List of municipalities created in Quebec in 1855

This is a list of municipalities created in Quebec on July 1, 1855. They are sorted by the County municipality they are issued from. Municipalities written in bold still currently exist under the same name and status.

Beauharnois

Municipality of Dundee
Municipality of Godmanchester
Municipality of Ormstown
Municipality of Russeltown
Municipality of Saint-Anicet
Parish of Saint-Clément
Parish of Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Parish of Saint-Stanislas-Kostka
Parish of Saint-Thimothée
Parish of Saint-Urbain-Premier
Parish of Sainte-Cécile
Parish of Sainte-Martine
Township of Elgin
Township of Hemmingford
Township of Hinchinbrooke
Unorganized territory of Beauharnois

Bellechasse

Parish of Beaumont
Parish of Berthier-en-Bas
Parish of Saint-Charles-Boromée
Parish of Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Parish of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais
Parish of Saint-Lazare
Parish of Saint-Michel
Parish of Saint-Vallier
Unorganized territory of Bellechasse

Berthier

Municipality of Berthier-en-Haut
Municipality of Bienheureux-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez
Municipality of Saint-Félix-de-Valois
Municipality of Sainte-Elizabeth
Municipality of Sainte-Mélanie
Parish of Conversion-de-Saint-Paul
Parish of L'Isle-du-Pads
Parish of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-la-Valtrie
Parish of Saint-Barthélemi
Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie
Parish of Saint-Cuthbert
Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Parish of Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie
Parish of Saint-Norbert
Parish of Saint-Thomas
Unorganized territory of Berthier

Bonaventure

Municipality of Shoolbred
Township of Carleton
Township of Cox
Township of Hamilton
Township of Hope
Township of Mann
Township of Maria
Township of Matapédia
Township of New Richmond
Township of Port-Daniel
Township of Ristigouche
Unorganized territory of Bonaventure

Chambly

Parish of Boucherville
Parish of Longueuil
Parish of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Parish of Saint-Jean-l’Évangéliste
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly
Parish of Saint-Luc
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie
Unorganized territory of Chambly

Champlain

Parish of Batiscan
Parish of Cap-de-la-Magdeleine
Parish of Champlain
Parish of Saint-Maurice
Parish of Saint-Narcisse
Parish of Saint-Prosper
Parish of Saint-Stanislas-de-la-Rivière-des-Envies
Parish of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Parish of Sainte-Geneviève
Unorganized territory of Champlain

Dorchester

Municipality of Aubert-Gallion
Municipality of Metschermet
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire
Parish of Pointe-Lévi
Parish of Saint-Anselme
Parish of Saint-Bernard
Parish of Saint-Elzéar-de-Linière
Parish of Saint-François
Parish of Saint-Hémédine
Parish of Saint-Henri
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Beauce
Parish of Saint-Isidore-de-Lauzon
Parish of Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme
Parish of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Parish of Saint-Nicolas
Parish of Saint-Romuald-d’Etchemin
Parish of Sainte-Claire
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite
Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce
Township of Cranbourne
Township of Frampton
Unorganized territory of Dorchester

Drummond

Municipality of Aston
Municipality of Blandford
Municipality of Durham
Municipality of Grantham
Municipality of Kingsey
Municipality of Upton
Municipality of Warwick
Parish of Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
Parish of Saint-Éphrem-d'Upton
Parish of Saint-Norbert-d’Arthabaska
Township of Acton
Township of Bulstrode
Township of Horton
Township of Stanfold
Township of Tingwick
Township of Wickham
Township of Wotton
United Townships of Ham
Unorganized territory of Drummond

Gaspé

Municipality of Baie-de-Gaspé-Nord
Municipality of Baie-de-Gaspé-Sud
Municipality of Grande-Rivière
Municipality of Isles-de-la-Magdeleine
Municipality of Newport
Township of Cap-Rosier
Township of Douglas
Township of Fox
Township of Malbay
Township of Percé
Unorganized territory of Gaspé

Huntingdon

Municipality of Caughnawaga
Municipality of Lacolle
Municipality of Laprairie
Municipality of Saint-Édouard
Municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
Parish of Saint-Constant
Parish of Saint-Cyprien
Parish of Saint-Isidore
Parish of Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay
Parish of Saint-Michel
Parish of Saint-Patrice
Parish of Saint-Philippe
Parish of Saint-Rémi
Parish of Saint-Valentin
Parish of Sainte-Philomène
Unorganized territory of Huntingdon

Kamouraska

Municipality of Mont-Carmel
Municipality of Rivière-Ouelle
Municipality of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Parish of Kamouraska
Parish of Saint-Alexandre
Parish of Saint-André
Parish of Saint-Denis-de-Kamouraska
Parish of Saint-Paschal-de-Kamouraska
Parish of Sainte-Hélène
Unorganized territory of Kamouraska

Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes

Municipality of Argenteuil
Municipality of Saint-Benoît
Municipality of Saint-Colomban
Municipality of Saint-Eustache
Municipality of Saint-Hermas
Municipality of Sainte-Scholastique
Parish of Saint-Augustin
Parish of Saint-Placide
Parish of Saint-Raphaël-de-l’Isle-Bizard
Township of Chatham
Township of Gore
Township of Grenville
Township of Harrington
Township of Wentworth
Unorganized territory of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes

Leinster

Municipality of L'Assomption
Municipality of Lachenaie
Municipality of Saint-Sulpice
Parish of L’Épiphanie
Parish of Repentigny
Parish of Saint-Alexis
Parish of Saint-Alphonse-de-Liguori
Parish of Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche
Parish of Saint-Jacques
Parish of Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaye
Parish of Saint-Ours-du-Saint-Esprit
Parish of Saint-Roch
Parish of Sainte-Julienne-de-Rawdon
Township of Kilkenny
Township of Rawdon
Unorganized territory of Leinster

L'Islet

Municipality of Cap-Saint-Ignace
Municipality of Islet
Municipality of Port-Joli
Municipality of Saint-Cyrille
Municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Municipality of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets
Parish of Saint-Thomas
Unorganized territory of L'Islet

Lotbinière

Municipality of Lotbinière
Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
Parish of Saint-Apollinaire
Parish of Saint-Flavien
Parish of Saint-Gilles
Parish of Saint-Jean-Deschaillons
Parish of Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage
Parish of Sainte-Croix
Unorganized territory of Lotbinière

Mégantic

Municipality of Broughton
Municipality of Inverness
Municipality of Lambton
Municipality of Sainte-Julie-de-Somerset
Parish of Saint-Calixte-de-Somerset
Township of Aylmer
Township of Forsyth
Township of Halifax
Township of Ireland
Township of Leeds
Township of Nelson
Township of Tring
Township of Wolfestown
Unorganized territory of Mégantic

Missisquoi

Parish of Saint-Armand-Est
Parish of Saint-Armand-Ouest
Township of Dunham
Township of Stanbridge
Township of Sutton
Unorganized territory of Missisquoi

Montmagny

Parish of Isle-aux-Grues
Unorganized territory of Montmagny

Montmorenci

Municipality of Féréol
Parish of Ange-Gardien
Parish of Château-Richer
Parish of Saint-François
Parish of Saint-Jean
Parish of Saint-Joachim
Parish of Saint-Laurent
Parish of Saint-Pierre
Parish of Sainte-Anne-Côte-Beaupré
Parish of Sainte-Famille
Unorganized territory of Montmorenci

Montréal

Municipality of Bout-de-l'Isle
Municipality of Pointe-Claire
Municipality of Rivière-des-Prairies
Parish of La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet
Parish of Lachine
Parish of Longue-Pointe
Parish of Montreal
Parish of Pointe-aux-Trembles
Parish of Saint-Laurent
Parish of Sainte-Geneviève

Nicolet

Parish of Bécancour
Parish of Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly
Parish of Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand
Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Nicolet
Parish of Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
Parish of Sainte-Gertrude
Parish of Sainte-Monique
Unorganized territory of Nicolet

Ottawa

Municipality of Buckingham
Municipality of La Petite-Nation
Municipality of Saint-André-Avellin
Township of Bristol
Township of Chichester
Township of Clarendon
Township of Eardley
Township of Grand-Calumet
Township of Hull
Township of Île-Alumettes
Township of Litchfield
Township of Lochaber
Township of Mansfield
Township of Masham
Township of Onslow
Township of Sheen
Township of Templeton
Township of Wakefield
Unorganized territory of Ottawa

Portneuf

Municipality of Cap-Santé
Municipality of Deschambault
Municipality of Grondines
Municipality of Pointe-aux-Trembles
Municipality of Saint-Bazile
Parish of Saint-Augustin
Parish of Saint-Casimir
Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils
Parish of Saint-Raymond-Nonnat
Parish of Sainte-Catherine
Unorganized territory of Portneuf

Québec

Municipality of Beauport
Municipality of Stoneham
Municipality of Valcartier
Parish of Ancienne-Lorette
Parish of Charlesbourg
Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Anges
Parish of Québec
Parish of Saint-Ambroise
Parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-de-Beauport
Parish of Saint-Foye
Parish of Saint-Roch
Unorganized territory of Québec

Richelieu

Municipality of Saint-Ours
Municipality of Sorel
Parish of Saint-Aimé
Parish of Saint-Barnabé
Parish of Saint-Charles
Parish of Saint-Denis
Parish of Saint-Jude
Parish of Saint-Marcel
Parish of Sainte-Victoire
Unorganized territory of Richelieu

