Police organisation
Sûreté du Québec
Quebec’s own provincial police service — one of the two provinces that do not contract policing from the RCMP.
At a glance
- Official name
- Sûreté du Québec
- System
- Canada
- Level of government
- Provincial
- Kind of body
- Provincial police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.sq.gouv.qc.ca/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 26 July 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 13 September 2026
What it is
The Sûreté du Québec is the reason the RCMP cannot be described as policing Canada: Quebec and Ontario run provincial services of their own, and the contract arrangement covers the other eight provinces. The force has no official English name, and none is given here.
What it covers
The province of Quebec.
Broad responsibilities
- Provincial policing in Quebec
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Canada is structured, against other systems
Other organisations to compare
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Canada
Where this connects
Institutions: Municipal police.
Sources
Sûreté du Québec — site officiel
Sûreté du Québec (sq.gouv.qc.ca) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-07-26
The provincial police service of Quebec's own official site, read for its name. Establishes that the force's official name is the French 'Sûreté du Québec'; no official English name is asserted. Cited to support the naming choice on the law-enforcement page (Quebec runs its own provincial police, not the RCMP).
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp.ca) · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-07-26
The RCMP's own page, read in full. Supports: 'The RCMP currently provides contract policing services to eight provinces (Ontario and Quebec have their own provincial police service), three territories and under direct contract to some 150 municipalities in Canada'; 'Provinces and territories pay 70% of RCMP costs and the federal government pays 30%' (municipalities pay 70% under 15,000 population or 90% over 15,000); the current agreements 'expire on March 31, 2032'; and 'As Canada's national police force, the RCMP maintains national standards and policies across contract policing jurisdictions' — the Force stays federal while delivering provincial/municipal policing. Establishes the provider/client/funding/term facts; the term is a maximum, terminable earlier on notice (carried in prose).