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This is one of the French terms for an administrative subdivision. In Québec, the municipalities of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Lévis, Longueuil, Métis-sur-Mer, Montréal, Québec, Saguenay and Sherbrooke all have “arrondissements”. The use of the word in French is first confirmed for the year 1737. I’m not sure why we say that.Arrondissement has the same root as round. It makes sense for Paris since you can observe concentric circles :However in 1737 I think Paris was rather divided in her parishes, and I think these numbered arrondissements were only from after the Revolution.Other terms are quartiers (neighbourhoods) or districts (English term).You will hear all these three terms in Québec.

I happened to have answered this question not so long ago. This is something that is not discussed a lot, and I guess the interest for this issue was only revived recently. Be prepared for a long and detailed answer. I will tell you of the fate of several nobles after the treaty of Paris of 1763, under the various English regimes until today.First of all, it is necessary to stress that not all nobles were imported from France. Some were created noble in New France, like the Couillard family. Many nobles in New France were guaranteed to be officers in the Free Marine Companies, it was “their” army.I’ll take the story of Luc de La Corne de Chaptes, more commonly known as le chevalier de Saint-Luc. His family was of prestigious nobility, called noblesse d’épée (sword nobility), meaning his ancestors became noble trough military exploits in older times. His father was however poor and and he needed his salary in his military careers to live. Many in the family were excellent diplomats with indigenous nations and were appreciated for this. The La Corne family came from the province of Auvergne, and their “castle” (manorial house) still exists in 10, route des Combrailles in Beauregard-Vendon, France (lordship of Chaptes then). The nobility of the La Corne makes no doubt, and the even had it confirmed in front of the Superior Council of New France in 1722 by providing their genealogy.Luc de La Corne tried to leave the colony and go back to France. He left with his brother Louis-Luc (not to be confused with their big brother Louis) on the boat l’Auguste, but the boat sunk in 1761 when it was sailing near the Cape Breton island. Luc survived but his brother died. For 100 days, Luc de La Corne walked from there to Québec city with the help of his indigenous Micmac friends, and he published his story : Journal du voyage de M. Saint-Luc de La Corne. It was the first ever book published in the history of Québec, as there were no printing presses in New France (there were books about New France earlier but they were printed in France).So he remained in Québec. Many nobles tried to go back to France after the Treaty of Paris (1763) was signed, but they did not like how they were welcomed in France so they came back.He could not keep on his militaries activities, so he imported luxury clothes from Europe to sell them. In France this would have been frowned upon, but nobles in New France were often not so rich and for many it was necessary to do some trade, despite they would never want to be confused for bourgeois. His daughter was married to John Campbell, a Scottish soldier.When the Bostonian rebels captured Montréal, they found Luc de La Corne and made him prisoner. They remembered he was a dangerous and efficient foe at the time of the Seven Years War, so they wanted to not have to fight him, therefore he was sent faraway in Philadelphia.He was eventually set free and returned to Québec city. The governor Carleton had him go pay a visit to his indigenous Ottawa friends in order to recruit them for this war. It was difficult to make indigenous people and English regulars work together and he had all sorts of trouble, so much he could not take part to the battle of Saratoga.He was a member of the Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec. Québec was not a parliamentary regime, so it was this unelected body that ruled with the governor.Louis Liénard de Beaujeu de Villemonde was the commander of the fort Michilimackinac. He got orders from the governor Vaudreuil to go to the Pays des Illinois in Louisiana with his army just before the fall of Montréal in 1760. He went to the south and met the French noble Pierre Passerat de La Chapelle, that had the same idea, and they really did not get along and Beaujeu even had La Chapelle jailed in the fort de Chartres. He went to la Nouvelle-Orléans, he want to France, he came back to Louisiana, he eventually went to the New England colonies (don’t remember why), and eventually he came back to Québec.When the Bostonian