The Ligues senior provinciales (LS Pro; formerly the Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2018, organized by the Soccer Quebec, which operates at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system. In 2025, the league expanded and introduced two new divisions Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec, following the ending of the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec, with the teams being folded into L1Q. The L1QC women's division is below the Northern Super League and equal to the Ontario Premier League, British Columbia Premier League, and Alberta Premier League.
History In 2011, the men's Première ligue de soccer du Québec was established to begin play in 2012, marking the return of a semi-professional soccer league to the province for the first time in 20 years.
In 2018, a women's division was added, starting with five teams: AS Blainville, Dynamo de Québec, FC Sélect Rive-Sud, CS Monteuil, and Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis. Dynamo de Québec won the first league championship.
Beginning in the 2020 season, League1 Ontario and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for their women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff. However, due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, League1 Ontario cancelled their 2020 season, cancelling this tournament indefinitely, although the PLSQ did manage to complete a delayed shortened season, although some teams did opt out of playing for the season. In 2021, the league introduced the Coupe PLSQ as the league cup tournament. AS Blainville won the inaugural Coupe PLSQ.
Over the course of its history, various clubs have joined and departed the league. AS Blainville is the only club to have participated in every season since the league's inception.
In 2022, the PLSQ joined League1 Canada along with League1 Ontario and League1 British Columbia (and later League1 Alberta), with the various leagues sending their champions to the year-end Women's Inter-Provincial Championship. On April 19, 2023, the league rebranded to Ligue1 Québec to align with its partner leagues.
Competition format The league typically runs from May to August with teams playing each other team 1-3 times (depending on the number of teams). In 2021, the league cup was introduced.
Yearly results + L1QC Women's trophy winnersSeasonTeamsL1QC ChampionsCoupe L1QC20185 —20196 —20204 —202110 202212 202312PEF QuébecPEF Québec202412 —
+ L1QC Women's trophy winnersSeasonLigue1 divisionLigue2 division2025
Clubs
Current clubs Ligue 1 Québec The following twelve teams are members of the league for the 2024 season:
Team City Stadium Joined Current teams A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville 2018 AS Chaudière-Ouest Lévis Parc Renaud-Maillette 2022Celtix du Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, MontérégieParc Pierre-Benoît 2021 AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne 2018 FC Laval Laval, Laval Parc Roseval & Parc Raymond-Millar 2019CS LongueuilLongueuil, MontérégieParc Laurier2020 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR 2019CS St-HubertSaint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme 2020Ottawa South UnitedOttawa, OntarioTAAG Park (Carleton University)2020 CF Montréal Academy Laval, LavalCentre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne 2022 Royal-Sélect de Beauport Beauport, Quebec City Stade Beauport 2021
Ligue 2 Québec The following teams are members of the league for the 2025 season: Team City Stadium Joined Current teams AS Brossard Brossard, Montérégie2025AS Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais 2025 CF L'International de Québec Quebec City2025CS BouchervilleBoucherville2025 CS du Bas-Richelieu Sorel-Tracy2025 CS Fury de Rimouski Rimouski 2025 CS LaSalle Montréal2025 CS Roussilion Saint-Constant2025 CS Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent, Montreal Vanier College Stadium 2025 CS Trident Quebec City2025 CS Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières2025 FC Anjou Anjou2025 Lakeshore SC Kirkland, Montréal2025 CS Lanaudière-Nord Joliette, Lanaudière2025 CS Lévis-Est Lévis2025 CS Mistral de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke2025 CS Phénix des Rivières Quebec City2025 Revolution FC Saint-Eustache2025 CS Union Lanaudière Sud Repentigny2025
Former clubs
Club City Stadium Joined Left Former teamsDynamo de QuebecQuebec City, Capitale-NationaleESLE20182019FC Sélect Rive-SudLongueuil, MontérégieCentre Multi Sport20182019Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis Lachine, Montréal Dollard 220182018Pierrefonds FCLac St-Louis, MontrealPierrefonds Community High School20202024
Timeline
Players who earned national team caps while in the L1QC The following players have earned a senior national team cap while playing in the L1QC (the year of their first cap while playing in the league is listed). Players who earned caps before or after playing in the L1QC are not included, unless they also earned caps while in the league. This section also does not include youth caps (U23 or below).
PlayerCountryYearRefStefani Kouzas2022
L1QC clubs in other competitions Season Women's division Club Competition Result 2018 No competition held 2019 2020 2021 2022 A.S. Blainville Inter-Provincial Championship Champions 2–0–0 AS Laval Runner-up 1–0–1 2023 PEF Québec Runner-up 1–0–1 2024 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Runner-up 1–0–1 2025 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Runner-up 1–0–1
See also
Canadian soccer league system League1 Ontario (women) League1 British Columbia United Women's Soccer
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