🇨🇦 Canada·1961 Hague Convention·Code: QC · Seat: Quebec City
Quebec Document Apostilles for Mexico
If your document was issued or signed in Quebec, the apostille comes from Ministère de la Justice du Québec. We prepare the submission, follow it up and arrange the translation by a perito so you can file it in Mexico without leaving the country.
Authority that issues the apostille
Ministère de la Justice du Québec
Direction générale des services de justice / Service des apostilles
This is the office’s own timeline; international shipping and translation are on top of it.
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What to know about Quebec
Details about this authority that prevent rejections and wasted trips:
Point 1
Quebec is Canada’s civil-law province. Its notaires are jurists who draw up authentic acts (actes notariés), much closer to a Mexican notario público than to a common-law notary public.
Point 2
The apostille is issued by Quebec’s Ministère de la Justice, not Global Affairs Canada; documents can be dropped off in Quebec City or at the Palais de justice de Montréal, by appointment.
Point 3
Almost every Quebec document is in French, so the Spanish translation must be done by a perito traductor working from French. Some Mexican states have few of them; line one up before the document arrives.
Point 4
The Directeur de l’état civil issues two formats: the certificat, a summary, and the copie d’acte, which reproduces the full record. Civil procedures in Mexico usually call for the copie d’acte.
Point 5
Many Quebecers winter in Cancún, Playa del Carmen and Tulum; the Quebec documents most often seen in Quintana Roo are marriage records, procurations notariées and notarial wills.
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Vital records (QC)
Directeur de l’état civil du Québec
Location: 2535 boulevard Laurier, 4e étage, Québec, QC G1V 5C5 (Montreal: 2050 rue De Bleury, 6e étage)
Note: Order the copie d’acte (full copy of the record) of the birth, marriage or death, which is the most complete. The summary certificat may not be enough for Mexico’s Registro Civil.
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Notaries public (QC)
Requirements for powers of attorney, affidavits and certified copies signed in Quebec:
Quebec notaires are members of the Chambre des notaires du Québec; they keep the original act (minute) and issue certified copies (copies conformes), which are what gets apostilled.
A procuration notariée to sell or manage property in Mexico can be drafted by a notaire; it is then apostilled, translated from French and usually formalized (protocolizado) before a Mexican notario.
A Quebec notarial will (testament notarié) can be presented in an estate in Mexico with an apostille and translation; its effect is decided by the Mexican notario or judge.
Documents
Quebec documents often apostilled for Mexico
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Copies d’actes de naissance, mariage et décès from the Directeur de l’état civil
Apostille: Ministère de la Justice du Québec
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Procurations notariées (powers of attorney before a notaire)
Apostille: Ministère de la Justice du Québec
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Testaments notariés for estates in Mexico
Apostille: Ministère de la Justice du Québec
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Jugements de divorce from the Cour supérieure
Apostille: Ministère de la Justice du Québec
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Diplomas and transcripts (relevés de notes) from Quebec universities and cégeps
Apostille: Ministère de la Justice du Québec
How we do it
Your Quebec paperwork, step by step
You do not have to queue or ship documents to another country on your own. We tell you which copy you need, send it to the authority, receive the apostille and arrange the translation for the Mexican office.
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Order the copie d’acte or copie conforme
From the Directeur de l’état civil for vital records; from the notaire for procurations and wills.
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Apostille by the Ministère de la Justice
By mail to the Service des apostilles or drop-off by appointment in Quebec City or Montreal.
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Translation from French by a perito
Find a French-language perito traductor recognized by the receiving authority well in advance.
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Filing in Mexico
Notaría, court, Registro Civil or INM, with the apostilled original and its translation.
Shall we start with your document?
We handle shipping to Ministère de la Justice du Québec, the government fees and the translation by a perito.
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🏛️ Offices in Mexico where Quebec documents are filed
With the apostille and a translation by a perito, Quebec documents are usually filed with:
Notarios públicos in Quintana Roo: sales, bank trusts and powers of attorneyCourts and notarios: estates of Quebecers with property in MexicoRegistro Civil: marriages of Canadians on the Riviera Maya and elsewhereINM: family-unity residencySEP or the state education authority: recognition of French-language diplomas
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Quebec apostilles
What people ask us about documents from Quebec:
Do my French-language Quebec documents need translating?
Yes. Mexican authorities require a Spanish translation, usually by a perito traductor and including the apostille. The document being in French rather than English does not change that.
Should I order the certificat or the copie d’acte?
For the Registro Civil and other civil procedures in Mexico, the copie d’acte, which reproduces the full record. The certificat is a summary and may not be enough.
Will my Quebec testament notarié work to pass on my condo in Playa del Carmen?
It can be presented in the estate proceedings in Mexico, apostilled and translated. How it applies is up to the Mexican notario or judge; many foreigners with property in Mexico also consider making a will before a Mexican notario.
Does Quebec issue the apostille, or do I go to Ottawa?
Quebec apostilles its own documents through the Ministère de la Justice. Only federal documents, such as the RCMP certificate, go to Global Affairs Canada.
Is your document from a state or province that is not listed? We handle it too. Write to us →
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Free review of your Quebec document
We check that your document is the right version, tell you if a prior step is needed (such as county certification) and send you the timeline and a quote before you pay.