rebels arrived, he was given the command of 150 men, but they lost to the Rebels. Ironically, his son Charles-François was in the French Royal Navy and fought on the rebel’s side.He was the lord of l’île aux Grues, but had considerable financial difficulties so he had to sell his properties in Québec city. He tried several time to sell his lordship but could never find a buyer. After his death, the lordship was auctioned and Daniel Macpherson became the new lord.His manorial house in l’île aux Grues still exists.Domaine seigneurial de l'Île-aux-GruesBeaujeu’s arms :You can read more about him in Inconquis from Joseph Gagné.This book also studied the case of the Tarieu de Lanaudière family, but I have not read it.The return in France did not always go as well as they expected. François Hertel could not manage to get sufficient evidences of his nobility, so it was not acknowledged. The same happened to Joseph Marin de La Malgue.The governor Carleton tried a lot to make of these families his clients and succeeded to some point, but it remained difficult for nobles to get military commissions, so sometimes they had more luck in the militia. Some families were put in positions in which they could make use of their expertise with indigenous nations. Carleton made a list of nobles from which he would select from to be part of his Council for the Affairs of the province of Quebec that included :Gaspard Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Pierre Roch de Saint-Ours, Charles François Tarieu de Lanaudière, Luc La Corne de Saint-Luc, Claude Pierre Pécaudy de Contrecœur, François Marie Picoté de Bélestre, Louis Godrefoy de Tonnancour, René Ovide Hertel de Rouville ; Paul Alexandre Ailleboust de Cuisy ; Joseph Michel Le Gardeur de Croisille et de Montesson, Ignace Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, Joseph Boucher de Niverville.Many nobles were members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada after it was created in 1791. That was a upper house that could veto whatever the lower house (Legislative Assembly) would vote. It really was like the House of Lords in the UK. Often they would defend the French Law, the Custom of Paris, against some English that wanted to abolish it, so they were nicknamed “the French Party”. Basically, they would defend their manorial privileges, but also the traditional Law that people was attached to. However, they would also compromise, like when the Custom of Paris’ trade laws were replaced by the Common Law’s. Such members of the Legislative Council were :Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil ; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours ; François-Marie Picoté de Belestre ; Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry ; Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière ; René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville; Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière ; Gabriel-Elzéar TaschereauSome nobles were members of the lower elective house, the Legislative Assembly, and were therefore elected by the population :Pierre Amable de Bonne, Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Antoine Juchereau Duschenay, Jean Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour, Pierre Paul Margane de Lavaltrie, Guillaume de Lorimier, Philippe François Rastel de Rocheblave, Jean-Baptiste Melchior Hertel de Rouville, Ignace Michel Louis de Salaberry, Gabriel Elzéar Taschereau.Some families had only women or religious males left in the colony, so the name did not last.Some families managed to remain at the top of society by cooperating with the new regime, and other would become poorer and poorer and would share the condition of the general agricultural population, and were even qualified as “peasants”, like the Morel de La Durantaye, the Couillard de Beaumont, the D’Amours, the Chavigny de La Chevrotière.Some families had members in both sides of the ocean, so the family split into two branches, like the Boucher de Boucherville. Louis-René Boucher de Boucherville founded a branch of the family in France.Le destin de la noblesse du Canada, de l’Empire français à l’Empire britannique1 – Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique françaiseOne interesting case is the de Lorimier family. They were noble, and they gave to Québec one of its most famous revolutionaries : François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier. The Guillaume de Lorimier you saw earlier was his ancestor I think.He was among the Twelve that were hung in 1839. He’s famous for his political testament. It was him who wrote those famous words:Quant à vous, mes compatriotes, mon exécution et celle de mes compatriotes d'échafaud vous seront utiles. Puissent-elles vous démontrer ce que vous devez