List of Quebec counties
Encyclopedia
Historic counties
and territories in Quebec
, Canada
, followed by their respective county seats are listed below. The list is sorted in alphabetical order by county name, but can also be sorted in alphabetical order by seat.
In terms of internal divisions of counties, there are four types of counties:
Parishes as a land unit division arise from the elevation of municipalities based on religious parish limits (parish municipalities). Quebec's counties were dissolved in the early 1980s and Quebec was then divided into regional county municipalities.
County
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and territories in Quebec
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, followed by their respective county seats are listed below. The list is sorted in alphabetical order by county name, but can also be sorted in alphabetical order by seat.
In terms of internal divisions of counties, there are four types of counties:
- those that contain only townships, as is the case with those counties surveyed by the British after 1763;
- those that contain only parishes, as is the case with those counties chiefly in the Saint Lawrence Valley settled by French colonists prior to 1761;
- those that contain both townships and parishes, and
- those that contain townships and undivided lands, as is the case with the northern counties outside the main populated areas of the province.
Parishes as a land unit division arise from the elevation of municipalities based on religious parish limits (parish municipalities). Quebec's counties were dissolved in the early 1980s and Quebec was then divided into regional county municipalities.
| County | Seat |
|---|---|
| Abitibi County Abitibi County, Quebec Abitibi County is an historical County in northwestern Quebec. Its County seat was in Amos. It extended from the Ontario border in the west to the Gouin Reservoir in the east, and included the communities of La Sarre and Val-d'Or in addition to Amos... |
Amos Amos, Quebec Amos is a ville in northwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Harricana River. It is the seat of Abitibi Regional County Municipality.Amos is the main city on the Harricana River, and the smallest of the three primary cities — after Rouyn-Noranda and Val-d'Or — in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec... |
| Argenteuil County Argenteuil County, Quebec Argenteuil County is an historic county in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was located on the Ottawa River between Gatineau and Montreal. The county seat was Lachute... |
Lachute |
| Arthabaska County Arthabaska County, Quebec Arthabaska County is an historical county in central Quebec, Canada. Its county seat was Arthabaska and the main city was Victoriaville. It was bounded on the northeast by Mégantic County on the southeast Wolfe County, on the southwest by Drummond County and Richmond County and on the northwest by... |
Arthabaska |
| Bagot County | Saint-Liboire Saint-Liboire, Quebec Saint-Liboire is a municipality in the municipalité régionale de comté des Maskoutains in Québec , located in the administrative region of Montérégie... |
| Beauce County | Beauceville Beauceville, Quebec Beauceville is a city in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté Robert-Cliche in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 6,226 as of the Canada 2006 Census.... |
| Beauharnois County | Beauharnois Beauharnois, Quebec Beauharnois is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada and is part of Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 11,918... |
| Bellechasse County | Saint-Raphaël Saint-Raphaël, Quebec Saint-Raphaël is a small village of about 2,400 people in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Quebec, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region. It has several small buildings and a very small supermarket.... |
| Berthier County | Berthierville Berthierville, Quebec Berthierville is a Canadian town located between Montreal and Trois-Rivières on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in the province of Quebec. Berthierville is the seat of D'Autray Regional County Municipality, and is served by Autoroute 40, and is the junction of Routes 138 and 158... |
| Bonaventure County | New Carlisle New Carlisle, Quebec New Carlisle, Quebec is a small town in the Gaspé region of Quebec, best known as the boyhood home of René Lévesque; although he was born at Campbellton, New Brunswick. The population is approximately 1430, half English-speaking and half French-speaking... |
| Brome County Brome County, Quebec Brome County, is a historical county of Quebec. It takes its name from the name of a manor in the parish of Barham in Kent, England that was named after the broom plant. It was named by English surveyors. The county was formed in 1855 from parts of Stanstead, Shefford and Missisquoi counties. ... |
Knowlton |
| Chambly County | Longueuil Longueuil Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in... |
| Champlain County | Sainte-Geneviève Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec thumb|upright|left|Église Sainte-GenevièveSainte-Geneviève is a former municipality located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada... |
| Charlevoix-Est County | La Malbaie La Malbaie, Quebec La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Malbaie River... |
| Charlevoix-Ouest County | Baie-Saint-Paul Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec Baie-Saint-Paul is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is situated at the mouth of the Gouffre River... |
| Châteauguay County | Sainte-Martine Sainte-Martine, Quebec Sainte-Martine is a municipality of Quebec, located within the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 4,237... |
| Chicoutimi County | Chicoutimi |
| Compton County Compton County, Quebec Compton County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the US-Canadian border. It is in the Estrie region of the province and was named in 1793 after a town in Surrey, England by British officers who were convinced of the... |
Cookshire |
| Deux-Montagnes County | Sainte-Scholastique Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec The village of Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec was the historic seat of Deux Montagnes County from 1834 until its amalgamation with neighboring towns in 1971. Two years later it was renamed as Mirabel, Quebec... |
| Dorchester County | Sainte-Hénédine Sainte-Hénédine, Quebec Sainte-Hénédine is a parish in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,061 as of 2009. It is named after Catherine-Hénédine Dionne, widow of Pierre-Elzéar Taschereau, who owned the two... |
