Québec 511 Cameras — Live Road Cameras & Map
All Québec 511 cameras — interactive statewide map
About this map
Québec driving means real continental winter, and the fastest way to know what a road is actually doing is to look at it. Our Québec camera map brings the province's official Québec 511 cameras (operated by the Ministère des Transports, the MTQ) into one fast, searchable view — live still images from Montréal's autoroutes and river bridges, the A-20 and A-40 corridors between Montréal and Québec City, the Laurentians, the Eastern Townships and the Gatineau/Outaouais region across from Ottawa. The cameras are bilingual, just like Québec 511 itself.
One thing to be clear about up front: these are cameras only. There is no road-weather sensor feed behind them — no temperature, wind or surface readout. What you get is the picture, and in winter the picture is the signal. A camera shows you snow on the lanes, slush and spray, blowing snow across an open autoroute, standing backups at an interchange, or the glaze of freezing rain far better than any number could. For the actual forecast — temperatures, freezing-rain warnings, snowfall totals — Environment Canada is the source; our weather supplement is US-only and does not cover Québec. Use the camera to read the road right now, and pair it with an Environment Canada forecast before you commit to a long drive.
The map works the same way across the whole province. Tap an area chip to jump to a region, search for an autoroute or a city, star the cameras you check most so they load with one tap, and open any camera for a larger image. Because Québec weather turns fast — a clear Montréal morning can become a freezing-rain afternoon — treat the cameras as a live gut check, and always confirm closures and official conditions with Québec 511 (quebec511.info) or by dialling 511.
Quebec regions covered
Tap an area chip on the map to jump straight to any of these regions.
Province-wide
The full Québec 511 network on one map — every region the MTQ covers, from Montréal's autoroutes to the rural Route 132 along the south shore. Start here when your trip crosses regions (say Montréal to Québec City, or Gatineau to the Laurentians) and you want to scan the whole corridor before narrowing to one area.
Montréal
The busiest cameras in the province: the A-40 Métropolitaine, the A-15 Décarie, the A-20, A-25, A-13 and A-10 (Bonaventure), plus the river crossings — the Samuel-De Champlain and Jacques-Cartier bridges — and the Turcot Interchange where the A-15, A-20 and Route 136 meet. This is where you check whether the island is moving before you leave.
Québec City
The capital and its river crossings: the A-40 (Félix-Leclerc) and A-20 approaches, A-73 over the Pierre-Laporte and Québec bridges between Québec City and Lévis, plus the routes toward Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and Charlevoix to the east. Winter here brings hard cold and bridge wind — the camera tells you what the deck looks like before you climb onto it.
Gatineau (Outaouais)
The Outaouais region directly across the Ottawa River from Ottawa: the A-5 (Autoroute de la Gatineau) north toward Chelsea, Wakefield and Gatineau Park, the A-50 running east toward Montréal, and the interprovincial bridges into downtown Ottawa, including the Macdonald-Cartier. A useful cross-check if your drive straddles the Québec–Ontario line.
Trois-Rivières (Mauricie)
The Mauricie region and the city of Trois-Rivières, roughly the midpoint of the A-40 between Montréal and Québec City and the only place of any size along that north-shore run. Cameras here cover the A-40 mainline and the A-55 crossing, the stretch where an open-country squall can blow up between the two big cities.
Eastern Townships
The Estrie region southeast of Montréal along the A-10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est) through Granby, Bromont and Magog to Sherbrooke, with the A-55 carrying on toward the U.S. border. Rolling hill country and ski-town traffic — check the A-10 before a weekend run to Bromont or Mont-Orford.
Montérégie & A-20
The south-shore region between Montréal and Québec City: the A-20 mainline through Longueuil and onward, the A-30 bypass, and the flat farm country that became the infamous "triangle of darkness" in the 1998 ice storm. This is freezing-rain-prone terrain, and the A-20 is the south-shore alternative to the A-40 toward Québec City.
Laurentians
The Laurentides north of Montréal: the A-15 (Autoroute des Laurentides) up through Saint-Jérôme to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, then Route 117 toward Saint-Sauveur, Sainte-Adèle and Mont-Tremblant. Ski-country weather — the valley can be clear while the hills are getting hammered, so check the camera nearest your exit before you head up.
Tips for using Quebec road cameras
- Read the picture, not a number. These cameras have no weather sensors — there's no temperature or surface readout. In winter the image is the signal: snow-covered lanes, slush and spray, blowing snow across an open autoroute, or the dull glaze of freezing rain all show up clearly in the still.
- Pair the camera with Environment Canada. For the actual forecast — freezing-rain warnings, snowfall totals, wind chill — check Environment Canada before a long drive. Our weather supplement is US-only and doesn't cover Québec.
- Before crossing the island of Montréal, check the A-40 Métropolitaine and A-15 Décarie. These two carry the heaviest traffic in the province; a quick look tells you whether to reroute via the A-20 or the bridges.
- Watch the bridges in wind and cold. The Champlain, Jacques-Cartier, and Québec City's Pierre-Laporte are exposed crossings — the camera shows blowing snow and backups on the deck that you can't see from the approach.
- On the Montréal–Québec City run, scan Trois-Rivières on the A-40 or the A-20 through Montérégie. The open country between the cities is where a squall blows up; the midpoint cameras catch it before you're in it.
- Save your regular cameras as favourites — your commute, a bridge you cross daily, or the A-15 exit for your ski hill — so they load with one tap. And always confirm closures with Québec 511 (quebec511.info) or by dialling 511, because the MTQ closes autoroutes fast in a storm.
Live road cameras in other regions
The same fast camera map for the other states and provinces we cover.