attendre du gouvernement anglais ! ... Je n'ai plus que quelques heures à vivre, et j'ai voulu partager ce temps précieux entre mes devoirs religieux et ceux dus à mes compatriotes. Pour eux je meurs sur le gibet de la mort infâme du meurtrier, pour eux je me sépare de mes jeunes enfants et de mon épouse sans autre appui, et pour eux je meurs en m'écriant : Vive la liberté, vive l'indépendance!As for my compatriots! If only my death and those of my companions at the gallows could be useful to you, if only they could show you what you can expect from the English government. I only have a few hours to live, but I wanted to share this precious time between my religious obligations and those due to my compatriots. For them I die on the gallows the infamous death of a murderer; for them I am being separated from my young children, my spouse, with no other support; and for them I die in crying out: “Long live freedom! Long live independence!”His political testament in EnglishJust as François-Marie-Thomas de Lorimier anticipated, his widow Henriette Cadieux de Courville lived in poverty. They had 4 girls and 1 boy. The boy died not long after the execution of his father. In the end, only two girls were left.In 1883, the doctor L. A. Fortier visited the Lorimier family in L’Assomption and revealed how poor they were to the journal La Tribune of Montréal. They were tenants, not even landlords !The article in the journal moved a lot of people and there was a donation campaign, with famous people like Honoré Beaugrand. This allowed them to live in this house :The same year, the city of Montréal changed the Colborne avenue’s name to De Lorimier. You have to understand the symbolism. That street is the one where is located the prison in which the revolutionaries were hung, and it was named Colborne, the general/governor that had them killed. So it was renamed De Lorimier, one of his victims. Pretty ironic, isn’t it ?In the end of the XIXth century, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé was a famous author. He wrote about how life was from his perspective under Québec’s Ancien Régime in the XIXth century in his Memoirs. He wrote Les Anciens Canadiens, a famous novel. He descended from Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, a wealthy bourgeois of New France that was made noble in 1693.The historian Benoît Grenier managed to find this fascinating article from 1930 :In the 1930’s Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the prime minister of Québec, Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, had this speech in front of the Canadian Club of Toronto.He was himself of noble origins (remember the Gabriel Elzéar Taschereau you saw earlier ?). He stressed the continuity of the Quebecer nobility :« Si vous doutez de la survivance des familles nobles […] je vous les ferai voir continuellement mêlées aux événements de notre vie nationale jusqu’en ces dernières années […].Sous le régime français, nous avons eu deux procureurs-généraux du nom de Ruette d'Auteuil. Un de leurs descendants est actuellement juge de la Cour supérieure de Québec.Si on relève nos listes d'officiers, on y voit des Panet depuis le milieu du régime français jusqu'à nos jours. Pendant la Grande Guerre, cinq frères Panet ont été colonels ou généraux. L'un d'eux est actuellement commandant militaire de Toronto.Dès le début du régime français, on voit des Taché dans l'armée et parmi nos hommes de loi. Sous le régime anglais, des Taché se sont illustrés dans l'Eglise, la politique, l'armée, le droit, le commerce et les arts.Pendant près de trois siècles les Duchesnay se sont distingués dans l'armée. Le colonel Duchesnay est décédé, il y a quelques années, commandant du district de Québec.Pendant la Grande Guerre, un Duchesnay faisait partie de l'héroïque 22ème. Il a été si grièvement blessé que ce n'est qu'à l'habileté des chirurgiens qu'il doit d'être encore en vie.On compte des De Salaberry dans l'armée, du régime français à nos jours.Les de Gaspé ont commencé à se distinguer en 1670, et ils n'ont pas encore cessé de tenir un rang enviable dans plusieurs sphères à la fois.Un des premiers officiers tués pendant la Grande Guerre fut un descendant de nos de Blainville.Un de Tonnancour commandait le 65ème bataillon de Montréal jusqu'en ces dernières années, et prolongeait ainsi une race de guerriers rendue célèbre par Godfroy de Tonnancour.Les de Lanaudière ont combattu en 1750, en 1775, en 1812, en 1870 et en 1916. »“If you doubt of legacy of the noble families […] I will make you see them constantly involved in the events of our national life until these last years […].Under the French regime, we have had two attorney generals named Ruette d’Auteuil. One of their descendants is currently judge in the Superior Court of Québec.If one