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.

Bagot[]

Parish of Saint-Simon
Parish of Saint-Dominique
Parish of Sainte-Rosalie
Parish of Saint-Pie
Township of Acton
Unorganized territory of Bagot

Beauce[]

Parish of Saint-Elzéar-de-Linière
Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce
Parish of Saint-François-de-Beauce
Parish of Saint-Frédéric
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Beauce
Township of Linière
Township of Aylmer
Township of Lambton
Township of Forsyth
Township of Tring
Unorganized territory of Beauce

Beauharnois[]

Municipality of Ormstown
Parish of Saint-Clément-de-Beauharnois
Parish of Sainte-Cécile
Parish of Sainte-Martine
Parish of Sainte-Philomène
Parish of Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme
Parish of Saint-Joachim-de-Châteauguay
Parish of Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
Parish of Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
Parish of Saint-Timothée
Parish of Saint-Urbain-Premier
Parish of Saint-Anicet
Unorganized territory of Beauharnois

Bellechasse[]

Parish of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-de-Bellechasse
Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée
Parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont
Parish of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais
Parish of Saint-Lazare
Parish of Saint-Michel
Parish of Saint-Vallier
Unorganized territory of Bellechasse

Berthier[]

Parish of Berthier
Parish of Conversion-de-Saint-Paul
Parish of La Visitation-de-l'Isle-du-Pads
Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie
Parish of Saint-Barthélémi
Parish of Saint-Cuthbert
Parish of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier
Parish of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon
Parish of Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie
Parish of Lanoraie
Parish of Saint-Norbert
Parish of Saint-Thomas
Unorganized territory of Berthier

Bonaventure[]

Municipality of Shoolbred
Parish of Saint-Alexis-de-Matapédia
Township of Carleton
Township of Cox
Township of Hope
Township of Mann
Township of Maria
Township of Port-Daniel
Township of New Richmond
Unorganized territory of Bonaventure

Brome[]

Township of Bolton
Township of Potton
Township of Sutton
Township of Brome
Township of Farnham-Partie-Est
Unorganized territory of Brome

Chambly[]

Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil
Parish of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Parish of Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly
Unorganized territory of Chambly

Champlain[]

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

Charlevoix[]

Parish of Baie-Saint-Paul
Parish of Saint-Hilarion
Parish of Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres
Municipality of Saint-Fidèle-de-Mont-Murray
Parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Murray-Bay
Parish of Saint-Irénée
Unorganized territory of Charlevoix

Châteauguay[]

Parish of Saint-Malachie-d'Ormstown
Unorganized territory of Châteauguay

Chicoutimi[]

Township of Bagot
Township of Chicoutimi
Township of Laterrière
Township of Tremblay
Unorganized territory of Chicoutimi

Compton[]

Township of Compton
Township of Eaton
Township of Clifton
Township of Hereford
United townships of Bury-Hampden-et-Marsden
Township of Lingwick
United townships of Newport-Ditton-Chesham-Clinton-et-Aukland
Unorganized territory of Compton

Deux-Montagnes[]

Parish of Saint-Augustin
Parish of Saint-Benoît
Parish of Saint-Colomban
Parish of Sainte-Scholastique
Parish of Saint-Eustache
Parish of Saint-Joseph
Parish of Saint-Hermas
Parish of Saint-Placide
Unorganized territory of Deux-Montagnes

Dorchester[]

Municipality of Aubert-Gallion
Municipality of Metschermet
Parish of Saint-Anselme
Parish of Saint-Bernard
Parish of Sainte-Claire
Parish of Sainte-Hénédine
Parish of Saint-Isidore
Parish of Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin
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
Township of Acton
Township of Bulstrode
Township of Ham
Township of Horton
Township of Stanfold
Township of Tingwick
Township of Wickham
Township of Wotton
Parish of Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
Parish of Saint-Éphrem-d'Upton
Parish of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Unorganized territory of Drummond

Gaspé[]

Municipality of Baie-de-Gaspé-Sud
Municipality of Cap-Rosier
Municipality of Grande-Rivière
Township of Baie-de-Gaspé-Nord
Township of Douglas
Township of Malbay
Township of Newport
Township of Percé
United townships of Fox-et-Sydenham-Nord
Municipality of Isles-de-la-Magdeleine
Municipality of Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
Unorganized territory of Gaspé

Hochelaga[]

Parish of La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet
Parish of L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles
Parish of Longue-Pointe
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Montréal
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies
Unorganized territory of Hochelaga

Huntingdon[]

Township of Elgin
Township of Godmanchester
Township of Hemmingford
Township of Dundee
Township of Hinchinbrooke
Unorganized territory of Huntingdon

Iberville[]

Municipality of Henryville
Parish of Saint-Georges
Parish of Saint-Alexandre
Parish of Saint-Athanase
Parish of Sainte-Brigide-de-Monnoir
Parish of Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand
Unorganized territory of Iberville

Jacques-Cartier[]

