Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation
MAPAQ
Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in Quebec.
- Jurisdiction
- Quebec
- Government level
- Provincial
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.quebec.ca/gouvernement/ministeres-organismes/agriculture-pecheries-alimentation
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Agriculture is the first named portfolio in the ministry’s official French title.
Source: Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation
- Fisheries
Fisheries (Pêcheries) is a named portfolio in the ministry’s official French title.
Source: Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation
- Food safety
Food (Alimentation) is a named portfolio in the ministry’s official French title.
Source: Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in Quebec.
- Official source
- Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’AlimentationMinistère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation
- Source page
- https://www.quebec.ca/gouvernement/ministeres-organismes/agriculture-pecheries-alimentation
- What the source says
- “Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- The authoritative legal name is the French Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation; no English legal name is asserted.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.quebec.ca/gouvernement/ministeres-organismes/agriculture-pecheries-alimentation · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- The authoritative legal name is the French Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation; no English legal name is asserted.