Inventory of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Environmental and Occupational Health Data
Sources and Surveillance Activities

Inventory of Data Sources

Climatologie (Climatology Database, Québec)

Contact
M. Ghislain Jacques
Data Management Coordinator
Ministère de l'environnement du Québec
Édifice Marie-Guyart
675 est, boulevard René Lévesque, 7^e étage
Québec, QC
G1R 5V7
Tel: (418) 521-3820, extension 4569
E-mail: ghislain.jacques@menv.gouv.qc.ca

Organization Maintaining the Database
Service de l'information sur le milieu atmosphérique (SIMAT), Direction du suivi de l'état de l'environnement (DSÉE), Ministère de l'environnement du Québec (MENV)

Purpose of Database
To manage meteorological and climatological data to meet the needs of MENV and its clients (both governmental and outside the government of Québec); management of public dams and the tracking of climate variables are among the main objectives.

Content
Meteorological and climatological data; at national, provincial, and municipal levels. Geolocators: longitudinal / latitudinal coordinates.

Year Database Established
2000 (overhaul of the former database from 1976)

Coverage Period
1970 to present

Data Updates
In real-time (twice daily for manual stations and every hour for automatic stations)

Data Provider
Service de l'information sur le milieu atmosphérique (SIMAT), Direction du suivi de l'état de l'environnement (DSÉE), Ministère de l'environnement du Québec (MENV)

Data Availability
The main users of the information in the database are Québec ministries, federal ministries, universities, insurance agents, lawyers, and individuals. The data used are extracted from the database by means of automated or ad hoc processes, but for security reasons there is no direct external access; internal access is protected by identifier and password.

Reports
None per se, but data files are available on the FTP server.