# Apostille in Quebec

- **Source:** https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/quebec/
- **Title:** Apostille in Quebec — Canada | Andrii Co.
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> Apostille guide for Quebec, Canada: the competent authority is Minister of Justice of Québec (Ministère de la Justice du Québec). Verified 2026-08-09.

Everything below is transcribed from this office's own published sources and printed in its words. A value we could not confirm against an official page is marked "(unverified)" — but the absence of that marker is not a guarantee that a fact was checked, and the source's own doubts stay inside the notes reproduced here verbatim. Confirm fees, addresses and deadlines with the office before you send documents or money.

- **Jurisdiction:** Quebec, Canada
- **Verified as of:** August 9, 2026

## Who issues the apostille

Minister of Justice of Québec (Ministère de la Justice du Québec)

Apostille issuance office ("Délivrance des apostilles"), Montréal. Covers documents issued in Québec only: public-body documents (birth certificates, diplomas), court documents (Superior Court, municipal courts), authentic/notarial acts (documents received by Québec notaries), and private documents from persons/bodies "having an establishment in Québec" once "officially certified by a lawyer or notary" (affidavits, consent letters, baptismal certificates, powers of attorney). Originals or copies certified true by the issuer accepted. "Québec does not issue apostilles for documents issued by a federal authority, a territory or another province" — those go to Global Affairs Canada

## 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

1. professionalOrder — 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) — CNQ "quality and authenticity certificates": https://www.cnq.org/en/the-chambre-and-your-protection/the-chambres-services/quality-and-authenticity-certificates/

## The request form

No paper form: the request is made through the online portal. Download: https://apostille.justice.gouv.qc.ca/ Online form (printed and mailed with documents)

## Requesting online

Part of the request is made online; the documents themselves still reach the office on paper. Portal: https://apostille.justice.gouv.qc.ca/ Form + credit-card payment online; documents then mailed

## What it costs

- **$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.
- 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

- **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."
- Observed July 13, 2026.
- Applications not received within 3 months of the request are cancelled
- Expedited return possible with prepaid courier/Xpresspost envelope
- Documents returned by regular mail without tracking

## Checking status and verifying an apostille

- **Verification register:** https://registreapostilles.gouv.qc.ca — Québec runs its own apostille register (not part of the GAC shared tool)

## Remote online notarization

- 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
- No maximum fee is recorded here for a remote 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

> **RCW 42.45.230(5):** I am not an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. I am not allowed to draft legal records, give advice on legal matters, including immigration, or charge a fee for those activities.

## Other Canada jurisdictions (Markdown)

- [Apostille in Federal](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/federal/index.md)
- [Apostille in Alberta](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/alberta/index.md)
- [Apostille in British Columbia](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/british-columbia/index.md)
- [Apostille in Manitoba](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/manitoba/index.md)
- [Apostille in New Brunswick](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/new-brunswick/index.md)
- [Apostille in Newfoundland and Labrador](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/newfoundland-and-labrador/index.md)
- [Apostille in Northwest Territories](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/northwest-territories/index.md)
- [Apostille in Nova Scotia](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/nova-scotia/index.md)
- [Apostille in Nunavut](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/nunavut/index.md)
- [Apostille in Ontario](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/ontario/index.md)
- [Apostille in Prince Edward Island](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/prince-edward-island/index.md)
- [Apostille in Saskatchewan](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/saskatchewan/index.md)
- [Apostille in Yukon](https://andrii.co/en/handbook/apostille/ca/yukon/index.md)

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