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:

  1. Those that contain only townships, as do counties surveyed by the British after 1763.
  2. Those that contain only parishes, as do counties chiefly in the Saint Lawrence Valley settled by French colonists before 1761.
  3. Those that each contain both townships and parishes.
  4. 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.

Counties and county seats of Quebec around 1965
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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
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  • 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.
  • "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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