Quebec
The debtor may select and withdraw from seizure: 1st. The bed, bedding and bedsteads in use by him and his family. 2d. The ordinary and necessary wearing apparel of himself and his family. 3d. Two stoves and their pipes, one pot-hook and its accessories, one pair of andirons, one pair of tongs, and one shovel 4th. All the cooking utensils, knives, forks, spoons, and crockery in use by the family, two tables, two cupboards or dressers, one lamp one mirror, one washing stand with its toilet accessories, two trunks or valises, the carpets or matting covering the floors, one clock, one sofa, and twelve chairs, provided that the total value of such effects does not exceed the sum of fifty dollars. 5th. All spinning-wheels and weaving looms intended for domestic use, one axe, one saw, one gun, six traps, such fishing-nets, lines, and seines as are in common use, one tub, one washing machine one wringer, one sewing-machine, two pails, three flat-irons, one blacking-brush, one scrubbing-brush, one broom. 6th. Fifty volumes of books, and all drawings and paintings executed by the debtor or the members of his family, for their use. 7th. Fuel and food sufficient for the debtor and his family for three months. 8th. One span of plow-horses or a yoke of oxen; one horse, one summer vehicle and one winter vehicle, and harness used by a carter or driver for earning his livelihood; one cow, two pigs, four sheep, the wool from such sheep, the cloth manufactured from such wool, and the hay and other fodder intended for the feeding of said animals; and, moreover, the following agricultural tools and implements; one plow, one harrow, one working sleigh, one tumbril, one hay-cart with its wheels, and all harness necessary and intended for farming purposes. 9th. Books relating to the profession, art, or trade of the debtor, to the value of two hundred dollars. 10th. Tools and implements or other chattles ordinarily used in his profession, art, or trade to the value of two hundred dollars, 11th. Bees to the extent of fifteen hives.
The following are exempt from seizure: Consecrated vessels and things used for religious worship; family portraits; immovables by a donor or testator, or by law, to be exempt from seizure, and sums of money or objects given or bequeathed upon the condition of their being exempt from seizure; old age annuities created by the act of Parliament of Canada, alimentary allowances granted by a court, and sums of money or pensions given as alimony, even though the donor or testator has not expressly declared them to be exempt from seizure (they may, however, be seized for alimentary debts); pensions granted by financial and other institutions to their employees; pay and pensions of persons belonging to the army or to the navy; the salaries of some public officers and professors, tutors, school teachers, and public officers; salaries of some public officers and employees of the Province, and salaries of city and town clerks, and of other municipal officers and employees and of city and town assessors in incorporated cities or towns, are seizable for one-fifth of every monthly salary not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum; one-fourth of every monthly salary exceeding one thousand dollars, but not exceeding two thousand dollars per annum, and one-third of every monthly salary exceeding two thousand dollars per annum. Four-fifths of the salary, remuneration, or earnings of members of the Corporation of Pilots for and below the harbor of Quebec for the pilotage of vessels are exempt from seizure. All other salaries and wages are exempt from seizure for four-fifths when they do not exceed three dollars per day; three-quarters when they exceed three dollars but do not exceed six dollars per day; and two-thirds when they exceed six dollars per day. There are also special exemptions in favor of settlers and fishermen.