Geographic database containing the result of Statistics Canada's __2016 Census geography harmonization process.__ Harmonization is a process of editing geographic boundaries in order to adjust them spatially to the official geographic base. This work was carried out in 2016 by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec (ISQ) according to the official provincial geographic base. A detailed project report presents in two parts the coherence between the geography of the 2016 census and the geographical code of Quebec, then presents the process of harmonizing this geography. __The content of the resulting database is detailed there (page 22) __, as well as the description of the attributes (pages 27 to 29).**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Geographic database containing the result of Statistics Canada's __2021 Census geography harmonization process__. Harmonization is a process of editing geographic boundaries in order to adjust them spatially to the official geographic base. This work was carried out in 2022 by the Institut de la Statistique du Québec (ISQ) according to the official provincial geographic base. A metadata sheet shows the process of harmonizing this geography. __The content of the resulting database is detailed there (page 2), as well as the description of the attributes in the appendix (pages 7 to 11) __.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

The food desert is a sector offering poor access to food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets and public markets), i.e. a distribution area (AD) in which residences are located on average more than 1 kilometer from a food store in urban areas and more than 16 kilometers in rural areas, and characterized by very high material deprivation (quintile 5). Accessibility to food stores is a quantitative measure used to assess the geographic ease of access with which individuals or populations can access food stores (grocery stores, supermarkets, and public markets) from where they live. For more information on the food desert index, you can consult * [Identifying Food Deserts] (https://www.inspq.qc.ca/boite-a-outils-cooperative-alimentaire/identification-deserts) *.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**