With an area of more than 63,000 km2, the agricultural zone extends over the territory of metropolitan communities, census metropolitan areas, census agglomerations and 954 municipalities located in Quebec's 17 administrative regions. The lands integrated into the agricultural zone are mainly found in southern Quebec, along the St. Lawrence River and in some peripheral regions, in short, where the biophysical environment offers the best characteristics for the practice of agricultural activities. · Source of the digital agricultural zone. The reference documents that served as the basis for the digitization of the agricultural zone are: the Quebec topographic database (BDTQ) at a scale of 1:20,000, the cadastral compilation at a scale of 1:20,000, the official maps of the boundary of the agricultural zone and their technical descriptions. · Warning and limitations o The file of the boundaries of the agricultural zone does not include any inclusions or exclusions. o The digital boundaries of the agricultural zone have been visually validated by superposition with the boundaries appearing on official maps . This first version was produced and distributed in response to repeated requests from various organizations who wanted to have a general overview of the agricultural area. It does not have legal value. Indeed, the paper plans at a scale of 1:20,000 accompanying government decrees establishing agricultural zones by municipality constitute the official and legal version of the boundaries of the agricultural zone. These plans are submitted to the Commission for the Protection of Agricultural Land of Quebec, to the registrar of rights and to the clerk or secretary-treasurer of the local municipality concerned. o With the progress of cadastral renovation, more and more territories in agricultural areas are dependent on the new land register. The renovated land register has the advantage of being more precise and better structured than the cadastral compilation. On the other hand, you should know that the agricultural zone was demarcated using cadastral compilation. As a result, the zoning assigned to a renovated lot is sometimes difficult to establish with certainty in cases where one is located close to the boundary between the agricultural zone and the non-agricultural zone. This difficulty stems from the discrepancy between the boundaries of the lots of the cadastral compilation and the renovated land register. Therefore, in order to limit the risks of misinterpretation, refer to paper plans at a scale of 1:20,000 or contact our information department to determine the zoning assigned to a lot. A project to adjust the boundary of the agricultural zone to the cadastral renovation lots is underway. o During digitization, trade-offs had to be made when there was a discrepancy between digital source elements and the same elements from official maps of the agricultural area. In addition, the assembly of paper maps into a continuous digital agricultural zone reveals a lack of standardization at the level of the boundaries of the agricultural zone in a water environment. A revision to correct this lack of coherence is under consideration, although it has legal constraints. Purpose: Representation of the agricultural zone of Quebec**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**