Transports Québec

Le Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec (English: Ministry of Transportation and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec), known by its short form name Transports Québec or alternatively by the acronym MTQ, is a Quebec government ministry responsible for transport, infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada.

Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec

Agency overview
Formed	1969
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Highways Ministry of Transports and Communications
Jurisdiction	Quebec
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Annual budget	751,7 M$
Agency executive	Geneviève Guilbault, Minister
Parent agency	Province of Quebec
Website	https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/

Since 2022, the Minister for Transport is Geneviève Guilbault.

Role and responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for:

• Registration of all vehicles
• Driver licensing
• Driver examination centres
• Provincial highways in the province
• Maintenance of roads and bridges

Note: Based on a structure number, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec, under the Inventory and inspection of structures tab, offers a tool that gives a detailed description of the condition of all bridges, culverts, retaining walls and tunnels under the management of the Ministry, by region, road, network. On bridges, numbers are usually found on the bridge. (French)^[1]

• Structure number for precise location and more information
• 
  P-06211, above Blanche River,^[1] Saint-Ubalde
• 
  P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche,^[1] Saint-Alban

Service Aérien Gouvernemental

Service Aérien Gouvernemental or Government Air Service is the forest firefighting service that was formerly with the Ministry of Government Services. SAG aviation fleet consists of 8 Bombardier CL-415, 2 CL-215T an 4 CL-215P.^[2]

Ministers for Transports Québec

• Yvon Marcoux April 29, 2003 – February 18, 2005, QLP
• Michel Després February 18, 2005 – December 18, 2008, QLP
• Julie Boulet December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010, QLP
• Sam Hamad August 11, 2010 – September 7, 2011, QLP^[3]
• Pierre Moreau September 7, 2011 – September 4, 2012, QLP
• Sylvain Gaudreault September 4, 2012 – April 23, 2014, PQ^[4]
• Robert Poëti April 23, 2014 – January 28, 2016, QLP
• Jacques Daoust January 28, 2016 – August 19, 2016, QLP
• Laurent Lessard August 19, 2016 – October 11, 2017, QLP
• André Fortin October 11, 2017 - October 18, 2018, QLP
• Francois Bonnardel October 18, 2018- 2022 , CAQ
• Geneviève Guilbault 2022, CAQ

See also

• Government of Quebec
• Transport Canada
• Politics of Quebec
• Transport in Canada

References

1. "Inventory and Inspection of Structures". Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (in French). Government of Quebec. 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
2. https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/services/SAG/Pages/service-aerien-gouvernemental.aspx (French)
3. "Sam Hamad, Member for Louis-Hébert, Quebec Liberal Party, Minister of Transport". National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
4. "Sylvain Gaudreault, Member for Jonquière, Parti québécois, Minister of Transport, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy". National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

External links

• Transports Québec (in French)
• Transport Quebec