The article examines the history of the formation of the education system in Quebec in the 19th century. This period plays an important role in the historiography of the education of the region under consideration, since at the beginning of the 19th century, the main characteristics of the system of the Quebec education system were formed, its confessional division took place, and a number of significant laws were adopted. They contribute to the formation of the structure of Quebec education, the definition of its content, as well as the content of the textbooks and teaching materials used. The latter reflect not only Quebec society and its knowledge, but also pedagogical theories and methods developed and used in foreign teaching practice, in particular in France. The article also analyzes the participation of the main social actors – the state and the Church, in the process of the formation of the general education system, it is determined that the subsequent initiatives of the state in the second half of the 19th century could not significantly affect the current situation.

structure of Quebec education, social actors, multidimensional nature of the textbook