Certified Translation in Quebec
A2Z Language Hub delivers IRCC-accepted certified translation to every city in Quebec, fully online, starting at $55 CAD per page.
Quebec selects its own immigrants, and that makes certified translation work differently here than in any other province. There is no provincial nominee program: the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration issues the Québec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ) and the Québec Selection Certificate (CSQ), and its rules require documents in a language other than French or English to be filed with a complete translation bearing the translator’s name and seal. Federal processing then follows, through the IRCC centre in Montreal.
The second difference is direction. Elsewhere in Canada the work is almost always into English; in Quebec a large share of it runs between French and English, or into French — civil-status records for a Montreal courthouse, academic files for Université Laval or UQAM, corporate documents for an Office québécois de la langue française requirement, or Quebec-issued certificates that a resident moving to Ontario or Alberta now needs in English. The province’s professional order of translators is OTTIAQ, and Quebec institutions are more exacting about translator credentials than most.
Is there a certified translator in Quebec?
Yes. A2Z Language Hub's certified translators serve every community in Quebec, and the service is delivered online rather than over a counter: send a scan or a phone photograph of your document, approve a fixed quote, and the certified translation comes back by email with a signed certificate of accuracy naming the translator and their credentials. That certificate is what IRCC, Canadian courts, universities and provincial licensing bodies require, and it is included in every order at no extra charge. Pricing starts at $55 per page and does not change with your distance from our office.
Being outside a large city changes nothing about the work or the price. Quebec clients in smaller communities get the same translators, the same certification and the same turnaround options as clients in the province's largest centres, because nothing in the process depends on you being able to reach a translation office in person.
Which Quebec institutions require a certified translation?
Immigration offices, courts, universities, credential evaluators and licensing bodies in Quebec all require a certified translation of any document that is not in English or French, and each of them accepts the same thing: a complete translation of the document accompanied by the translator's signed statement of accuracy. None of them keeps a list of approved vendors. The bodies Quebec clients most often submit our translations to are:
- Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) — CAQ and CSQ applications
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada — Montreal processing centre
- The Palais de justice in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval, Gatineau, Longueuil and Sherbrooke
- Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (OTTIAQ)
- Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF)
- Université Laval, McGill University, Concordia University, UQAM, Université de Montréal and Université de Sherbrooke
- Quebec professional orders, for internationally trained members
- The cégep network and the centres de services scolaires, for admission and enrolment records
What are the most requested translation languages in Quebec?
The languages most often requested for certified translation in Quebec are French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Farsi, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian. French and English are the busiest pair in both directions, which is unique to Quebec. Behind them, Arabic and Haitian Creole volumes reflect Montreal’s Maghrebi and Haitian communities — the largest in Canada — while Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian follow the province’s economic-immigration intake. Written translation is available in 90+ languages overall, so a pair that is not on this list is still very likely covered — ask for a quote rather than assuming it is not.
Which documents do Quebec residents most often need translated?
Certified translation orders from Quebec are mostly civil-status records, academic credentials and court filings. Every document is translated in full — including stamps, seals, handwritten annotations and the reverse of the page — and certified with a signed statement of accuracy, because a summary or an extract is the most common reason a filing is returned. The documents this region generates most are:
- Birth, marriage and death certificates for a CAQ or CSQ application through MIFI
- French translations of foreign civil-status records for filing with a Quebec institution
- English translations of Quebec-issued certificates for residents moving to another province
- Academic transcripts and diplomas for Université Laval, McGill, Concordia, UQAM and the cégeps
- Credential and registration documents for a Quebec professional order
- Pleadings, affidavits and foreign judgments filed at a Palais de justice
Which cities in Quebec do we serve?
A2Z Language Hub serves 7 cities in Quebec, Montreal, Quebec City and Laval among them. Open yours below for the institutions local clients file with, the languages most requested there and the documents residents order most. The service, the certification and the price are the same in all of them.