Used to carry grain and ore, Quebecois was built to the maximum dimensions allowed on the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

[2] The ship was powered by a 9,896-shaft-horsepower (7,379 kW) Canadian General Electric Type MD70 two-stage steam turbine engine with Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers turning one screw and a bow thruster.

[2] The laker carried loads of grain and ore between Canadian and American ports along the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes.

[2][5] On 26 August 1979 the laker ran aground on a mud bank at the entrance to Lake St. Clair due to an electronic malfunction.

[9] The vessel was towed to International Marine Salvage in Port Colborne, Ontario on 21 November 2013 where she was broken up for scrap.