La Minerve (French for "The Minerva") was a newspaper founded in Montreal, Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) by Augustin-Norbert Morin to promote the political goals of Louis-Joseph Papineau's Parti patriote.

La Minerve was first published on November 9, 1826, and was soon bought by journalist and future Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society founder Ludger Duvernay in 1827.

It was banned in 1837 during the events surrounding the Patriotes Rebellion, which sought to establish an independent republic for Lower Canada.

Back from exile in the United States (he had been forbidden to return by Lord Durham because of his role in the Rebellion), Duvernay restarted publication in 1842.

La Minerve then defended the idea of responsible government and, after the death of Duvernay in 1852, the paper passed through various hands before becoming the organ of the Conservative Party of Canada.