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Le Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec (), known by its short form name Transports Québec or alternatively by the acronym MTQ, is a
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
government ministry responsible for
transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
,
infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...
and
law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...
in Quebec,
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
. Since 2022, the
Minister for Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...
is
Geneviève Guilbault Geneviève Guilbault (; born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert on October 2, 2017. She is a member of the Coalition Ave ...
.


Role and responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for: * Registration of all vehicles *
Driver licensing A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles—such as motorcycles, car ...
* Driver examination centres * Provincial highways in the province * Maintenance of roads and bridges
Note: Based on a structure number, the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec, under th
Inventory and inspection of structure
s tab, offers a tool that gives a detailed description of the condition of all
bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
s,
culvert A culvert is a structure that channels water past an obstacle or to a subterranean waterway. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe (fluid conveyance), pipe, reinforced concrete or other materia ...
s,
retaining wall Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting soil laterally so that it can be retained at different levels on the two sides. Retaining walls are structures designed to restrain soil to a slope that it would not naturally keep to ...
s and
tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...
s under the management of the Ministry, by region, road, network. On bridges, numbers are usually found on the bridge. (French)
File:Saint-Thuribe_001.jpg, P-06211, above Blanche River, Saint-Ubalde File:Saint_Alban_001.jpg, P-6048, rang de la Rivière Blanche, Saint-Alban


Service Aérien Gouvernemental

Service Aérien Gouvernemental or Government Air Service is the forest firefighting service that was formerly with the Ministry of Government Services. SAG aviation fleet consists of 8
Bombardier CL-415 The Canadair CL-415 (Super Scooper, later Bombardier 415) and the De Havilland Canada DHC-515 are a series of amphibious aircraft built originally by Canadair and subsequently by Bombardier and De Havilland Canada. The CL-415 is based on the ...
, 2 CL-215T an 4 CL-215P.https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/services/SAG/Pages/service-aerien-gouvernemental.aspx (French)


Ministers for Transports Québec

* Yvon Marcoux April 29, 2003 – February 18, 2005, QLP *
Michel Després Michel Després (born October 14, 1957 in Quebec City, Quebec) is an administrator, consultant and a former Quebec politician. He was the former MNA member of the former riding of Limoilou from 1985 to 1994 and 1998 to 2003 and the former me ...
February 18, 2005 – December 18, 2008, QLP *
Julie Boulet Julie Boulet (born June 16, 1959 in Saint-Tite, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Boulet is the current Member of National Assembly for the Quebec riding of Laviolette in the Mauricie region. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was Mini ...
December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010, QLP * Sam Hamad August 11, 2010 – September 7, 2011, QLP *
Pierre Moreau Pierre Moreau (born 12 December 1957) is a Canadian politician and former lawyer who serves as a senator for the Canadian province of Quebec. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 10 September 2024. He was nominated by the Independent Ad ...
September 7, 2011 – September 4, 2012, QLP *
Sylvain Gaudreault Sylvain Gaudreault (born July 8, 1970) is a Canadian politician and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay from 2007 to 2022. He represented the Parti Québécois. On May ...
September 4, 2012 – April 23, 2014, PQ *
Robert Poëti Robert Poëti (born 13 August 1955) is a Canadian politician and former police officer of the Sûreté du Québec, formerly representing the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec.QLP * Jacques Daoust January 28, 2016 – August 19, 2016, QLP *
Laurent Lessard Laurent Lessard (born October 28, 1962, in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a politician and notary in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly for the provincial ridings of Frontenac and Lotbinière-Frontenac from 2003 to 2018 in ...
August 19, 2016 – October 11, 2017, QLP * André Fortin October 11, 2017 - October 18, 2018, QLP * Francois Bonnardel October 18, 2018- 2022 , CAQ *
Geneviève Guilbault Geneviève Guilbault (; born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert on October 2, 2017. She is a member of the Coalition Ave ...
2022, CAQ


See also

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Government of Quebec The Government of Quebec (, ) is the body responsible for the administration of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. The term is typically used to refer to the executive of the day (i.e. Minister of the Crown, mini ...
*
Transport Canada Transport Canada () is the Ministry (government department), department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, Policy, policies and Public services, services of road, rail, marine and air Transport in Canada, tra ...
*
Politics of Quebec The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Pr ...
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Transport in Canada Canada, the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country in total area, is dedicated to having an efficient, high-capacity multimodal transportation spanning often vast distances between Geography of Canada, natural ...


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Transports Québec

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