Community suitability of Quebec / Québec, Canada
Marginally suitable confidence B · live score 41
82
best land · p90
72%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 76
Governance, safety & tenure 81
Economy & cost 98
Society, freedom & health 93
Land & water 78
Climate, growing & hazards 62
Autonomy & access 1
Where it pushes back
AccessibilityGrowing conditionsFood & forage diversity
Within Quebec / Québec — 98 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Acton
strongest Autonomy & access (100) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 85
Brome-Missisquoi
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 85
Les Laurentides
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 85
Arthabaska
strongest Autonomy & access (100) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Beauce-Sartigan
strongest Economy & cost (98) ·
weakest Legal & sovereignty (76)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
D'Autray
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
L'Érable
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Le Haut-Saint-Laurent
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Highly suitable 84
Papineau
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Robert-Cliche
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Argenteuil
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
L'Islet
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
La Haute-Yamaska
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 83
Le Granit
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Les Appalaches
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Les Etchemins
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Les Sources
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Lotbinière
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Maskinongé
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Shawinigan
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Bécancour
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Drummond
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Highly suitable 82
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Les Maskoutains
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Highly suitable 82
Les Pays-d'en-Haut
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Montmagny
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Bellechasse
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 81
Coaticook
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 81
Kamouraska
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 81
Le Haut-Saint-François
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 81
Le Val-Saint-François
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 81
Memphrémagog
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 81
Nicolet-Yamaska
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Highly suitable 81
Pierre-De Saurel
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 81
Portneuf
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 81
Charlevoix-Est
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Joliette
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 80
La Nouvelle-Beauce
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 80
Les Jardins-de-Napierville
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 80
Vaudreuil-Soulanges
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 80
Beauharnois-Salaberry
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 79
Charlevoix
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 79
L'Île-d'Orléans
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 79
La Côte-de-Beaupré
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 79
La Jacques-Cartier
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Mékinac
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 79
Montcalm
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 79
Rouville
pushes back: Food & forage diversity
Moderately suitable 79
La Vallée-du-Richelieu
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Matawinie
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Francheville
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Antoine-Labelle
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Le Haut-Richelieu
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Les Basques
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Rivière-du-Loup
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Marguerite-D'Youville
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Mirabel
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
Témiscouata
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 75
La Rivière-du-Nord
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Deux-Montagnes
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 73
Rimouski-Neigette
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
L'Assomption
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Lévis
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Pontiac
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Thérèse-De Blainville
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Abitibi
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Avignon
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Gatineau
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
La Mitis
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Roussillon
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Bonaventure
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
La Matapédia
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
La Tuque
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Le Domaine-du-Roy
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Le Rocher-Percé
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Les Moulins
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Matane
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Rouyn-Noranda
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Sherbrooke
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Abitibi-Ouest
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
La Haute-Côte-Nord
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
La Vallée-de-l'Or
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Témiscamingue
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
La Haute-Gaspésie
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Québec
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
La Côte-de-Gaspé
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 62
Longueuil
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 58
Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 57
Laval
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 53
Montréal
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 52
Le Saguenay-et-son-Fjord
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Maria-Chapdelaine
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 43
Manicouagan
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Minganie--Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 42
Sept-Rivières--Caniapiscau
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 41
Nord-du-Québec
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 39
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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