Quebec
A starting point for anyone in Quebec. Private matters here often follow the Civil Code of Québec, which is different from the common law used elsewhere in Canada. The chat is not a lawyer and it does not represent you.
What this covers
- Family, parenting, and what happens when a relationship ends.
- Driving, tickets, and everyday problems on the road.
- Work, a small business, and a contract someone is about to sign.
- Housing, rent, and a purchase that went wrong.
- Benefits, debt, small claims, wills, and unfair treatment.
- Police, a criminal charge, or an immigration application. Those subjects are mostly federal, even for people who live in the province.
Provincial law and federal law
Quebec uses civil law for many private matters, including a large part of family property, housing, wills, and contracts. The other provinces use common law for those subjects.
Quebec also sets many rules for driving, consumer purchases, most workplaces, and provincial offences. Benefits can be provincial or federal.
Federal law still applies in Quebec. Criminal law and immigration are federal. Some workplaces are federally regulated.
The chat answers in the language you choose, English or French, including when Quebec is selected. It says so when it cannot verify a source. Check LégisQuébec and the federal Justice Laws website.
Official text: LégisQuébec. Federal statutes: Justice Laws website.
The chat is general information for anyone in Quebec, not a lawyer. It will say when a rule is provincial and when it is federal. If it cannot verify a statute, case, or link, it says that instead of guessing.