Public registers have multiplied in recent years. Preliminary research carried out by the Cr茅peau Centre has identified more than 80 such registers in Qu茅bec. What are their uses, functions and risks?
These questions animate several of the Cr茅peau Centre's activities in 2026鈥�2028, including the international conference to be held on Friday, 23 October 2026, at 成人VR视频's Faculty of Law. The programme will be released shortly.
The Civil Law Workshops organised by the Cr茅peau Centre in 2026鈥�2028 will focus on public registers that operate within the private law, notably property law, the law of persons, family law and civil procedure.
Public registers are common instruments, present in many areas. Consider the land register, the register of personal and movable real rights, the register of civil status, the register of organ and tissue donations, the enterprise register, the rent register, the list of persons declared vexatious litigants, the sex offender registry, the endangered species register, the lobbyist registry, and the court register.
Long associated with functions such as providing evidence, publicising rights and ensuring the security of transactions, public registers are currently undergoing significant change. They have acquired new uses and functions that likely result from their centralisation and digitisation. They serve to identify individuals, regulate and organise activities, manage access to rights or services, monitor behaviour, and support control mechanisms or sanctions. They are now seen as essential infrastructure for public governance, security screening and business vigilance.
From another perspective, public registers have a significant impact on legal, economic and social relations: they determine what is recognised, visible and enforceable 鈥� such as gender identity or marital status 鈥� and contribute to wealth creation and the organisation of markets. While public registers promote transparency in public action and access to information, they also raise important questions regarding privacy, the scraping and cross-referencing of personal data, data security and the commercial exploitation of data. The expansion of AI systems is intensifying these dynamics and concerns.
This programme is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Notarial Studies Fund听of the Chambre des notaires du Qu茅bec. The Chambre des notaires is not responsible for the content, which remains the sole responsibility of the Cr茅peau Centre and the participants in its activities.