Township (Quebec)

The township system was implemented by the British government to facilitate the granting of public lands for settlement by populations of European background, particularly Loyalists from the American Revolution.

[1] Today, the townships no longer represent administrative divisions recognized by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Quebec).

[8] However, several towns and municipalities bear the name, or part of the name, of the township in which they are located, such as Amos, Granby, Joliette, Les Escoumins, North Hatley, Roberval, Thetford Mines.

According to the system of distribution of the lots, they organize, together with the provisions relating to agricultural land and protected areas, the development and location of new urbanization plans, in rural and semi-rural regions.

[9] Within the urban centres, the maintenance of the current townships serves to organize the municipal development of highways and therefore, to promote respect for acquired rights relating to the ownership of lots.