This is a list of defunct newspapers of Quebec.
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, saying "our chains are broken, bliss ...
, 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
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James or James City may also refer to:
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* King James (disambiguati ...
, 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 (newspaper of the Society of ...
, 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
''The Quebec Mercury'' was an English language weekly newspaper published in Quebec City from 1805 to 1863.
The ''Mercury'' was founded by publisher Thomas Cary in respect and veneration of Canada's link to the United Kingdom. From 1828 to 1848 ...
'', 1804, Quebec City,
Thomas Cary, owner
* ''
L'Almanach des dames'', 1806,
Louis Plamondon
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, editor
* ''
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
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'', 1807, Quebec City,
Pierre-Amable de Bonne
Pierre-Amable de Bonne (November 25, 1758 – September 6, 1816) was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Montreal in 1758, the son of Louis de Bonne de Missègle (1717-1760), Chevalier de Saint-Loui ...
and
Joseph-François Perrault, founders,
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* Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (born 1985), French ice hockey right winger
* Pierre-Édouard Lémontey (1762–1826), French lawyer ...
, printer,
Jacques Labrie
Jacques Labrie (January 4, 1784 – October 26, 1831) was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born at Saint-Charles in 1784, the son of farmer Jacques Nau, dit Labry, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec. He s ...
, editor
* ''
Canadian courant and Montreal Advertiser
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'', 1807, Montréal,
Nahum Mower
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, owner and editor
* ''
La Gazette canadienne/The Canadian Gazette'', 1807, Montréal, Charles Brown, publisher and
James Brown
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, editor
* ''Le Vrai Canadien'', 1810, Quebec City,
Pierre-Amable de Bonne
Pierre-Amable de Bonne (November 25, 1758 – September 6, 1816) was a seigneur, lawyer, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Montreal in 1758, the son of Louis de Bonne de Missègle (1717-1760), Chevalier de Saint-Loui ...
* ''The Montreal Herald'', 1811, Montréal,
William Gray and
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People
* Mungo (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
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Places
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* M ...
, founders, owners and publishers
* ''
Le Spectateur canadien'' 1815,
Charles-Bernard Pasteur
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Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; f ...
, owner, editor and publisher
* ''
The Canadian Inspector'', 1815, Montréal, Nahum Mower, publisher
* ''
The Quebec Telegraph'', 1816
* ''
L'Aurore
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The newspaper was ...
'', 1817, Montréal,
Michel Bibaud
Michel Bibaud (19 January 1782 – 3 August 1857) was a Canadian writer and educator in Montreal, Quebec.
In 1813 Bibaud began working as a journalist for ''Le Spectateur'' in Montreal. Later he became the founder and editor of ''La Biblioth ...
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 outsi ...
, 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
Michel Bibaud (19 January 1782 – 3 August 1857) was a Canadian writer and educator in Montreal, Quebec.
In 1813 Bibaud began working as a journalist for ''Le Spectateur'' in Montreal. Later he became the founder and editor of ''La Biblioth ...
, editor journalist
1820–1829
* ''
L'Ami de la religion et du roi'', 1820, Trois-Rivières, Ludger Duvernay
* ''
The Enquirer
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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 Edward Vernon Sparhawk (1798–January 13, 1838) was an American author, poet, journalist, editor and publisher, and a contemporary of Edgar Allan Poe.
Early life
Edward Vernon Sparhawk was born in 1798, in Buckstown (now called Bucksport, Maine ...
, editor
* ''
Christian Register'', 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 ...
'', 1823, Ludger Duvernay, owner, editor and journalist
* ''
The Canadian Magazine and Literary Repository'', 1823, Montréal,
Joseph Nickless
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, 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
Michel Bibaud (19 January 1782 – 3 August 1857) was a Canadian writer and educator in Montreal, Quebec.
In 1813 Bibaud began working as a journalist for ''Le Spectateur'' in Montreal. Later he became the founder and editor of ''La Biblioth ...
and
Joseph-Marie Bellenger Joseph-Marie Bellenger (15 April 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Catholic priest and missionary in Canada. In addition, he was active in journalism for a period.
Bellenger was notable, in part, for his work in journalism. One important period was fr ...
* ''
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 c ...
, founder & editor; Jacques Labrie and Augustin-Norbert Morin
1830–1839
* ''L'Observateur'' 1830,
Michel Bibaud
Michel Bibaud (19 January 1782 – 3 August 1857) was a Canadian writer and educator in Montreal, Quebec.
In 1813 Bibaud began working as a journalist for ''Le Spectateur'' in Montreal. Later he became the founder and editor of ''La Biblioth ...
, 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
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'', 1832, Montréal,
Édouard-Raymond Fabre
Édouard-Raymond Fabre (15 September 1799 – 16 July 1854) was a Canadian politician and bookseller, the Mayor of Montreal, Quebec between 1849 and 1851.
In 1807, he began studies at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, where he remained un ...
, 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
Pierre-Dominique Debartzch (September 22, 1782 – September 6, 1846) was a lawyer, seigneur, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada.
He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu in 1782, the son of a merchant of Polish descent, ...
, 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
''L'Impartial'' (literally "The Impartial") is a Swiss French language daily newspaper published by Société Neuchâteloise de Presse SA in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel.
Published since 1880, it is a sister newspaper to ''L'Expres ...
'', 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
Philippe-Ignace-Francois Aubert de Gaspé, or simply Philippe Aubert de Gaspé (1814–7 March 1841) was a Canadian writer and is credited with writing the first French Canadian novel. Career
Philippe-Ignace-Francois was tutored by his father ...
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
* ''
'', 1837, Montréal,
Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury
Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Clément-Charles Sabrevois de Bleury (October 28, 1798 – September 15, 1862) of Montreal was a soldier, seigneur, lawyer, politician, newspaper founder and noted duellist. Bleury Street in Montreal is named for him. His n ...
,
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
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'', 1838, Montréal
* ''
The Literary Garland'', 1838, Montréal
* ''
L'Aurore des Canadas, Journal littéraire, politique et commercial'', 1839, Montréal,
Joseph-Guillaume Barthe
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Life
Barthe was born March 16, ...
, editor
1840–1899
* ''
L'Avenir'', 1847
* ''
Le Pays
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'', 1852
* ''
Canadian Illustrated News
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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 domina ...
'', 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 politicia ...
'', 1904
* ''
Montreal Standard
The ''Montreal Standard'', later known as ''The Standard'', was a national weekly pictorial newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, founded by Hugh Graham. It operated from 1905 to 1951.
History
The Standard began publishing in 1905 as a Saturda ...
'', 1905–1951 (became ''
Weekend'')
*
Le Cri de l'Est', Matane, 1911
* ''
The Monitor'', Montreal, 1926 (converted to online-only in 2009)
* ''
L'Illustration
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'', 1930, Montréal (also known as ''L'Illustration Nouvelle'' and ''Montréal-Matin'')
*''
Dimanche-Matin'', 1954, Montreal
*''
Sunday Express
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'', circa 1973, Montreal
* ''
Le Jour
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'', 1974, Saint-Laurent
*''
Montreal Daily News
The ''Montreal Daily News'' was a short-lived English language Canadian daily newspaper in Quebec. Quebecor founder Pierre Péladeau and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against ...
'', 1988, Montreal
References
* http://www.unites.uqam.ca/arche/alaq/index.php?nomLien=603
* http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/CS/livre-savant/imprime/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060505231757/http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/8/18/r18-215-e.html
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