Quebec Archives and Libraries


 * Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
 * If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
 * Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.

Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa ON Canada K1A 0N3 Telephone: 613-996-7458 Genealogy and Family History

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Records of this fur trading company are some of Canada’s most important. Until 1870, the company controlled almost four-fifths of the territory of present-day Canada, including northern Quebec and Ontario and most of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives (HBCA), home to the archival records of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), is part of the Archives of Manitoba operating under The Archives and Recordkeeping Act and 1994 gift agreement between HBC and the Government of Manitoba. HBCA operations are supported in part through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation. A very helpful source is:
 * Hudson's Bay Company Archives
 * Resources
 * Name Indexes
 * Biographical Sheets
 * Finding Aid to the Hudson Bay Company Archives. . WorldCat.

Salle Gagnon Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal
Salle Gagnon Bibliothèque de la Ville de Montréal Street Address: 1210 rue Sherbrooke est Mail Address: Bureau 400, rue d'Iberville Montréal QC Canada H2G 3E4 Telephone: 514-872-5579
 * The Salle Gagnon is the genealogical room at the City Library of Montréal. It has one of the largest collections in North America of French Canadian genealogical material, both books and microfilm. A brief overview of the collection is:

Eastern Townships Research Centre
Eastern Townships Research Centre Bishop's University Lennoxville QC Canada J1M 1Z7 Telephone: 819-822-9606 Fax: 819-822-9644
 * A major collection of records dealing with the Anglo-Protestant settlement of the Eastern Townships is at:

Quebec National Archives Branches
Most original records for the Province of Québec before 1900 are at the nine branches of the Archives Nationales du Québec listed below. Although microfilm copies of some records are held by all branches, there is no one central repository. Each specializes in a region. Only some of the counties included in each branch are listed below.

Regional boundaries do not match county boundaries exactly. Contact the branch nearest the place where your ancestor lived. If you write, ask them to forward your letter if necessary. General questions about the Archives Nationales du Québec should be addressed to the branch in Sainte-Foy.

Centre d'archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches
Centre d'archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches 1210 Avenue du Séminaire C.P. 10450 Sainte-Foy QC Canada G1V 4N1 Telephone: 418-643-8904 Fax: 418-646-0868
 * Includes the east central counties of Beauce, Bellechasse, Charlevoix, Kamouraska, Lévis, L'Islet, Lotbinière, Montmagny, Montmorency, Portneuf, Québec, Rivière-du-Loup, and parts of others.

Centre d'archives de Montréal, de Laval, de Lanaudière, des Laurentides et de la Montérégie
Centre d'archives de Montréal, de Laval, de Lanaudière, des Laurentides et de la Montérégie 1945 rue Mullins Montréal QC Canada H3K 1N9 Telephone: 514-873-3065 Fax: 514-873-2980
 * Includes the island of Montréal and the west central counties of Argenteuil, Bagot, Beauharnois, Berthier, Chambly, Chateauguay, Deux-Montagnes, Huntingdon, Iberville, Joliette, Labelle, Laprairie, L'Assomption, Napierville, Richelieu, Rouville, Saint-Hyacinthe, Soulanges, Terrebonne, Vaudreuil, Verchères, Yamaska, and parts of others.

Centre d'archives du Bas St-Laurent et de la Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine
Centre d'archives du Bas St-Laurent et de la Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine 337 rue Moreault Rimouski QC Canada G5L 1P4 Telephone: 418-727-3500 Fax: 418-727-3824
 * Includes Rimouski County and eastward.

Centre d'archives du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean
Centre d'archives du Saguenay-Lac St-Jean 930 rue Jacques-Cartier est, local C-103 Chicoutimi QC Canada G7H 2A9 Telephone: 418-698-3516 Fax: 418-698-3522
 * Includes the counties of Chicoutimi and Lac St-Jean.

Centre d'archives de la Mauricie-Bois-Francs
Centre d'archives de la Mauricie-Bois-Francs 225 rue des Forges, bureau 208 Trois-Rivières QC Canada G9A 2G7 Telephone: 819-371-6015 Fax: 819-371-6999
 * Includes the counties of Arthabaska, Champlain, Drummond, Nicolet, Saint-Maurice, and Trois-Rivières.

Centre d'archives de l'Estrie
Centre d'archives de l'Estrie 740 rue Galt ouest Sherbrooke QC Canada J1H 1Z3 Telephone: 819-820-3010 Fax: 819-820-3930
 * Includes the Eastern Townships area around Sherbrooke and Granby, and the counties of Brome, Compton, Frontenac, Missisquoi, Richmond, Shefford, Sherbrooke, Stanstead.

Centre d'archives de l'Outaouais
Centre d'archives de l'Outaouais 170 rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville Hull QC Canada J8X 4C2 Telephone: 819-772-3010 Fax: 819-772-3950
 * Includes the counties of Gatineau, Hull, Papineau, Pontiac, and more.

Centre d'archives de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec
Centre d'archives de l'Abitibi- Témiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec 27 rue du Terminus ouest Rouyn-Noranda QC Canada J9X 2P3 Telephone: 819-762-4484 Fax: 819-764-6480
 * Includes the counties of Abitibi and Témiscamingue and the area northward.

Centre d'archives de la Côte-Nord
Centre d'archives de la Côte-Nord 700 boulevard Laure, bureau 190 Sept-Iles QC CanadaG4R 1Y1 Telephone: 418-962-3434 Fax: 418-962-6500
 * Includes Saguenay County.

Private Archives
Accredited private archive services
 * Private archive services are recognized and supported by the National Archives and are therefore privileged partners. Distributed throughout Quebec, they preserve and make accessible to the population documents bearing witness to the history of Quebec.