 Modernization of agriculture and agricultural land cover in Quebec (1951 – 2011) 
The modernization of agriculture is recognized for having profoundly modified agricultural activities and the territories on which they are deployed. The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of its impacts on the agricultural land use and land cover (LULC) from 1951 to 2011. In order to do this, a typological analysis of Canadian agricultural census data at the municipal level in 1951, 1981 and 2011 was carried out. The typology identifies eight types of territories which are distinguished by their histories of agricultural LULC. It highlights the diversity of agricultural intensification territories, which today extend beyond the St. Lawrence Lowlands, and the extent of the areas affected by agricultural abandonment throughout the territory of the province. The typology provides a spatial framework to understand the interactions between the multiple driving forces that shaped each of the types of territories and emphasizes their systemic nature.