reviews our lists of officers, one may see some Panet since the middle of the French regime until today. At the time of the Great War, five Panet brothers were colonels or generals. One of them is currently military commander of Toronto.Ever since the beginning of the French regime, one can see some Taché in the army and among our Law men. Under the English regime, some Taché distinguished themselves in the Church, in politics, in the army, in Law, in trade and in arts.For nearly three centuries the Duchesnay distinguished themselves in the army. The colonel Duchesnay deceased, some years ago, as commander of the district of Québec.During the Great War, a Duchesnay was part of the heroid 22nd. He was so gravely wounded that it’s only due to the skills of the surgeons he’s still alive.There are some De Salaberry in the army, from the French regime to nowadays.The de Gaspé started to distinguish themselves in 1670, and they have never stopped to yet hold an enviable rank in many spheres at once.One of the first officers killed during the Great War was the descendant of one our our de Blainville.One de Tonnancour commanded the 65th batallion of Montréal until these last few years, and perpetuated this way a race of warriors rendered famous by Godfroy de Tonnancour.The de Lanaudière fought in 1750, in 1775, in 1812, in 1870 and in 1916. »The current prime minister of Québec, Philippe Couillard, is also from a noble family. He descends from Guillaume Couillard de L’Espinay, first man created noble in New France.Evidence :Lettres de noblesse de Louis Couillard de L’EspinayLouis Couillard, ensemble sa femme, ses enfants, sa postérité, sa lignée, tant mâles que femelles […] Ils soient tenus, censés, et réputés noblesLouis Couillard, together with his wife, his children, his posterity, his lineage, males as well as females […] They be bound, meant as, known as noblesI have no idea how many Québec nobles still exist nowadays and wether they all have a privileged social status, but I am certain it would make a very fascinating sociological study. I read somewhere that the old wealthy families of Florence are still wealthy today, and Thomas Picketty showed that capitalism reproduces globally the same social structure generation after generation, so it’s possible these nobles families still have an invisible influence at the top of the society even today, as hinted by the current prime minister. It’s just that no one seems to have studied that as of now.However be cautious : being lord (seigneur) and being noble is not the same thing, so it’s not obvious that a family of lords would automatically be noble.I can tell you however that ironically, nobility has much more meaning in France than in Québec. In Québec, it is as if it never existed. Nobody would know you are noble, nobody would care, and nobody would remember. There is no memory of that in the general population in Québec.Once I met in Sainte-Thérèse a descendent of the French admiral de Grasse that participated to the American Revolution.If you are interested in the genealogy of Québec’s nobles, this document was produced by Yves Drolet.

Some did stay and some did not.First of all, it is necessary to stress that not all nobles were imported from France. Some were created noble in New France, like the Couillard family. Many nobles in New France were guaranteed to be officers in the Free Marine Companies, it was “their” army.I’ll take the story of Luc de La Corne de Chaptes, more commonly known as le chevalier de Saint-Luc. His family was of prestigious nobility, called noblesse d’épée (sword nobility), meaning his ancestors became noble trough military exploits in older times. His father was however poor and and he needed his salary in his military careers to live. Many in the family were excellent diplomats with indigenous nations and were appreciated for this. The La Corne family came from the province of Auvergne, and their “castle” (manorial house) still exists in 10, route des Combrailles in Beauregard-Vendon, France (lordship of Chaptes then). The nobility of the La Corne makes no doubt, and the even had it confirmed in front of the Superior Council of New France in 1722 by providing their genealogy.Luc de La Corne tried to leave the colony and go back to France. He left with his brother Louis-Luc (not to be confused with their big brother Louis) on the boat l’Auguste, but the boat sunk in 1761 when it was sailing near the Cape Breton island. Luc survived but his brother died. For 100 days, Luc de La Corne walked from there to Québec city with the help of his indigenous Micmac friends, and he published his story : Journal du voyage de M. Saint-Luc de La Corne. It was the first ever book published in the history of Québec, as there were no printing presses in New France (there were books about New France earlier but they were printed in France).So he remained in Québec. Many nobles tried to go back to France after the Treaty of Paris (1763) was signed, but they did not like how they were welcomed in France so they came back.He could not keep on his militaries activities, so he imported luxury clothes from Europe to sell them. In France this would have been frowned upon, but nobles in New France were often not so rich and for many it was necessary to do some trade, despite they would never want to be confused for bourgeois. His daughter was married to John Campbell, a Scottish soldier.When the Bostonian rebels captured Montréal, they found Luc de La Corne and made him prisoner. They remembered he was a dangerous and efficient foe at the time of the Seven Years War, so they wanted to not have to fight him, therefore he was sent faraway in Philadelphia.He was eventually set free and returned to Québec city. The governor Carleton had him go pay a visit to his indigenous Ottawa friends in order to recruit them for this war. It was difficult to make indigenous people and English regulars work together and he had all sorts of trouble, so much he could not take part to the battle of Saratoga.He was a member of the Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec. Québec was not a parliamentary regime, so it was this unelected body that ruled with the governor.Louis Liénard de Beaujeu de Villemonde was the commander of the fort Michilimackinac. He got orders from the governor Vaudreuil to go to the Pays des Illinois in Louisiana with his army just before the fall of Montréal in 1760. He went to the south and met the French noble Pierre Passerat de La Chapelle, that had the same idea, and they really did not get along and Beaujeu even had La Chapelle jailed in the fort de Chartres. He went to la Nouvelle-Orléans, he want to France, he came back to Louisiana, he eventually went to the New England colonies (don’t remember why), and eventually he came back to Québec.When the Bostonian rebels arrived, he was given the command of 150 men, but they lost to the Rebels. Ironically, his son Charles-François was in the French Royal Navy and fought on the rebel’s side.He was the lord of l’île aux Grues, but had considerable financial difficulties so he had to sell his properties in Québec city. He tried several time to sell his lordship but could never find a buyer. After his death, the lordship was auctioned and Daniel Macpherson became the new lord.His manorial house in l’île aux Grues still exists.Domaine seigneurial de l'Île-aux-GruesBeaujeu’s arms :You can read more about him in Inconquis from Joseph Gagné.This book also studied the case of the Tarieu de Lanaudière family, but I have not read it.The return in France did not always go as well as they expected. François Hertel could not manage to get sufficient evidences of his nobility, so it was not acknowledged. The same happened to Joseph Marin de La Malgue.The governor Carleton tried a lot to make of these families his clients and succeeded to some point, but it remained difficult for nobles to get military commissions, so sometimes they had more luck in the militia. Some families were put in positions in which they could make use of their expertise with indigenous nations. Carleton made a list of nobles from which he would select from to be part of his Council for the Affairs of the province of Quebec that included :Gaspard Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, Pierre Roch de Saint-Ours, Charles François Tarieu de Lanaudière, Luc La Corne de Saint-Luc, Claude Pierre Pécaudy de Contrecoeur, François Marie Picoté de Bélestre, Louis Godrefoy de Tonnancour, René Ovide Hertel de Rouville ; Paul Alexandre Ailleboust de Cuisy ; Joseph Michel Le Gardeur de Croisille et de Montesson, Ignace Philippe Aubert de Gaspé, Joseph Boucher de Niverville.Many nobles were members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada after it was created in 1791. That was a upper house that could veto whatever the lower house (Legislative Assembly) would vote. It really was like the House of Lords in the UK. Often they would defend the French Law, the Custom of Paris, against some English that wanted to abolish it, so they were nicknamed “the French Party”. Basically, they would defend their manorial privileges, but also the traditional Law. However, they would also compromise, like when the Custom of Paris’ trade laws were replaced by the Common Law’s. Such members of the Legislative Council were :Joseph-Dominique-Emmanuel Le Moyne de Longueuil ; Paul-Roch de Saint-Ours ; François-Marie Picoté de Belestre ; Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry ; Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière ; René-Amable Boucher de