Rimouski

Municipality of Isle-Verte
Municipality of Kakonna
Municipality of Matane
Municipality of Métis
Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup
Municipality of Saint-Simon-de-la-Baie-Ha! Ha!
Municipality of Trois-Pistoles
Municipality of Viger
Parish of Saint-Arsène
Parish of Saint-Éloi
Parish of Saint-Fabien
Parish of Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski
Parish of Sainte-Cécile-du-Bic
Parish of Sainte-Flavie
Parish of Sainte-Luce
Township of Whitworth
Unorganized territory of Rimouski

Rouville

Municipality of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Parish of Saint-Alexandre
Parish of Saint-Athanase
Parish of Saint-Georges
Parish of Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville
Parish of Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand
Parish of Saint-Hilaire
Parish of Saint-Mathias
Parish of Saint-Thomas-de-Foucault
Parish of Sainte-Brigide-de-Monnoir
Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir
Unorganized territory of Rouville

Saguenay

Municipality of Bagot
Municipality of Chicoutimi
Parish of Baie-Saint-Paul
Parish of L’Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge
Parish of Petite-Rivière
Parish of Saint-Etienne-de-Murray-Bay
Parish of Saint-Irénée
Parish of Saint-Louis-de-l’Isle-aux-Coudres
Parish of Saint-Urbain
Parish of Sainte-Agnès
Township of Settrington
Township of Tremblay
Unorganized territory of Saguenay

Saint-Hyacinthe

Municipality of Abbotsford
Municipality of Saint-Césaire
Municipality of Saint-Simon
Parish of La Présentation
Parish of Saint-Ange-Gardien
Parish of Saint-Damase
Parish of Saint-Dominique
Parish of Saint-Hugues
Parish of Saint-Hyacinthe
Parish of Saint-Pie
Parish of Sainte-Hélène
Parish of Sainte-Rosalie
Unorganized territory of Saint-Hyacinthe

Saint-Maurice

Municipality of Maskinongé
Municipality of Pointe-du-Lac
Municipality of Rivière-du-Loup-en-Haut
Municipality of Yamachiche
Parish of Saint-Barnabé
Parish of Saint-Léon-le-Grand
Parish of Saint-Paulin
Parish of Sainte-Ursule
Parish of Trois-Rivières
Township of Caxton
Township of Shawenegan
Unorganized territory of Saint-Maurice

Shefford

Municipality of North-Stukely
Municipality of South-Stukely
Township of Brome
Township of Ely
Township of Farnham-Est
Township of Farnham-Ouest
Township of Granby
Township of Milton
Township of Roxton
Township of Shefford
Unorganized territory of Shefford

Sherbrooke

Municipality of Bury
Municipality of Dudswell
Municipality of Eaton
Township of Ascot
Township of Brompton
Township of Cleveland
Township of Clifton
Township of Compton
Township of Hereford
Township of Lingwick
Township of Melbourne
Township of Orford
Township of Shipton
Township of Stoke
Township of Weedon
Township of Windsor
Township of Winslow
United Townships of Newport-Ditton-Chesham-Clinton-et-Aukland
Unorganized territory of Sherbrooke

Stanstead

Township of Barford
Township of Barnston
Township of Bolton
Township of Hatley
Township of Magog
Township of Potton
Township of Stanstead
Unorganized territory of Stanstead

Terrebonne

Municipality of Lacorne
Municipality of Mille-Isles
Municipality of Saint-François-de-Sales-Isle-Jésus
Municipality of Saint-Jérôme
Municipality of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Municipality of Terrebonne
Parish of Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville
Parish of Saint-Martin
Parish of Sainte-Adèle
Parish of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Parish of Sainte-Rose-de-Lima
Parish of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville
Township of Abercrombie
Township of Morin
Unorganized territory of Terrebonne

Vaudreuil

Municipality of Newton
Municipality of Nouvelle-Longueuil
Municipality of Rigaud
Municipality of Sainte-Marthe
Municipality of Vaudreuil
Parish of Saint-Clet
Parish of Saint-Ignace-du-Coteau-du-Lac
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges
Parish of Saint-Zotique
Parish of Sainte-Jeanne-Chantal-de-l'Isle-Perrot
Unorganized territory of Vaudreuil

Verchères

Municipality of Contrecoeur
Municipality of Saint-Antoine
Municipality of Varennes
Municipality of Verchères
Parish of Saint-Marc
Parish of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Parish of Sainte-Julie
Unorganized territory of Verchères

Yamaska

Municipality of Yamaska
Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre
Parish of Saint-David
Parish of Saint-François-du-Lac
Parish of Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville
Parish of Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval
Unorganized territory of Yamaska

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