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.
There is a companion page sorted in alphabetical order by name of county seat: List of county seats in Quebec. In terms of internal divisions of counties, there are four types of counties:
- those that contain only townships, as is the case with those counties surveyed by the British after 1763;
- 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;
- those that contain both townships and parishes, and
- 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 .
- Abitibi County, Quebec; Amos, Quebec
- Argenteuil County, Quebec; Lachute, Quebec
- Arthabaska County, Quebec; Arthabaska, Quebec
- Bagot County, Quebec; Saint-Liboire, Quebec
- Beauce County, Quebec; Beauceville, Quebec
- Beauharnois County, Quebec; Beauharnois, Quebec
- Bellechasse County, Quebec; Saint-Raphaël, Quebec
- Berthier County, Quebec; Berthierville, Quebec
- Bonaventure County, Quebec; New Carlisle, Quebec
- Brome County, Quebec; Knowlton, Quebec
- Chambly County, Quebec; Longueuil, Quebec
- Champlain County, Quebec; Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec
- Charlevoix-Est County, Quebec; La Malbaie, Quebec
- Charlevoix-Ouest County, Quebec; Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
- Châteauguay County, Quebec; Sainte-Martine, Quebec
- Chicoutimi County, Quebec; Chicoutimi, Quebec
- Compton County, Quebec; Cookshire, Quebec
- Deux-Montagnes County, Quebec; Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec
- Dorchester County, Quebec; Sainte-Hénédine, Quebec
- Drummond County, Quebec; Drummondville, Quebec
- Frontenac County, Quebec; Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
- Gaspé-Est County, Quebec; Percé, Quebec
- Gaspé-Ouest County, Quebec; Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec
- Gatineau County, Quebec; Maniwaki, Quebec
- Hull County, Quebec; Hull, Quebec
- Huntingdon County, Quebec; Huntingdon, Quebec
- Iberville County, Quebec; Iberville, Quebec
- Ile-de-Montréal County, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec
- Ile-Jésus County, Quebec; Laval, Quebec
- Iles-de-la-Madeleine County, Quebec, Quebec
- Joliette County, Quebec; Joliette, Quebec
- Kamouraska County, Quebec; Saint-Pascal, Quebec
- Labelle County, Quebec; Mont-Laurier, Quebec
- Laprairie County, Quebec; Laprairie, Quebec
- L'Assomption County, Quebec; L'Assomption, Quebec
- Lévis County, Quebec; Saint-Romuald, Quebec
- L'Islet County, Quebec; Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec
- Lotbinière County, Quebec; Sainte-Croix, Quebec
- Lac-Saint-Jean-Est County, Quebec; Alma, Quebec
- Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest County, Quebec; Roberval, Quebec
- Maskinongé County, Quebec; Louiseville, Quebec
- Matane County, Quebec; Matane, Quebec
- Matapédia County, Quebec; Amqui, Quebec
- Mégantic County, Quebec; Inverness, Quebec
- Missisquoi County, Quebec; Bedford, Quebec
- Montcalm County, Quebec; Sainte-Julienne, Quebec
- Montmorency No. 1 County, Quebec; Chateau-Richer, Quebec
- Montmorency No. 2 County, Quebec; Sainte-Famille, Quebec
- Montmagny County, Quebec; Montmagny, Quebec
- Napierville County, Quebec; Napierville, Quebec
- Nicolet County, Quebec; Bécancour, Quebec
- Papineau County, Quebec; Papineauville, Quebec
- Pontiac County, Quebec; Campbell's Bay, Quebec
- Portneuf County, Quebec; Cap-Santé, Quebec
- Québec County, Quebec; Quebec City, Quebec
- Richelieu County, Quebec; Sorel, Quebec
- Richmond County, Quebec; Richmond, Quebec
- Rimouski County, Quebec; Rimouski, Quebec
- Rivière-du-Loup County, Quebec; Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
- Rouville County, Quebec; Marieville, Quebec
- Saint-Hyacinthe County, Quebec; Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
- Saint-Jean County, Quebec; Saint-Jean, Quebec
- Saint-Maurice County, Quebec; Yamachiche, Quebec
- Saguenay County, Quebec; Tadoussac, Quebec
- Shefford County, Quebec; Waterloo, Quebec
- Sherbrooke County, Quebec; Sherbrooke, Quebec
- Soulanges County, Quebec; Côteau-Landing, Quebec
- Stanstead County, Quebec; Ayer's Cliff, Quebec
- Témiscouata County, Quebec; Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec
- Témiscamingue County, Quebec; Ville-Marie, Quebec
- Terrebonne County, Quebec; Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
- Vaudreuil County, Quebec; Vaudreuil, Quebec
- Verchères County, Quebec; Verchères, Quebec
- Wolfe County, Quebec; Ham-Sud, Quebec
- Yamaska County, Quebec; Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec
- Abitibi Territory, Quebec
- Mistassini Territory, Quebec
- Nouveau-Quebec Territory, Quebec
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