October 5, 2026 · 4 min read
Revenu Québec administers unclaimed property (biens non réclamés) in Quebec: financial assets left inactive, the property of unclaimed successions, and other property whose owner cannot be traced. If you have lived or done business in Quebec, you can search its register of unclaimed property under your name at revenuquebec.ca. Revenu Québec says the register can be consulted free of charge.
Unclaimed property is money or other assets that belong to someone the holder could not find. In Quebec, Revenu Québec is the agency responsible for recovering it and administering it provisionally, under the Unclaimed Property Act and the Civil Code of Québec.
Revenu Québec describes three kinds of property in its register: financial assets that were left inactive in a financial institution in Quebec, the property of unclaimed successions, and other property it administers. For each entry the register can show the nature of the property, its net value, the date Revenu Québec began administering it, and the name and last known address of the owner or the deceased.
This is not a lawsuit and there is no settlement here. A class action pays a defined group once, after a court approves it; this register holds property that already belongs to someone and waits for that person, or their heirs, to come forward.
Anyone who has lived or done business in Quebec has a reason to look, including people who have since moved away. Revenu Québec lists property only when its owner is untraceable, so an old address is exactly the kind of detail that leaves a name in the register.
Heirs and liquidators of a succession should look too. Claims on Revenu Québec's side are open to owners, right-holders (an heir or a liquidator) and authorized representatives, so a relative's estate is a legitimate thing to search for, not only your own name.
Finding a matching name is a starting point, not proof that the property is yours. Revenu Québec reviews each claim and decides it.
Use the unclaimed property section of revenuquebec.ca and open the register of unclaimed property. Revenu Québec also shows a list of unclaimed financial assets inside My Account for individuals.
If an asset in the register has been identified as belonging to you, Revenu Québec lets an owner claim it through My Account. Otherwise the claim goes on a paper form: BD-81.1-V for an owner, and separate forms for a business representative or for an heir or liquidator, with the supporting documents each form lists.
Try more than one version of a name. A maiden name, an older spelling, or the name of a business you once ran can each turn up an entry the current spelling misses.
Entries do not stay in the register forever. Revenu Québec says a succession stays listed for 10 years from the date of death, and a financial asset or other property for 10 or 30 years from when it was remitted, depending on its amount. Property that nobody claims is eventually liquidated and its value goes to the Generations Fund.
Revenu Québec also says certain fees apply to the property it administers, and that nothing is entered in the register when its fees would equal or exceed the property's net value.
Be wary of anyone who offers to find property for you in exchange for a fee. Revenu Québec warns that some heir hunters charge high fees, sometimes before giving any information at all, and points out that you can claim property yourself at any time using its forms.
Revenu Québec states that it has no jurisdiction over unclaimed balances in accounts at federally regulated financial institutions or deposits with federally chartered trust corporations. It sends those searches to the Bank of Canada instead. If your money sat at one of those institutions, the Quebec register is not where it will appear.
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There is no single closing date, but entries are not permanent. A succession stays listed for 10 years from the date of death, and other property for 10 or 30 years from when it was remitted, depending on its amount. Revenu Québec's site sets out the exact rules.
Revenu Québec says the register can be consulted free of charge at revenuquebec.ca. It also says certain fees apply to the property it administers, so read its claim pages before you file.
Yes, it can be. Property is listed when its owner cannot be traced, and a change of address is one way that happens. Search under every name you used while you lived there.
An owner can claim through My Account for individuals when the asset is identified as theirs in the register, or by filing form BD-81.1-V. Heirs, liquidators and business representatives use their own forms. Revenu Québec reviews the claim and the documents.
PayUpBro is not a law firm and never files a claim for you. This page describes publicly available settlement information; it is not legal advice. Whether you may be eligible in any settlement is decided by the court-appointed administrator, not by us.