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1770–1799

* ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire pour la Ville & District de Montréal'', 1778, Montréal,
Fleury Mesplet Fleury Mesplet (January 10, 1734 – January 24, 1794) was a French-born Canadian printer best known for founding the ''Montreal Gazette'', Quebec's oldest daily newspaper, in 1778.Galarneau, Claude.Mesplet, Fleury, in ''Dictionary of Canadia ...
, printer, and
Valentin Jautard Valentin Jautard ( – 8 June 1787) was a French-born Canadian lawyer and journalist. Born in Bordeaux, He is best known for his welcome of invading American troops in 1775 during the American Revolution The American Revolution was ...
, editor and journalist * '' La Gazette de Montréal/The Montreal Gazette'', 1785, Montréal, Fleury Mesplet, printer * ''Le Courier de Québec ou héraut francois'', 1788, Quebec City, William Moore, editor, and James Tanswell, collaborator * ''Quebec Herald and Universal Miscellany'', 1788, Quebec City, William Moore, editor, and James Tanswell, collaborator * ''Le Magasin de Quebec/The Quebec Magazine'', 1792, Quebec City,
Samuel Neilson Samuel Neilson (17 September 1761 – 29 August 1803) was an Irish businessman, journalist and politician. He was a founding member of the Society of United Irishmen and the founder of its newspaper, the ''Northern Star''. Along with many other P ...
, printer and editor * ''Le Cours du tems'', 1794, Quebec City, John Jones and William Vondenvelden


1800–1819

* '' The British American Register'', 1802, Quebec City, John Neilson, owner and publisher * '' Quebec Mercury'', 1804, Quebec City, Thomas Cary, owner * '' L'Almanach des dames'', 1806,
Louis Plamondon Louis Plamondon (born July 31, 1943) is a Canadian politician who has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel (formerly known as Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour and Richelieu) in the House of Commons since 1984, making him the Dean o ...
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Le Canadien ''Le Canadien'' () was a French language newspaper published in Lower Canada from November 22, 1806 to March 14, 1810. Its motto was: ''"Nos institutions, notre langue et nos droits"'' (Our institutions, our language, our rights). It was released ...
'' 1806, Quebec City, Pierre Bédard, François Blanchet and Jean-Thomas Taschereau * '' Courier de Québec'', 1807, Quebec City, Pierre-Amable de Bonne and
Joseph-François Perrault Joseph-François Perrault (June 2, 1753 – April 5, 1844) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada. Early years He was born in Quebec City in 1753, the son of fur trader Louis Perrault and grandson of François Perrault, and ...
, founders, Pierre-Édouard Desbarats, printer, Jacques Labrie, editor * '' Canadian courant and Montreal Advertiser'', 1807, Montréal, Nahum Mower, owner and editor * '' La Gazette canadienne/The Canadian Gazette'', 1807, Montréal, Charles Brown, publisher and
James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
, editor * ''Le Vrai Canadien'', 1810, Quebec City, Pierre-Amable de Bonne * ''The Montreal Herald'', 1811, Montréal, William Gray and Mungo Kay, founders, owners and publishers * '' Le Spectateur canadien'' 1815, Charles-Bernard Pasteur, owner, editor and publisher * '' The Canadian Inspector'', 1815, Montréal, Nahum Mower, publisher * '' The Quebec Telegraph'', 1816 * ''
L'Aurore ''L’Aurore'' (; ) was a literary, liberal, and socialist newspaper published in Paris, France, from 1897 to 1914. Its most famous headline was Émile Zola's '' J'Accuse...!'' leading into his article on the Dreyfus Affair. The newspaper was ...
'', 1817, Montréal, Michel Bibaud and Joseph Victor Delorme * '' Gazette des Trois-Rivières'', 1817, Trois-Rivières,
Ludger Duvernay Ludger Duvernay (January 22, 1799 – November 28, 1852), born in Verchères, Quebec, was a printer by profession and published a number of newspapers including the '' Gazette des Trois-Rivières,'' the first newspaper in Lower Canada outs ...
, founder, printer and editor * '' L'Abeille canadienne'', 1818, Montréal, Henri-Antoine Mézière * '' Le Courrier du Bas-Canada'', Montréal, 1819, Joseph Victor Delorme, founder, printer, and Michel Bibaud, editor journalist


