Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canada Roads/Quebec/Pre-renumbering information

Major changes before the renumbering

By 1927 routes were numbered from 1 to 44:

• Route 1, Montréal - Sherbrooke
  • Absorbed Route 5 by 1929; later extended north
• Route 2, Montréal - Québec
  • Absorbed Routes 18 and 27 and part of Route 6 by 1929
• Route 3, Lévis - Saint Lambert
  • Absorbed Route 20 and extended southwest by 1929
• Route 4, Montréal - Malone (border)
• Route 5, Beauce-Jonction - Sherbrooke
  • Became part of Route 1 by 1929
  • New Route 5: see Route 10
• Route 6, Lévis - Rimouski
  • Became part of Routes 2 and 10 by 1929
  • New Route 6: formed from Route 31 and part of Route 44, and a new road, by 1929
• Route 7, Beauceville - Sherbrooke
  • Became Route 28 by 1929
  • New Route 7: see Route 28
• Route 8, Montréal - Ottawa, via Hull
  • Absorbed Route 35, with part becoming part of Route 38, by 1929; later moved back, with ex-Route 35 becoming part of Route 29
• Route 9, Edouard VII (Montréal - Rouse's Point)
  • Extended northeast after 1929
• Route 10, Lévis - Sherbrooke
  • Became Route 5 by 1929; later absorbed Route 13
  • New Route 10: formed from parts of Routes 6 and 44 by 1929
• Route 11, Montréal - Mont-Laurier
  • Absorbed Route 30 by 1929
• Route 12, Saint-Hyacinthe - Rougemont
  • Absorbed Routes 37 and 38 by 1929; this extension later became Route 20 and part of Route 13, with Route 12 extended northwest
• Route 13, Sherbrooke - Derby Line
  • Became part of Route 5 after 1929
  • New Route 13: new road, and absorbed part of Route 12
• Route 14, Montréal - Rouse's Point, via Saint-John
  • Became Route 9B after 1929
  • New Route 14: new road
• Route 15, Québec - Saint-Siméon
  • Extended and absorbed Routes 42 and 43, with a shortcut through Laurentides Park, by 1929; those extensions later became Routes 16, 54, and 55, with Route 15 extended northeast
• Route 16, Richmond - Yamaska
  • Became part of Route 22 after 1929
  • New Route 16: formed from part of Route 15
• Route 17, Hull - Aylmer
  • Became part of Route 8 by 1929
  • New Route 17: new road
• Route 18, Rivière-du-Loup - Edmundston (border)
  • Became part of Route 2 by 1929
  • New Route 18: new road; later realigned, with the old road becoming Route 65
• Route 19, Trois-Rivières - Grand'Mère
  • Extended north by 1929
• Route 20, Montréal - Valleyfield
  • Became part of Route 3 by 1929
  • New Route 20: new road; later absorbed part of Route 12
• Route 21, Joliette - Saint-Jacques
  • Became Route 41 and extended in both directions by 1929
  • New Route 21: new road
• Route 22, Sherbrooke - Norton Mills
• Route 23, Lévis - Jackman (border)
• Route 24, Saint-Georges - Lac-Frontière
  • Extended in both directions by 1929 (see note)
• Route 25, Saint-Vallier - Saint-Camille

Note: Routes 24 and 25 are shown swapped southwest of Saint-Camille on the 1929 map. If this is not an error, it was later changed back.

• Route 26, Lacolle - Knowlton
  • Became Route 52 and extended west after 1929
  • New Route 26: new road
• Route 27, Montréal - Toronto (border)
  • Became part of Route 2 by 1929
  • New Route 27: new road
• Route 28, Iberville - St. Albans (border)
  • Became Route 7 by 1929; later extended northwest
  • New Route 28: see Route 7
• Route 29, Aylmer - Chapeau
  • Became part of Route 8 by 1929
  • New Route 29: new road; later absorbed part of Route 8
• Route 30, Hull - Maniwaki - Mont-Laurier
  • Became part of Route 11 by 1929
  • New Route 30: new road; later extended north
• Route 31, Rimouski - Matapédia
  • Became part of Route 6 by 1929
  • New Route 31: new road
• Route 32, Saint-Hyacinthe - Melbourne
  • Extended east after 1929
• Route 33, Rawdon - l'Assomption
• Route 34, Victoriaville - Woburn
  • Absorbed Route 41 by 1929
• Route 35, Charlemagne - Saint-Eustache
  • Became part of Route 8 by 1929; later Route 29
  • New Route 35: new road; later extended north
• Route 36, Beauharnois - Saint-Jean
• Route 37, Drummondville - Annaville
  • Became part of Route 12 by 1929; later Route 13
  • New Route 37: new road
• Route 38, Saint-Hyacinthe - Saint-Germain
  • Became part of Route 12 by 1929; later Route 20
  • New Route 38: new road, except originally absorbed part of Route 8
• Route 39, Waterloo - Newport
  • Extended northeast after 1929
• Route 40, Marieville - Cowansville
• Route 41, Victoriaville - Sainte-Angèle
  • Became part of Route 34 by 1929
  • New Route 41: see Route 21
• Route 42, Grande-Baie - Saint-Bruno
  • Became part of Route 15 by 1929; later Route 16
  • New Route 42: new road
• Route 43, Tour du lac Saint-Jean
  • Became part of Route 15 by 1929; later Route 55
  • New Route 43: new road
• Route 44, Rimouski - Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
  • Became part of Routes 10 and 6 by 1929
  • New Route 44: new road

Route 44 was the highest in 1927 and 1929. The following mapping was made between 1927 and 1929:

• 31, 44 → 6, 10, 18, 27 → 2, 10 → 5 → 1 → 1
• 7 ←→ 28
• 17, 29, 35 → 8 → 37, 38 → 12 → 12
• 20 → 3 → 3
• 21 → 41 → 34 → 34
• 42, 43 → 15 → 15
• 30 → 11 → 11