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Archives in Québec
Links to Archives with websites will be found under Québec and perhaps education or religion. Here you will also find a link to the current Canadian Council of Archives address list which includes names, addresses and details of the holdings of most institutions on or off the Internet.

Provincial Archives
Archives nationales du Québec, Direction Generale Pavillon Casault, (Campus de l’Université Laval) 1055, avenue du Seminaire, Sainte-Foy Case postale 10450, Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1V 4N1 Telephone: (418) 643-8904

Regional Branches
The regional branches are listed below with the districts they serve. The following applies to all and will not be repeated unless of special importance to non-French research. Check with local branches for detailed information on their holdings.

In each case their holdings include: civil, judicial and governmental documents for these districts as well as the fonds of private individuals, families, corporations and organizations relating to the area, with supporting printed texts, visual and audio-visual documents, maps, architectural drawings, and microforms. Almost every district has Published Guides to their… fonds et collections d’archives privees conservees au Centre… which can be obtained from Publications du Québec. See the website.

Branch Addresses
Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de Montréal, de Laval, des Laurentides  de Lanaudiere et de la Monteregie  535, av. Viger est Montréal (Québec) H2L 2P3 Telephone: (514) 873-1100 option 4 E-mail: [mailto:archives.montreal@banq.qc.ca archives.montreal@banq.qc.ca]

Published Finding Aids include: Guide des archives judiciaires, District de Montréal, Vol. 1, (Guide to legal archives, District of Montréal, Vol. 1) Cour du banc du roi 1795-1849 et Cour superieur 1850-1932 (Court of the King’s bench from 1795 to 1849 and Superior Court from 1850 to 1932) Guide des archives judiciaires, District de Montréal, Vol. 2, Cour de circuit 1849-1953 (Guide to legal archives, District of Montréal, Vol. 2).

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de Québec et de Chaudière-Appalaches  Pavillon Louis-Jacques-Casault, Campus l’Université Laval 1055, avenue du Seminaire Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1V 4N1 Telephone: (418) 643-8904 Email: [mailto:archives.quebec@banq.qc.ca archives.quebec@banq.qc.ca]

Extent of Holdings: over 15 linear kilometres [!!], i.e. 16,798,42 metres lineaires d’archives ecrites; 443 060 cartes et plans; 1 343 153 photographies; 14 038h d’enregistrements sonores; 4 991h d’images animees. Inclusive Dates: 1626-1992

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de l’Abitibi- Temiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec  27, rue du Terminus Ouest Rouyn-Noranda (Québec) J9X 2P3 Telephone: (819) 763-3484 Email: [mailto:archives.rouyn@banq.qc.ca archives.rouyn@banq.qc.ca] Inclusive Dates: 1850-1995 Predominant Dates: 1920-1980

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de l’Estrie  225, rueFrotenac, bureau 401 \Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 1K1 Telephone: (819) 820-3010 Email: [mailto:archives.sherbrooke@banq.qc.ca archives.sherbrooke@banq.qc.ca]

Holdings include: Governmental archives of the region… Civil and judicial records of the Districts of Saint-Francis, Bedford and Megantic as well as private fonds touching all fields of activities in the Townships. [trans.AD]

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de la Côte-Nord  700 Boulevard Laure, bureau 190 Sept-Iles (Québec) G4R 1Y1 Telephone: (418) 964-8434 Email: [mailto:archives.sept-iles@banq.qc.ca archives.sept-iles@banq.qc.ca] Predominant Dates: 1900-1980

Mandate/Holdings: des archives privées, plus particulièrement, celles de la Compagnie minière IOC, d’une grande importance sur la Côte-Nord, et celles du Père Alexis Joveneau, o.m.i., qui consacra une grande partie de sa vie aux Amérindiens de La Romaine (Côte-Nord) (Private archives, particularly those of the IOC mining company, having great influence on the Côte-Nord and the private archives of Father Alexis Joveneau, o.m.i., who dedicated a large portion of his life to the First Nations of La Romaine (Côte-Nord).

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives de la Mauricie - Bois-Francs  225, rue des Forges, Bureau 208br Trois-Rivieres (Québec) G9A 2G7 Telephone: (819) 371-6015 Email: [mailto:archives.trois-rivieres@banq.qc.ca archives.trois-rivieres@banq.qc.ca]

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives du Bas-Saint-Laurent  et de la Gapesie - Iles-de-la-Madeleine  337, rue Moreault Rimouski (Québec) G5L 1P4 Telephone: (418) 727-3500 Email: [mailto:archives.rimouski@banq.qc.ca archives.rimouski@banq.qc.ca] Inclusive Dates: 1690-1990

Holdings include: …archives civiles et judiciaires des districts de Rimouski, Kamouraska, Gaspé et Bonaventure ainsi que les archives des ministeres et organismes du gouvernement du Québec presents dans les régions du Bas-Saint-Laurent et de la Gaspésie, Iles-de-la-Madeleine (Civil and legal archives of the counties of Rimouski, Kamouraska, Gaspé and Bonaventure. Also ministries and organizations of the Québec government located in the regions of Lower St-Laurent and the Gaspésie, Iles-de-la-Madeleine).

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre d’archives du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean  930, rue Jacques-Cartier est, Bureau C-103 Chicoutimi (Québec) G7H 7K9 Telephone: (418) 698-3516&lt; Email: [mailto:archives.saguenay@banq.qc.ca archives.saguenay@banq.qc.ca] Predominant Dates: 1850 - 1980

Archives nationales du Québec  Centre de l’Outaouais  855 boulevard de la Gappe Gatuneau (Québec) J8T 8H9 Telephone: (819) 568-8798 Email: [mailto:archives.gatineau@banq.qc.ca archives.gatineau@banq.qc.ca] Predominant Dates: 1850-1990

Mandate/Holdings: In addition to the usual regional public records and private fonds, this branch holds an extensive collection of microfilms of vital records, for the whole province west of Québec City. It houses the library of La Société de généalogie de l’Outaouais, and this society has added many complementary publications and microforms, which users can access freely.

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