Apostille in Quebec
Which documents this office will accept
- From the source
Commissioners for oaths cannot be used: they "cannot make any copies or administer oaths for sworn statements (affidavits) related to documents requiring an apostille." Non-French/English documents need lawyer/notary certificate or OTTIAQ-certified translation. Excluded from apostille: driver's licence, SIN, passport
Certifications you may need first
Notarial acts and lawyer/notary certifications
Applies to: Notarial acts and lawyer/notary certifications — signature authentication from the professional order first: Chambre des notaires du Québec (for notaries) or Barreau du Québec (for lawyers)
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CNQ "quality and authenticity certificates": https://www.cnq.org/en/the-chambre-and-your-protection/the-chambres-services/quality-and-authenticity-certificates/
Complete these before the apostille request itself.
The request form
- Form
No paper form: the request is made through the online portal.
- Where to get it
- From the source
Online form (printed and mailed with documents)
Requesting online
- Online route
Part of the request is made online; the documents themselves still reach the office on paper.
- From the source
Form + credit-card payment online; documents then mailed
Where to go in person
The source lists no office for in-person service.
What it costs
- Fee
$66.50 CAD per document
"A $66.50 fee applies for each document." Note: HCCH page still shows $65 — outdated (Québec indexes fees)
How to pay
- By mail
Money order or certified cheque / bank draft.
- Online
Card payment.
- Make it payable to
Register Fund of the Ministère de la Justice
Copy that exactly as written.
- From the source
Personal cheques are not accepted.
Credit card (online), money order or bank draft payable to the "Register Fund of the Ministère de la Justice." Personal cheques NOT accepted. (bank draft represented under the cashiersCheck token)
Where to send your documents
- Mailing address
- Délivrance des apostilles, 276, rue Saint-Jacques, bureau 301, Montréal (Québec) H2Y 1N3, Canada
- From the source
HCCH still lists old address 1, rue Notre-Dame Est, bureau 7.07 — outdated
How long it takes
This office posts a queue position rather than a turnaround: when this page's source was checked on , it was processing requests received on . That date moves as the queue does — check the office's own page for the current one before you plan around it.
- By mail
Rolling date-based queue — "We are currently processing the applications received at our offices on: July 13, 2026" (posted Aug 4, 2026 → roughly 3 weeks backlog). "Processing times may vary depending on the volume of requests."
- From the source
Applications not received within 3 months of the request are cancelled
Getting your documents back
Return shipping is included.
Expedited return possible with prepaid courier/Xpresspost envelope
Documents returned by regular mail without tracking
Checking status and verifying an apostille
- Verify an issued apostille
https://registreapostilles.gouv.qc.ca
Québec runs its own apostille register (not part of the GAC shared tool)
- Check a request's status
No status-tracking page is published for this office.
Remote online notarization
- Status
Remote online notarization is permitted here.
- Legal basis
Notaries Act (CQLR c. N-3) — current ss. 35.1 ("Notarial acts en minute must be executed in and preserved on a technological medium according to the procedure determined by regulation") and 46 ("The notary may exceptionally... authorize a party who so requests to sign the act remotely"), as amended by S.Q. 2023, c. 23
- How the signer is identified
Notary must verify identity per Notaries Act/CNQ standards — government ID presented via videoconference and secure digital-signature platform (CNQ ecosystem, e.g., ConsignO Cloud) (platform detail unverified on CNQ site); notary must ensure "quality of his or her professional services" and "confidentiality of the information exchanged." No KBA
- Fee caps
No maximum fee is recorded here for a remote act or for a standard notarial act. A missing cap is not the same as “no cap” — the reason is in the notes below.
- From the source
Permitted, permanent for notaries: notarial acts on a technological medium. History: temporary Ministerial Order 2020-4304 (Apr 27, 2020) allowed remote notarial acts during the health emergency; made durable and then permanent through amendments to the Notaries Act (assented 2023; some technological-medium provisions phased in force by regulation — in-force status of specific paragraphs as of Aug 2026 (unverified); bill number (unverified)). Chambre des notaires currently advertises "Signing a technology-based notarial act remotely" as an available service. Remote act closes "at the place where the notary signs it." Note: commissioners for oaths cannot handle apostille-bound sworn statements (see the apostille documentRules). Who can do it: notaries (notarial acts, via CNQ-approved platform with digital signature); commissioners for oaths for ordinary sworn statements (remote oath practice per Code of Civil Procedure/courts — (unverified)); lawyers for affidavits used in court. Fee rules: no statutory tariff for most notarial acts — fees set by agreement; market remote rates vary widely by act (e.g., POA/declarations commonly $100–$300+ at Quebec notary firms) (market range unverified/no single official source). Apostille interplay: GAC and provincial competent authorities require original/wet-ink signatures and seals — remotely executed, purely electronic notarizations are generally unusable for apostille unless printed/wet-signed by the commissioner
Other things the source says
In-person offices: none advertised — application by mail only