| Drummond County | Drummondville |
| Frontenac County | Lac-Mégantic Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Lac-Mégantic is a town in Estrie on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake for which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the seat of Le Granit Regional County Municipality and of the judicial district of... |
| Gaspé-Est County | Percé Percé, Quebec Percé is a small village near the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec. As a municipality, it is 432.39 square km in area. It has a long history of being an important seasonal fishing centre under the French... |
| Gaspé-Ouest County | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec Sainte-Anne-des-Monts is a city in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of the province of Quebec in Canada.Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, a small city between mountains and sea, it is on the south shore of the St-Lawrence river estuary.-History:... |
| Gatineau County | Maniwaki Maniwaki, Quebec Maniwaki is a town north of Gatineau and located north-west of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The town is situated on the Gatineau River, at the crossroads of Route 105 and Route 107, not far south of Route 117... |
| Hull County Hull County, Quebec Hull County, Quebec is an historic county of Quebec, Canada. It was named after the town of the same name in East Yorkshire, England... |
Hull Hull, Quebec Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand... |
| Huntingdon County Huntingdon County, Quebec Huntingdon County, is an historical county in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is named after the town and county of the same name in east central England. It is situated in the Montreal South Shore region of Montérégie, one of the roughly 12 regions of Quebec... |
Huntingdon Huntingdon, Quebec Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County in the Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,587... |
| Iberville County | Iberville Iberville, Quebec Iberville was a city in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, on the east side of the Richelieu River, across from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It was about 30 miles from Montreal, and about the same distance from the United States border at the head of Lake Champlain... |
| Ile-de-Montréal County | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
| Ile-Jésus County | Laval Laval, Quebec Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006... |
| Iles-de-la-Madeleine County | |
| Joliette County | Joliette |
| Kamouraska County | Saint-Pascal Saint-Pascal, Quebec Saint-Pascal is a ville in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality. It is in the Bas-Saint-Laurent Region.-Municipal council:* Mayor: Cécile Joseph... |
| Labelle County Labelle County, Quebec Labelle County is an historic county in western Quebec, Canada. Its county seat was Mont-Laurier, Quebec. It was bounded on the west by Gatineau County, on the northeast by Montcalm County, and on the south by Papineau County. In the early 1980s when Quebec's counties were abolished, most of... |
Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier, Quebec Mont-Laurier is a town and incorporated municipality in northwest Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Rivière du Lièvre, a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the “Capital of the Haute-Laurentides”, the motto of the town is Laurus elationis praemium, which translates to “Lift the... |
| Laprairie County | La Prairie La Prairie, Quebec La Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon... |
| L'Assomption County | L'Assomption L'Assomption, Quebec L'Assomption is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area.... |
| Lévis County | Saint-Romuald Saint-Romuald, Quebec Saint-Romuald is a district of Lévis, Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Quebec City. The district was formerly a town , but was amalgamated with Lévis on January 1, 2002.... |
| L'Islet County | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec Saint-Jean-Port-Joli is a village in the Regional County Municipality of L'Islet within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River and is the county seat. The village is located off the Trans-Canada Highway, Autoroute 20... |
| Lotbinière County | Sainte-Croix Sainte-Croix, Quebec Sainte-Croix is a municipality in and the seat of the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,433 as of 2009... |
| Lac-Saint-Jean-Est County | Alma Alma, Quebec Alma is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec.-Geography:Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City... |
| Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest County | Roberval Roberval, Quebec Roberval is a city on the south-western shore of Lac Saint-Jean in the Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. With a population of 10,544 in the Canada 2006 Census, it is the third largest city on this lake after Alma and Dolbeau-Mistassini.It is the seat of the... |
| Maskinongé County | Louiseville Louiseville, Quebec Louiseville is a town in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. It is located near the mouth of the Wolf River on the north shore of Lac Saint-Pierre.... |
| Matane County | Matane Matane Matane is a city in Quebec, Canada.Matane may also refer to:*Matane , Quebec*Matane Regional County Municipality, Quebec*Matane River, Quebec*Paulias Matane, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea... |
| Matapédia County | Amqui |
| Mégantic County | Inverness Inverness, Quebec Inverness is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of the province of Quebec in Canada.... |
| Missisquoi County Missisquoi County, Quebec Missisquoi County is a historical county in Quebec. In the early 1980s Quebec abolished its counties. Much of Missisquoi County became the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality except the southwestern part was transferred to Le Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality.The name of the... |
Bedford Bedford, Quebec Bedford is a town located in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,612. This small community is just a half hour's drive from larger cities such as Burlington and Montreal, and is the home to southern Quebec's largest boy scout troop.-... |