Parish of Sainte-Anne-en-l'Isle-de-Montréal
Parish of Sainte-Geneviève
Parish of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire
Parish of Saint-Laurent
Parish of Saints-Anges-de-Lachine
Parish of Saint-Raphaël-de-l'Isle-Bizard
Unorganized territory of Jacques-Cartier

Joliette[]

Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée-du-Village-d'Industrie
Parish of Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare
Parish of Sainte-Élizabeth
Parish of Sainte-Mélanie
Parish of Saint-Félix-de-Valois
Unorganized territory of Joliette

Kamouraska[]

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

Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes[]

Municipality of Argenteuil
Municipality of Saint-Benoit
Municipality of Saint-Colomban
Municipality of Saint-Eustache (The actual city of Saint-Eustache was created in 1848)
Municipality of Saint-Hermas
Municipality of Sainte-Scholastique
Township of Chatham
Township of Gore
Township of Grenville
Township of Harrington
Township of Wentworth
Parish of Saint-Augustin
Parish of Saint-Placide
Unorganized territory of Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes

Lachenaie[]

Parish of Saint-Esprit
Parish of Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche
Parish of Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaye
Parish of Saint-Roch
Unorganized territory of Lachenaie

Laprairie[]

Parish of Caughnawaga
Parish of La Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-de-Laprairie-de-la-Magdelaine
Parish of Saint-Constant
Parish of Saint-Isidore
Parish of Saint-Philippe
Parish of Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur
Unorganized territory of Laprairie

L'Assomption[]

Parish of L'Assomption
Parish of Le Bienheureux-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez
Parish of L'Épiphanie
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-L'Assomption-de-Repentigny
Parish of Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie
Parish of Sainte-Julienne
Parish of Saint-Sulpice
Unorganized territory of L'Assomption

Laval[]

Parish of Sainte-Rose-de-Lima
Parish of Saint-François-de-Sales
Parish of Saint-Martin
Parish of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
Unorganized territory of Laval

Lévis[]

Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire
Parish of Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon
Parish of Saint-Jean-Chrysostôme
Parish of Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Parish of Saint-Nicolas
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite
Unorganized territory of Lévis

L'Islet[]

Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
Parish of Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues
Parish of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard
Parish of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Parish of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnets
Unorganized territory of L'Islet

Lotbinière[]

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

Maskinongé[]

Municipality of Saint-Didace
Parish of Sainte-Ursule
Parish of Saint-Léon-le-Grand
Unorganized territory of Maskinongé

Mégantic[]

Municipality of Broughton
Municipality of Ireland
Parish of Saint-Calixte-de-Somerset
Township of Halifax
Township of Inverness
Township of Leeds
Township of Nelson
Unorganized territory of Mégantic

Missisquoi[]

Parish of Saint-Armand-Est
Parish of aint-Armand-Ouest
Township of Dunham
Township of Stanbridge
Township of Farnham-Partie-Ouest
Unorganized territory of Missisquoi

Montcalm[]

Parish of Saint-Alexis
Parish of Saint-Jacques
Parish of Saint-Liguori
Township of Kilkenny
Township of Rawdon
Unorganized territory of Montcalm

Montmagny[]

Parish of Berthier
Parish of Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Parish of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
Parish of Saint-Thomas
Parish of Saint-Ignace
Unorganized territory of Montmagny

Montmorency[]

Parish of La Sainte-Famille
Parish of Saint-François
Parish of Saint-Jean
Parish of Saint-Laurent
Parish of Saint-Pierre
Parish of La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame
Parish of Saint-Féréol
Parish of Saint-Joachim
Parish of L'Ange-Gardien
Unorganized territory of Montmorency

Napierville[]

Parish of Saint-Cyprien
Parish of Saint-Édouard
Parish of Saint-Patrice-de-Sherrington
Parish of Saint-Rémi
Unorganized territory of Napierville

Nicolet[]

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

Ottawa[]

Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours-de-la-Petite-Nation
Parish of Saint-André-Avelin
Township of Buckingham
Township of Eardley
Township of Hull
Township of Lochaber
Township of Masham
Township of Templeton
Township of Wakefield
Unorganized territory of Ottawa

Pontiac[]

Township of L'Île-Allumettes
Township of Grand-Calumet
Township of Onslow
Township of Bristol
Township of Clarendon
Township of Litchfield
Township of Mansfield
Township of Chichester
Township of Sheen
Unorganized territory of Pontiac

Portneuf[]

Parish of Saint-François-de-Sales
Parish of Sainte-Famille
Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils
Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault
Parish of Sainte-Catherine
Unorganized territory of Portneuf

Québec[]

Parish of Beauport
Parish of L'Ancienne-Lorette
Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Anges
Parish of Québec-Partie-Sud-Ouest
Parish of Saint-Ambroise
Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée
Parish of Saint-Dunstan-du-Lac-Beauport
United townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
Unorganized territory of Québec

Richelieu[]

Parish of L'Immaculée-Conception-de-Saint-Ours
Parish of Saint-Aimé
Parish of Sainte-Victoire
Parish of Saint-Jude
Parish of Saint-Marcel
Parish of Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel
Parish of Sorel
Unorganized territory of Richelieu

