Historical counties and territories in Quebec, Canada, and their county seats are listed below. The list is alphabetized by county, but can also be alphabetized by seat.
In terms of internal division, there are four types of counties: Those that contain only townships, as do counties surveyed by the British after 1763. Those that contain only parishes, as do counties chiefly in the Saint Lawrence Valley settled by French colonists before 1761. Those that each contain both townships and parishes. Those that each contain townships and undivided lands, as do 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 SeatAbitibi County AmosArgenteuil County LachuteArthabaska County ArthabaskaBagot County Saint-LiboireBeauce County BeaucevilleBeauharnois County BeauharnoisBellechasse County Saint-RaphaëlBerthier County BerthiervilleBonaventure County New CarlisleBrome County KnowltonChambly County LongueuilChamplain County Sainte-Geneviève-de-BatiscanCharlevoix-Est County La MalbaieCharlevoix-Ouest County Baie-Saint-PaulChâteauguay County Sainte-MartineChicoutimi County ChicoutimiCompton County CookshireDeux-Montagnes County Sainte-ScholastiqueDorchester County Sainte-HénédineDrummond County DrummondvilleFrontenac County Lac-MéganticGaspé-Est County PercéGaspé-Ouest County Sainte-Anne-des-MontsGatineau County ManiwakiHull County HullHuntingdon County HuntingdonIberville County IbervilleIle-de-Montréal County MontrealIle-Jésus County LavalIles-de-la-Madeleine County Ile-du-Havre-AubertJoliette County JolietteKamouraska County Saint-PascalLabelle County Mont-LaurierLaprairie County La PrairieLaviolette County La TuqueL'Assomption County L'AssomptionLévis County Saint-RomualdL'Islet County Saint-Jean-Port-JoliLotbinière County Sainte-CroixLac-Saint-Jean-Est County AlmaLac-Saint-Jean-Ouest County RobervalMaskinongé County LouisevilleMatane County MataneMatapédia County AmquiMégantic County InvernessMissisquoi County BedfordMontcalm County Sainte-JulienneMontmorency No. 1 County Chateau-RicherMontmorency No. 2 County Sainte-FamilleMontmagny County MontmagnyNapierville County NapiervilleNicolet County BécancourPapineau County PapineauvillePontiac County Campbell's BayPortneuf County Cap-SantéQuébec County Quebec CityRichelieu County Sorel-TracyRichmond County RichmondRimouski County RimouskiRivière-du-Loup County Rivière-du-LoupRouville County MarievilleSaint-Hyacinthe County Saint-HyacintheSaint-Jean County Saint-Jean-sur-RichelieuSaint-Maurice County YamachicheSaguenay County TadoussacShefford County WaterlooSherbrooke County SherbrookeSoulanges County Coteau-LandingStanstead County Ayer's CliffTémiscouata County Notre-Dame-du-LacTémiscamingue County Ville-MarieTerrebonne County Saint-JérômeVaudreuil County Vaudreuil-DorionVerchères County VerchèresWolfe County Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-SudYamaska County Saint-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 – Former name of Ottawa County.
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