1820–1829

* '' L'Ami de la religion et du roi'', 1820, Trois-Rivières, Ludger Duvernay * ''
The Enquirer The ''National Enquirer'' is an American tabloid newspaper. Founded in 1926, the newspaper has undergone a number of changes over the years. The ''National Enquirer'' openly acknowledges that it pays sources for tips, a common practice in tabl ...
'', 1821, Quebec City * '' The Scribbler'', 1821, Montréal, Samuel Hull Wilcocke, owner and editor, J. Lame, printer * '' La Gazette canadienne'', 1822, Montréal, Jonh Quilliam * '' The Canadian Spectator'', 1822, John Jones, editor, Jocelyn Waller, journalist * '' The Canadian Times and Weekly Literary and Political Reporter'', 1823, Ariel Bowman, printer, Edward Vernon Sparhawk, editor * ''
Christian Register ''UU World'' is a quarterly magazine published by the Unitarian Universalist Association. From 1821 to 1957, it was known as ''The Christian Register'', the leading American Unitarian weekly, published by the American Unitarian Association, Bosto ...
'', 1823, Montréal * '' British Colonist and St-Françis Gazette'', 1823, Stanstead, S. H. Dickerson * ''
Le Constitutionnel ''Le Constitutionnel'' (, ''The Constitutional'') was a French political and literary newspaper, founded in Paris during the Hundred Days by Joseph Fouché. Originally established in October 1815 as ''The Independent'', it took its current name d ...
'', 1823, Ludger Duvernay, owner, editor and journalist * '' The Canadian Magazine and Literary Repository'', 1823, Montréal, Joseph Nickless, owner, David Chisholmes and Alexander James Christie, directors * '' The Canadian Review and Literary and Historical Journal'', 1824, Montréal, Henry H. Cunningham, owner, David Chisholmes, director * '' La Bibliothèque canadienne, ou miscellanées historiques, scientifiques et littéraires'' 1825, Montréal, Michel Bibaud and Joseph-Marie Bellenger * ''
La Minerve ''La Minerve'' (French for "The Minerva") was a newspaper founded in Montreal, Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) by Augustin-Norbert Morin to promote the political goals of Louis-Joseph Papineau's Parti patriote. It was notably directed by Ludge ...
'', 1826, Montréal,
Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin (October 13, 1803 – July 27, 1865) was a Canadien lawyer and judge. Born in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young ...
, founder, owner, printer and journalist * '' L'Argus, Journal electorique'', 1826, Trois-Rivières, Ludger Duvernay * '' La Gazette de Saint-Philippe'', 1826, Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, F-X Pigeon, founder * '' Journal de médecine de Québec'', 1826, Quebec City, Xavier Tessier * '' The Christian Sentinel and Anglo-Canadian Churchman's Magazine'', 1827 * '' L'Électeur-The Elector'', 1827, François Lemaître * '' The Irish Vindicator and Canada General Advertiser'', 1828, Montréal,
Daniel Tracey Daniel Tracey (probably 1794 – July 18, 1832) born in Roscrea, Tipperary County, Ireland, was a doctor, journalist and Canadian politician. He arrived in the Province of Lower Canada (today Quebec) with his younger siblings in 1825. Th ...
, founder, editor, printer and journalist * '' Journal des sciences naturelles'', 1828, Quebec City, maybe Xavier Tessier * '' Le coin du feu'', 1829, Montréal, Madame
Raoul Dandurand Raoul Dandurand, (November 4, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec for the Liberal Party of Canada. Biography Dandurand graduated from the Faculty of Law at Université Laval, and worked as a ...
, founder & editor; Jacques Labrie and Augustin-Norbert Morin