Boucherville; Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière ; Gabriel-Elzéar TaschereauSome nobles were members of the lower elective house, the Legislative Assembly, and were therefore elected by the population :Pierre Amable de Bonne, Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Antoine Juchereau Duschenay, Jean Marie Godefroy de Tonnancour, Pierre Paul Margane de Lavaltrie, Guillaume de Lorimier, Philippe François Rastel de Rocheblave, Jean-Baptiste Melchior Hertel de Rouville, Ignace Michel Louis de Salaberry, Gabriel Elzéar Taschereau.Some families had only women or religious males left in the colony, so the name did not last.Some families managed to remain at the top of society by cooperating with the new regime, and other would become poorer and poorer and would share the condition of the general agricultural population, and were even qualified as “peasants”, like the Morel de La Durantaye, the Couillard de Beaumont, the D’Amours, the Chavigny de La Chevrotière.Some families had members in both sides of the ocean, so the family split into two branches, like the Boucher de Boucherville. Louis-René Boucher de Boucherville founded a branch of the family in France.Le destin de la noblesse du Canada, de l’Empire français à l’Empire britannique1 – Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique françaiseOne interesting case is the de Lorimier family. They were noble, and they gave to Québec one of its most famous revolutionaries : François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier. The Guillaume de Lorimier you saw earlier was his ancestor I think.He was among the Twelve that were hung in 1839. He’s famous for his political testament. It was him who wrote those famous words:Quant à vous, mes compatriotes, mon exécution et celle de mes compatriotes d'échafaud vous seront utiles. Puissent-elles vous démontrer ce que vous devez attendre du gouvernement anglais ! ... Je n'ai plus que quelques heures à vivre, et j'ai voulu partager ce temps précieux entre mes devoirs religieux et ceux dus à mes compatriotes. Pour eux je meurs sur le gibet de la mort infâme du meurtrier, pour eux je me sépare de mes jeunes enfants et de mon épouse sans autre appui, et pour eux je meurs en m'écriant : Vive la liberté, vive l'indépendance!As for my compatriots! If only my death and those of my companions at the gallows could be useful to you, if only they could show you what you can expect from the English government. I only have a few hours to live, but I wanted to share this precious time between my religious obligations and those due to my compatriots. For them I die on the gallows the infamous death of a murderer; for them I am being separated from my young children, my spouse, with no other support; and for them I die in crying out: “Long live freedom! Long live independence!”His political testament in EnglishJust as François-Marie-Thomas de Lorimier anticipated, his widow Henriette Cadieux de Courville lived in poverty. They had 4 girls and 1 boy. The boy died not long after the execution of his father. In the end, only two girls were left.In 1883, the doctor L. A. Fortier visited the Lorimier family in L’Assomption and revealed how poor they were to the journal La Tribune of Montréal. They were tenants, not even landlords !The article in the journal moved a lot of people and there was a donation campaign, with famous people like Honoré Beaugrand. This allowed them to live in this house :The same year, the city of Montréal changed the Colborne avenue’s name to De Lorimier. You have to understand the symbolism. That street is the one where is located the prison in which the revolutionaries were hung, and it was named Colborne, the general/governor that had them killed. So it was renamed De Lorimier, one of his victims. Pretty ironic, isn’t it ?In the end of the XIXth century, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé was a famous author. He wrote about how life was from his perspective under Québec’s Ancien Régime in the XIXth century in his Memoirs. He wrote Les Anciens Canadiens, a famous novel. He descended from Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, a wealthy bourgeois of New France that was made noble in 1693.The historian Benoît Grenier managed to find this fascinating article from 1930 :In the 1930’s Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the prime minister of Québec, Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, had this speech in front of the Canadian Club of Toronto.He was himself of noble origins (remember the Gabriel Elzéar Taschereau you saw earlier ?). He stressed the continuity of the Quebecer nobility :« Si vous doutez de la survivance des familles nobles […] je vous les ferai voir continuellement mêlées aux événements de notre vie