| Montcalm County | Sainte-Julienne Sainte-Julienne, Quebec Sainte-Julienne is a community and municipality in Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada. According to the 2001 Canadian census, the community has a population of 7,182 The Sainte-Julienne Aerodrome is located in Sainte-Julienne.-Notable people:... |
| Montmorency No. 1 County | Chateau-Richer Château-Richer, Quebec Château-Richer is a small town situated in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. Located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River east of Quebec City, Château-Richer is the seat for the Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality.... |
| Montmorency No. 2 County | Sainte-Famille |
| Montmagny County | Montmagny Montmagny, Quebec -External links:*... |
| Napierville County | Napierville Napierville, Quebec Napierville is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 3,352. It is the location of the seat of the Jardins de Napierville Regional County... |
| Nicolet County | Bécancour Bécancour, Quebec Bécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is... |
| Papineau County | Papineauville Papineauville, Quebec Papineauville is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Papineau Regional County Municipality and part of Canada's National Capital Region... |
| Pontiac County | Campbell's Bay Campbell's Bay, Quebec Campbell's Bay is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec. Its population in 2001 was 766. It is the county seat and is home to most government offices for the county, including the Sûreté du Québec, and has French and English elementary schools. Campbell's Bay is in... |
| Portneuf County Portneuf County, Quebec Portneuf County is an historic county in Quebec, Canada west of Quebec City on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada.The county seat was Cap-Santé... |
Cap-Santé |
| Québec County Quebec County, Quebec Quebec County is an historic county in the province of Quebec, Canada. The county included the Quebec City metropolitan area and extended northwestward... |
Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest... |
| Richelieu County | Sorel-Tracy Sorel-Tracy, Quebec Sorel-Tracy is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006... |
| Richmond County | Richmond Richmond, Quebec Richmond, population 3,336 , is a town nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Drummondville, in the heart of Estrie in Quebec, Canada.-Richmond today:... |
| Rimouski County | Rimouski |
| Rivière-du-Loup County | Rivière-du-Loup |
| Rouville County | Marieville Marieville, Quebec Marieville is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region about 30 kilometers east of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,904.-History:... |
| Saint-Hyacinthe County | Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows... |
| Saint-Jean County Saint-Jean County, Quebec Saint-Jean County is an historical county in Quebec and is on the west bank of the Richelieu River about 40 km southeast of Montreal.The county was organized in 1854 from the counties of Huntingdon and Chambly.... |
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
| Saint-Maurice County | Yamachiche Yamachiche, Quebec Yamachiche is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada.-Etymology:The name Yamachiche was first used to identify the Little Yamachiche River which runs through the town. It came from the Native American words iyamitaw and achichki... |
| Saguenay County Saguenay County, Quebec Saguenay County, Quebec is an historical county in Quebec. It generally consisted of all of Quebec east of Tadoussac and north of the Saint Lawrence River. The county seat was also Tadoussac. Today, the county is found in the Regional County Municipalities of La Haute-Côte-Nord, Manicouagan,... |
Tadoussac Tadoussac, Quebec Tadoussac is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay rivers. It was France's first trading post on the mainland of New France and an important trading post in the seventeenth century, making it the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in... |
| Shefford County Shefford County, Quebec Shefford County is an historical county in southern Québec, Canada. It is named after Shefford, a small town in Bedfordshire county, England of the same name and is in the Eastern Townships region of Québec.... |
Waterloo Waterloo, Quebec Waterloo is a city in Quebec, included in La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative area of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 4,054... |
| Sherbrooke County | Sherbrooke |
| Soulanges County | Coteau-Landing |
| Stanstead County | Ayer's Cliff Ayer's Cliff, Quebec Ayer's Cliff is a village on Lake Massawippi, near the mouth of the Tomifobia River, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec located just north of the Vermont/Canada border.... |
| Témiscouata County | Notre-Dame-du-Lac Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec Notre-Dame-du-Lac is a former city in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata in the province of Québec, Canada, located in the administrative region du Bas-Saint-Laurent. On 5 May 2010, the cities of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac combined to form a new city named Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac... |
| Témiscamingue County | Ville-Marie Ville-Marie, Quebec Ville-Marie is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec, Canada. It is the largest city and seat of the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Quebec. As one of the oldest towns in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, it is considered the cradle of north-western Quebec and nicknamed "Pearl of... |
| Terrebonne County Terrebonne County, Quebec Terrebonne County is a historical county in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its county seat and main city was Saint-Jérôme.In the early 1980s Quebec's counties were abolished and replaced by regional county municipalities.... |
Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme, Quebec Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts.... |
| Vaudreuil County | Vaudreuil-Dorion |
| Verchères County | Verchères Verchères, Quebec Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,243.- History :... |
| Wolfe County | Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud, Quebec Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud is a parish municipality in Quebec.... |
| Yamaska County | Saint-François-du-Lac Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec Saint-François-du-Lac is a community in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,002... |
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