page_title: Sûreté du Québec
section_title: Districts
hierarchical_section_title: Sûreté du Québec / Districts
caption_attribution_description: English: Headquarters of Quebec's provincial police, in Montreal
context_page_description: The Sûreté du Québec, abbreviated SQ, is the provincial police service for the Canadian province of Quebec. No official English name exists, but the agency's name is sometimes translated to "Quebec Provincial Police" in English-language sources. The headquarters of the Sûreté du Québec are located on Parthenais Street in the city's downtown core of Montreal and the service employs roughly 5,500 officers. SQ is the second largest provincial service and fourth largest service in Canada.
context_section_description: Bas-Saint-Laurent-Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
  Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
  Capitale-Nationale-Chaudière-Appalaches
  Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec
  Estrie
  Montréal-Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière
  Outaouais
  Abitibi-Témiscamingue-Nord-du-Québec
  Côte-Nord
  Montérégie
caption: Upper floors of the SQ headquarters in Montreal.
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