List of former counties of Quebec

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:

  1. those that contain only townships, as is the case with those counties surveyed by the British after 1763;
  2. 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;
  3. those that contain both townships and parishes, and
  4. 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.

Counties and county seats of Quebec around 1965
CountySeat
Abitibi CountyAmos
Argenteuil CountyLachute
Arthabaska CountyArthabaska
Bagot CountySaint-Liboire
Beauce CountyBeauceville
Beauharnois CountyBeauharnois
Bellechasse CountySaint-Raphaël
Berthier CountyBerthierville
Bonaventure CountyNew Carlisle
Brome CountyKnowlton
Chambly CountyLongueuil
Champlain CountySainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
Charlevoix-Est CountyLa Malbaie
Charlevoix-Ouest CountyBaie-Saint-Paul
Châteauguay CountySainte-Martine
Chicoutimi CountyChicoutimi
Compton CountyCookshire
Deux-Montagnes CountySainte-Scholastique
Dorchester CountySainte-Hénédine
Drummond CountyDrummondville
Frontenac CountyLac-Mégantic
Gaspé-Est CountyPercé
Gaspé-Ouest CountySainte-Anne-des-Monts
Gatineau CountyManiwaki
Hull CountyHull
Huntingdon CountyHuntingdon
Iberville CountyIberville
Ile-de-Montréal CountyMontreal
Ile-Jésus CountyLaval
Iles-de-la-Madeleine CountyIle-du-Havre-Aubert
Joliette CountyJoliette
Kamouraska CountySaint-Pascal
Labelle CountyMont-Laurier
Laprairie CountyLa Prairie
Laviolette CountyLa Tuque
L'Assomption CountyL'Assomption
Lévis CountySaint-Romuald
L'Islet CountySaint-Jean-Port-Joli
Lotbinière CountySainte-Croix
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est CountyAlma
Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest CountyRoberval
Maskinongé CountyLouiseville
Matane CountyMatane
Matapédia CountyAmqui
Mégantic CountyInverness
Missisquoi CountyBedford
Montcalm CountySainte-Julienne
Montmorency No. 1 CountyChateau-Richer
Montmorency No. 2 CountySainte-Famille
Montmagny CountyMontmagny
Napierville CountyNapierville
Nicolet CountyBécancour
Papineau CountyPapineauville
Pontiac CountyCampbell's Bay
Portneuf CountyCap-Santé
Québec CountyQuebec City
Richelieu CountySorel-Tracy
Richmond CountyRichmond
Rimouski CountyRimouski
Rivière-du-Loup CountyRivière-du-Loup
Rouville CountyMarieville
Saint-Hyacinthe CountySaint-Hyacinthe
Saint-Jean CountySaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Maurice CountyYamachiche
Saguenay CountyTadoussac
Shefford CountyWaterloo
Sherbrooke CountySherbrooke
Soulanges CountyCoteau-Landing
Stanstead CountyAyer's Cliff
Témiscouata CountyNotre-Dame-du-Lac
Témiscamingue CountyVille-Marie
Terrebonne CountySaint-Jérôme
Vaudreuil CountyVaudreuil-Dorion
Verchères CountyVerchères
Wolfe CountySaint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud
Yamaska CountySaint-François-du-Lac
  • Abitibi Territory
  • Mistassini Territory
  • Nouveau-Quebec Territory

Renamed Counties

Laval County- Former name of Ile-Jésus County.

Jacques Cartier County- Renamed in 1970. Former name of Ile-de-Montréal County. It absorbed Hochelaga County in 1921.

Ottawa County- Former name of Hull County.

Wright County- Renamed to Gatineau County?

  • "Detailed Ontario Map and Quebec Map of Towns and Counties for Genealogy, circa 1957". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
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