nationale jusqu’en ces dernières années […].Sous le régime français, nous avons eu deux procureurs-généraux du nom de Ruette d'Auteuil. Un de leurs descendants est actuellement juge de la Cour supérieure de Québec.Si on relève nos listes d'officiers, on y voit des Panet depuis le milieu du régime français jusqu'à nos jours. Pendant la Grande Guerre, cinq frères Panet ont été colonels ou généraux. L'un d'eux est actuellement commandant militaire de Toronto.Dès le début du régime français, on voit des Taché dans l'armée et parmi nos hommes de loi. Sous le régime anglais, des Taché se sont illustrés dans l'Eglise, la politique, l'armée, le droit, le commerce et les arts.Pendant près de trois siècles les Duchesnay se sont distingués dans l'armée. Le colonel Duchesnay est décédé, il y a quelques années, commandant du district de Québec.Pendant la Grande Guerre, un Duchesnay faisait partie de l'héroïque 22ème. Il a été si grièvement blessé que ce n'est qu'à l'habileté des chirurgiens qu'il doit d'être encore en vie.On compte des De Salaberry dans l'armée, du régime français à nos jours.Les de Gaspé ont commencé à se distinguer en 1670, et ils n'ont pas encore cessé de tenir un rang enviable dans plusieurs sphères à la fois.Un des premiers officiers tués pendant la Grande Guerre fut un descendant de nos de Blainville.Un de Tonnancour commandait le 65ème bataillon de Montréal jusqu'en ces dernières années, et prolongeait ainsi une race de guerriers rendue célèbre par Godfroy de Tonnancour.Les de Lanaudière ont combattu en 1750, en 1775, en 1812, en 1870 et en 1916. »“If you doubt of legacy of the noble families […] I will make you see them constantly involved in the events of our national life until these last years […].Under the French regime, we have had two attorney generals named Ruette d’Auteuil. One of their descendants is currently judge in the Superior Court of Québec.If one reviews our lists of officers, one may see some Panet since the middle of the French regime until today. At the time of the Great War, five Panet brothers were colonels or generals. One of them is currently military commander of Toronto.Ever since the beginning of the French regime, one can see some Taché in the army and among our Law men. Under the English regime, some Taché distinguished themselves in the Church, in politics, in the army, in Law, in trade and in arts.For nearly three centuries the Duchesnay distinguished themselves in the army. The colonel Duchesnay deceased, some years ago, as commander of the district of Québec.During the Great War, a Duchesnay was part of the heroid 22nd. He was so gravely wounded that it’s only due to the skills of the surgeons he’s still alive.There are some De Salaberry in the army, from the French regime to nowadays.The de Gaspé started to distinguish themselves in 1670, and they have never stopped to yet hold an enviable rank in many spheres at once.One of the first officers killed during the Great War was the descendant of one our our de Blainville.One de Tonnancour commanded the 65th batallion of Montréal until these last few years, and perpetuated this way a race of warriors rendered famous by Godfroy de Tonnancour.The de Lanaudière fought in 1750, in 1775, in 1812, in 1870 and in 1916. »The current prime minister of Québec, Philippe Couillard, is also from a noble family. He descends from Guillaume Couillard de L’Espinay, first man created noble in New France.Evidence :Lettres de noblesse de Louis Couillard de L’EspinayLouis Couillard, ensemble sa femme, ses enfants, sa postérité, sa lignée, tant mâles que femelles […] Ils soient tenus, censés, et réputés noblesLouis Couillard, together with his wife, his children, his posterity, his lineage, males as well as females […] Be bound, meant as, known as noblesI have no ideas how many Québec nobles still exist nowadays and wether they all have a privileged social status, but I am certain it would make a very fascinating sociological study.However be cautious : being lord (seigneur) and being noble is not the same thing, so it’s not obvious that a family of lords would automatically be noble.I can tell you however that ironically, nobility has much more meaning in France than in Québec. In Québec, it is as if it never existed. Nobody would know you are noble, nobody would care, and nobody would remember. There is no memory of that in the general population in Québec.Once I met in Sainte-Thérèse a descendent of the French admiral de Grasse that participated to the American Revolution.If you are interested in the genealogy of Québec’s nobles, this document was produced by Yves Drolet.Thanks to your question, I just realised that there was a Facebook group of Québec nobles. There is also a Regroupement des anciennes familles that has both manorial and noble families.