The national agricultural ecumene includes all dissemination areas with 'significant' agricultural activity. Agricultural indicators, such as the ratio of agricultural land on census farms relative to total land area, and total economic value of agricultural production, are used. Regional variations are also taken into account. The ecumene is generalized for small-scale mapping. A new version of the agricultural ecumene is generated every census years (in vector format) since 1986. This file was produced by Statistics Canada, Agriculture Division, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis section, 2017, Ottawa.

**Note that topographic maps at a scale of 1/20,000 are no longer updated. For the latest update date, see the [metadata] (ftp://transfert.mern.gouv.qc.ca/public/diffusion/RGQ/Documentation/BDTQ/Metadonnees_Topo-20K.xls). The reference cartographic data is now constituted according to a continuous information layer approach: ** * [AQRéseau+] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/adresses-quebec) * [Geobase of the Quebec Hydrographic Network (GRHQ)] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/grhq) * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] (SDA)] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/decoupages-administratifs) * [Geobase of the Quebec Hydrographic Network (GRHQ)] () * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] () * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] () * [Geobase of the Quebec Hydrographic Network (GRHQ)] () * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] ( https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/modeles-numerique-de-terrain-hydro-coherents-a-l-echelle-regionale) *** Topographic maps at a scale of 1/20,000 constitute the official cartographic base of the Government of Quebec. They cover almost all of the territory south of the 52nd parallel. The data is extracted from aerial photographs at a scale of 1:40,000 taken at an altitude of 6,300 meters. They offer an accuracy of approximately four meters in planimetry. In hypsometry, it is about two meters for dimensional points and about five meters for level curves. Each file covers an area of approximately 250 km2. The main components are: * Hydrography (lakes, rivers, streams, streams, swamps, etc.). * Vegetation (forests, peatlands, nurseries, orchards, etc.). * Human constructions: * transport infrastructures (roads, bridges, airports, etc.); * buildings (roads, bridges, airports, etc.); * buildings (mobile homes, silos, greenhouses, etc.); * equipment (docks, electric power transmission lines, surface reservoirs, etc.); * equipment (docks, electrical power lines, surface reservoirs, etc.).); * designated areas (golf courses, loan banks, etc.). * The relief (the contour lines are generally ten meters equidistant and, in in some cases, they may vary between eight and twenty meters).**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

**Note that topographic maps at a scale of 1/100,000 are no longer updated. For the latest update date, see the [metadata] (ftp://transfert.mern.gouv.qc.ca/public/diffusion/RGQ/Documentation/BDAT/Metadonnees_BDAT100k_NordSud.xls). The reference cartographic data is now constituted according to a continuous information layer approach: ** * [AQRéseau+] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/adresses-quebec) * [Geobase of the Quebec Hydrographic Network (GRHQ)] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/grhq) * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] (SDA)] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/decoupages-administratifs) * [Geobase of the hydrographic terrain network of Quebec (GRHQ)] () * [Administrative divisions at the scale of 1/20,000 (SDA)] ( https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/modeles-numerique-de-terrain-hydro-coherents-a-l-echelle-regionale) ___ Topographic maps at a scale of 1/100,000 offer an overview of the occupation of Quebec territory at a scale of 1/100,000. A series in the south (266 sheets) and a series in the north (151 sheets) of the 53rd parallel cover the majority of Quebec. The data is less than 10 meters accurate and each file covers an area of approximately 4,000 km2, equivalent to 16 sheets at [a scale of 1/20,000] (https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/fr/dataset/cartes-topographiques-a-l-echelle-de-1-20-000 “Topographic maps at a scale of 1/20,000”). Main components: * Hydrography (lakes of more than three hectares, permanent watercourses, swamps, etc.). * Vegetation (wooded areas and peatlands of more than 13 hectares). * Human constructions: * transport infrastructures (motorable roads, bridges, airports, etc.); * buildings larger than 12,500 m2; * buildings larger than 12,500 m2; * equipment and designated areas. * The relief (level curves at an equidistance). of 20 meters and elevation points). ##### Special features of the series south of the 53rd parallel * The data are obtained by a generalization of map data on a scale of 1/20,000. Between the 51st and the 53rd parallel, they are extracted from SPOT satellite imagery at 10 meters of resolution. * The data formats available for this series are: * Cover ArcInfo (vector); * GeoTIFF, CCL projection (matrix); * GeoTIFF, MTM projection (matrix); * GeoTIFF, MTM projection (matrix); * PDF (matrix); * PDF (matrix). ##### Special features of the series north of the 53rd parallel * The data is obtained by a generalization of map data from Natural Resources Canada (CanVec product) at a scale of 1:50,000. Multi-source data, namely data from Adresses Québec, data on airports and hydrobases from the Ministère des Transports du Québec, and data on reservoirs from Hydro-Québec, increase the quality of this cartographic product on a scale of 1/100,000. * The data format available for this series is: * FGDB (vector).**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**