Richmond[]

Township of Brompton
Township of Melbourne
Township of Shipton
United townships of Windsor-et-Stoke
Unorganized territory of Richmond

Rimouski[]

Municipality of Lepage
Municipality of Métis
Parish of Sainte-Flavie
Parish of Sainte-Luce
Parish of Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski
Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte
Parish of Saint-Jérôme-de-Matane
Parish of Saint-Octave-de-Métis
Parish of Saint-Simon
Parish of Sainte-Cécile-du-Bic
Parish of Saint-Fabien
Unorganized territory of Rimouski

Rouville[]

Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir
Parish of Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville
Parish of Saint-Hilaire
Parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Parish of Saint-Mathias
Parish of Saint-Thomas-de-Foucault
Parish of Saint-Ange-Gardien
Parish of Saint-Césaire
Parish of Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford
Unorganized territory of Rouville

Saint-Hyacinthe[]

Parish of La Présentation
Parish of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe
Parish of Saint-Damase
Parish of Sainte-Hélène
Parish of Saint-Hugues
Parish of Saint-Hyacinthe
Parish of Saint-Jude
Parish of Saint-Barnabé
Parish of Saint-Charles
Parish of Saint-Denis
Unorganized territory of Saint-Hyacinthe

Saint-Jean[]

Municipality of Lacolle
Parish of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
Parish of Saint-Valentin
Parish of Saint-Michel
Parish of Saint-Luc
Parish of Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie
Parish of Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste
Unorganized territory of Saint-Jean

Saint-Maurice[]

Municipality of Yamachiche
Parish of Saint-Barnabé
Parish of Saint-Sévère
Municipality of Trois-Rivières
Unorganized territory of Saint-Maurice

Shefford[]

Township of Ély
Township of Granby
Township of Milton
Township of Shefford
Township of Stukely-Nord
Township of Stukely-Sud
Township of Roxton
Unorganized territory of Shefford

Sherbrooke[]

Township of Ascot-Westbury
Township of Cleveland
Township of Orford
Unorganized territory of Sherbrooke

Soulanges[]

Parish of Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges
Unorganized territory of Soulanges

Stanstead[]

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

Témiscouata[]

Parish of Isle-Verte
Parish of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges-des-Trois-Pistoles
Parish of Saint-George-de-Kacouna
Parish of Saint-Arsène
Parish of Saint-Patrice-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup
Township of Viger
Parish of Saint-Éloi
Parish of Saint-Modeste-de-Whitworth
Parish of Trois-Pistoles
Unorganized territory of Témiscouata

Terrebonne[]

Parish of Lacorne
Parish of Mille-Isles
Parish of Sainte-Adèle
Parish of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
Parish of Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville
Parish of Saint-Janvier-de-Blainville
Parish of Saint-Jérôme
Parish of Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne
Township of Abercrombie-Partie-Est
Township of Morin-Partie-Sud
Unorganized territory of Terrebonne

Vaudreuil[]

Parish of Saint-Clet
Parish of Sainte-Jeanne-de-l'Isle-Perrot
Parish of Sainte-Madeleine-de-Rigaud
Parish of Sainte-Marthe
Parish of Saint-Ignace-du-Côteau-du-Lac
Parish of Saint-Michel-de-Vaudreuil
Parish of Saint-Polycarpe
Parish of Saint-Zotique
Parish of Sainte-Justine-de-Newton
Unorganized territory of Vaudreuil

Verchères[]

Parish of Saint-Antoine
Parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes
Parish of Sainte-Julie
Parish of Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur
Parish of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Verchères
Parish of Saint-Marc
Parish of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Unorganized territory of Verchères

Wolfe[]

Township of Dudswell
Township of Weedon
Township of Wotton
Unorganized territory of Wolfe

Yamaska[]

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

List of municipalities created in Quebec in 1855

Bagot[]

Beauce[]

Beauharnois[]

Bellechasse[]

Berthier[]

Bonaventure[]

Brome[]

Chambly[]

Champlain[]

Charlevoix[]

Châteauguay[]

Chicoutimi[]

Compton[]

Deux-Montagnes[]

Dorchester[]

Drummond[]

Gaspé[]

Hochelaga[]

Huntingdon[]

Iberville[]

Jacques-Cartier[]

Joliette[]

Kamouraska[]

Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes[]

Lachenaie[]

Laprairie[]

L'Assomption[]

Laval[]

Lévis[]

L'Islet[]

Lotbinière[]

Maskinongé[]

Mégantic[]

Missisquoi[]

Montcalm[]

Montmagny[]

Montmorency[]

Napierville[]

Nicolet[]

Ottawa[]

Pontiac[]

Portneuf[]

Québec[]

Richelieu[]

Richmond[]

Rimouski[]

Rouville[]

Saint-Hyacinthe[]

Saint-Jean[]

Saint-Maurice[]

Shefford[]

Sherbrooke[]

Soulanges[]

Stanstead[]

Témiscouata[]

Terrebonne[]

Vaudreuil[]

Verchères[]

Wolfe[]

Yamaska[]

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