1830–1839

* ''L'Observateur'' 1830, Michel Bibaud, Ludger Duvernay, printer * '' Le Magasin du Bas-Canada, Journal littéraire et scientifique'' 1832, Montréal, Michel Bibaud, Ludger Duvernay, printer * '' L'Ami du peuple, de l'ordre et des lois'' 1832, Montréal, the sulpiciens, John Jones, Pierre-Édouard Leclère * ''
Montreal Vindicator Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...
'', 1832, Montréal, Édouard-Raymond Fabre, owner,
Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, (probably 27 February 1797 – 29 May 1880) was a doctor and journalist. Career Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland, he studied medicine in Paris and immigrated to Lower Canada in 1823 where he became involved i ...
, journalist * '' The Montreal Museum or Journal of Literature and Arts'', 1832, Montréal, Mary Graddon Gosselin, editor, Ludger Duvernay, printer * '' L'Écho du pays'', 1833, Saint-Charles, Pierre-Dominique Debartzch, founder, Alfred-Xavier Rambau, journalist * '' L'Abeille canadienne'', 1833, Quebec City,
François-Xavier Garneau François-Xavier Garneau (June 15, 1809 – February 2 or February 3, 1866) was a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal who wrote a three-volume history of the French Canadian nation entitled ''Histoire du Cana ...
, founder, editor and J-B Fréchette, printer * '' L'Impartial'', 1834, Laprairie * '' Le Glaneur, journal littéraire, d’agriculture et d’industrie'', 1836, Saint-Charles (replaces L'Écho du pays) * '' Le Télégraphe'', 1836, Quebec City, Phillipe-Ignace François Aubert de Gaspé and
Napoléon Aubin Napoléon Aubin (9 November 1812 – 12 June 1890), christened Aimé-Nicolas, was born from a Swiss family in Chêne-Bougeries, a district of Geneva, at the time a territory of France. He was a journalist, writer, publisher, scientist, musici ...
, founders and editors * ''
Le Populaire ''Le Populaire'' is a major independent daily newspaper in Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolo ...
'', 1837, Montréal, Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury, Léon Gosselin, Pierre-Dominique Debartzch, Hyacinthe Leblanc de Marconnay, chief editor * '' Le Fantasque'', 1837, Quebec City, Napoléon Aubin, founder and editor * '' Le Libéral'', 1837, Quebec City * ''
La Quotidienne ''La Quotidienne'' was a French Royalist newspaper. History It was set up in 1790 by M. de Coutouly. It ceased publication in the face of events in 1792, before returning to print in July 1794 under the title ''Le Tableau de Paris'', returning to ...
'', 1837, Montréal, François Lemaître * ''
Le Temps ''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...
'', 1838, Montréal * '' The Literary Garland'', 1838, Montréal * '' L'Aurore des Canadas, Journal littéraire, politique et commercial'', 1839, Montréal,
Joseph-Guillaume Barthe Joseph-Guillaume Barthe (March 16, 1816 – August 4, 1893) was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Canada East. He also wrote for the Montreal newspaper Le Populaire under the pseudonym Marie-Louise. Life Barthe was born March 16, ...
, editor


1840–1899

* '' L'Avenir'', 1847 * ''
Le Pays ''Le Pays'' (''The Land'') is a three-act opera by Guy Ropartz with a libretto by Charles Le Goffic. It was composed between 1908 and 1910 and was premiered in 1912 at Nancy. It is an important example of the Breton cultural renaissance of th ...
'', 1852 * ''
Canadian Illustrated News The ''Canadian Illustrated News'' was a weekly Canadian illustrated magazine published in Montreal from 1869 to 1883. It was published by George Desbarats. The magazine was notable for being the first in the world to consistently produce photog ...
'', Montreal, 1869 * '' The Montreal Evening Star'', later ''
The Montreal Star ''The Montreal Star'' was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike. It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the dominan ...
'', 1869 * ''Le Cultivateur'', Quebec City, 1974 * ''The Gazette Megantic Edition'', Inverness, 1899–1911


1900–1989

* ''
Le Nationaliste ''Le Nationaliste'' was a weekly newspaper (published on Sundays) and an organ of the Ligue nationaliste, an anti-imperialist and nationalist movement in Quebec, Canada. The paper was founded by journalist Olivar Asselin, journalist and politici ...
'', 1904 * '' Montreal Standard'', 1905–1951 (became '' Weekend'') *
Le Cri de l'Est
', Matane, 1911 * '' The Monitor'', Montreal, 1926 (converted to online-only in 2009) * ''
L'Illustration ''L'Illustration'' was a weekly French newspaper published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, after 1906, the ...
'', 1930, Montréal (also known as ''L'Illustration Nouvelle'' and ''Montréal-Matin'') *'' Dimanche-Matin'', 1954, Montreal *''
Sunday Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet ...
'', circa 1973, Montreal * ''
Le Jour ''Le Jour'' (French for "The Day") was a Quebec independence newspaper. It was founded in Saint-Laurent, near Montreal, by Yves Michaud, Jacques Parizeau and René Lévesque. Michaud was editor-in-chief. The paper was published as a daily fro ...
'', 1974, Saint-Laurent *'' Montreal Daily News'', 1988, Montreal


References

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