Hockey Québec is the governing body of all ice hockey in Quebec, Canada. Hockey Québec is a branch of Hockey Canada.
Hockey Québec was organized in 1976 to take over from the various organizations governing hockey in Quebec, such as the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association which had existed since the 1910s.
The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association (QAHA) was organized in Montreal on January 19, 1919, at the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association club house. The first leagues to affiliate were the Junior Amateur Hockey Association, the Montreal City Amateur Hockey League and the Interscholastic Hockey League. The first president was Major Hartland B. MacDougall a former player. The group applied for affiliation with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
Hockey Québec is formed by 15 different regional associations:
Hockey Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Hockey Bas St-Laurent
Hockey Bourassa
Hockey Estrie
Hockey Côte-Nord
Hockey Gaspésie Les Îles
Hockey Lac St-Louis
Hockey Laurentides-Lanaudière
Hockey Laval
Hockey Mauricie
Hockey Montréal
Hockey Outaouais
Hockey Québec-Chaudière-Appalaches
Hockey Richelieu
Hockey Saguenay Lac St-Jean
Junior AAA
Quebec Junior Hockey League (Canadian Junior A)
Junior AA
Chaudiere-Appalaches Junior AA Hockey League
Capitale Junior AA Hockey League
Laurentides-Lanaudière Junior AA Hockey League
Lac St-Louis Junior AA Hockey League
Metropolitaine Junior AA Hockey League
Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Junior AA Hockey League
Junior A
Boucherville Junior A Hockey League
Hockey Expert Junior A Hockey League
Laval Junior A Hockey League
Lac St-Louis Junior A Hockey League
Lac St-Jean Junior A Hockey League
Mauricie Junior A Hockey League
Montreal Junior A Hockey League
Orford-St-Francois Junior A Hockey League
Ligue de Hockey Junior A Rive-Sud
Rive-Nord Junior A Hockey League
Saguenay Junior A Hockey League
Yamaska-Missisquoi Junior A Hockey League
Junior B
Hockey Expert Junior B Hockey League
Laval Junior B Hockey League
Lac St-Louis Junior B Hockey League
Mauricie Junior B Hockey League
Montreal Junior B Hockey League
Orford-St-Francois Junior B Hockey League
Rive-Nord Junior B Hockey League
Rive-Sud Junior B Hockey League
Yamaska-Missisquoi Junior B Hockey League
Collegiate
Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA
Defunct
Montreal Senior Group—men's senior amateur league, until 1944
Quebec Senior Hockey League—men's senior amateur league, until 1953
Quebec Junior A Hockey League (1972-1982; Junior "AAA")
Bas St-Laurent Junior AA Hockey League (Unknown-2013)
Estrie-Mauricie Junior AA Hockey League
Quebec-Est Junior AA Hockey League
The Junior "AA" Provincial title is the Coupe Dodge.
