MTMD in collaboration with the municipalities. - **Transit routes** “Legend: Transit (permit)”: Roads whose access is authorized to all heavy vehicles. These roads have a minimum of restrictions on the movement of heavy vehicles. The minimum level of restriction for drivers on this network means that drivers should be encouraged to use it as often as possible. This network is preferred. - **Restricted roads** “Legend: Restricted”: Roads where access is authorized to any heavy vehicle. However, these roads may include some restrictions on the movement of heavy vehicles. Example: Bridge subject to a load restriction, restricted headroom, steep slope, winding and/or narrow road, etc. - **Roads partially prohibited** “Legend: Partially prohibited”: Roads whose access is partially prohibited to heavy vehicles. The characteristics motivating such a classification may concern: *- Periods of prohibition to drive (Hours, days); **- A limit in terms of the number of axles authorized; **- A limit in terms of the weight of vehicles (tonnage); **- A limit concerning the length of vehicles authorized to drive on the road.* - **A limit concerning the length of vehicles authorized to drive on the road.* - **A limit concerning the length of vehicles authorized to drive on the road.* - **Roads prohibited** “Legend: Forbidden (except local delivery)”: Roads access to which is prohibited to heavy vehicles except for local delivery needs. These roads may include restrictions on the movement of heavy vehicles. Note: These roads are identified by the “Access prohibited to heavy vehicles” sign to which is attached a sign “Except local delivery”. - **Unclassified roads** “Legend: Unclassified”: Roads with no classification. - **Roads with no classification. - **Roads whose classification is not applicable** “Legend: Not applicable”: Roads located outside Quebec. Please note that road signs take precedence over this data, which is available for download and consultation on the interactive map. This information has no legal value.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The Tesselle Forest Information System (SIFORT) is a system that was created in order to meet various needs for analysis and knowledge data on Quebec territory. SIFORT is a database composed of polygonal units of 15 seconds (latitude) by 15 seconds (longitude), whose average area is approximately 14 hectares. Information from the tesserla is obtained by assigning the forest data to the centroid of the tesserla. Thus, for each of the tesserae, we find information such as the type of cover, the type of disturbance of origin, the year of the disturbance, the species, the density, etc. This system integrates forest information from the various forest inventories (first, second, third, third, third, third, third, fourth and fifth inventories, when available) and offers the advantage of constituting a fixed analysis grid in space. Making it possible to relate the forest composition of the territory to the various natural disturbances (e.g. fire and insects) and forest interventions, SIFORT makes it possible to feed various statistical and temporal studies and analyses whose objective is to ensure the sustainable management of Quebec's forest territory.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**