Quebec County is a historic county in the province of Quebec, Canada. The county included the Quebec City metropolitan area and extended northwestward. The county seat was Loretteville.
The County was established on July 1, 1855, encompassing all municipalities and unorganized territory within the following limits:
to the south: the Saint Lawrence River
to the north: the 48th parallel
to the west: the western limits of the parishes of Sainte-Foy, l'Ancienne-Lorette and Saint-Ambroise, and of the Seigniory of Saint-Gabriel and the prolongation thereof to the northern limit of the County
to the east: the southwestern line of the Seigniory of La Côte de Beaupré until it meets the southeastern line of the Township of Tewkesbury, then northeast to its eastern corner, then by its northeastern line to the rear thereof, and then by the prolongation of that line to the northern limit of the county
excepting the City of Quebec and the parishes of Notre-Dame-de-Quebec and Saint-Roch-de-Québec.
In 1896, in addition to the unorganized territory, the County comprised the following entities:
the parishes of Beauport, Charlesbourg, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery, Saint-Félix-du-Cap-Rouge and Sainte-Foy
the municipalities of Limoilou, Saint-Dunstan-du-lac-Beauport, Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Saint-Gabriel-Ouest and St-Malo
in the banlieue of the City of Quebec: the parishes of Quebec, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Saint-Roch-Nord and Saint-Sauveur-de-Québec
the united townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
the fief Hubert
In 1864, Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery was granted the powers of a county council for certain limited purposes.
The county included the following municipalities/townships:
The municipalities constituting the suburban area surrounding Quebec City were withdrawn from the County at the beginning of 1970 to form the Communauté urbaine de Québec.
When Quebec's county boundaries were redrawn into Regional County Municipalities the county was dissolved mostly into La Jacques-Cartier, with small parts going to Le Haut-Saint-Maurice and Portneuf.
