Territorial Planning Experimentation in Quebec (Report‪)‬

Abstract Over the last four decades, Quebec has experimented with different procedures for territorial planning, which have been largely concerned with the rational allocation of public resources while focussing strongly on a strategic framework. Each experiment generated interesting results in terra of classical contents that are presented and analysed in this paper. The separation in the planning process between strategists on one side, and actors on the other, has created perverse effects that must be corrected in order to better support development initiatives. The author proposes a more innovative form of planning for Quebec's territories, grounded in theory and also based on the experimentation of the last few decades.