AWDTSG Removal Quebec — Province-Wide Takedowns of Are We Dating The Same Guy Posts
Quebec is the one province where the legal framework behind this work is genuinely different in kind, not just in detail.
The rest of Canada runs on common law, where privacy protection has been built up case by case over the last fifteen years. Quebec runs on the Civil Code, where the right to privacy and the right to control your own image have been codified since 1994 and protected by the Quebec Charter since 1975. You do not have to argue that a right exists. It is written down.
MGMT Reputation handles AWDTSG post removal across Quebec. We work through the platform’s own reporting and escalation channels, and we tell you at intake what we assess is realistically achievable in your situation.
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AWDTSG REMOVAL QUEBEC: SCANS AND TAKEDOWNS, START TO FINISH
Two official AWDTSG groups cover Quebec, and between them they span the whole province. Fewer groups does not mean less exposure — the Montreal group covers a metropolitan area of more than four million people.
We scan both before submitting anything, along with any spread into the Ontario groups, which happens regularly given the Ottawa–Gatineau crossover, or into the New York and Vermont groups across the border.
Where content has spread beyond the AWDTSG network onto other platforms, we handle that through our social media takedown service using the same evidence package.
AWDTSG REMOVAL QUEBEC: EVERY GROUP WE COVER
Two official AWDTSG groups cover Quebec:
- Montreal / Sherbrooke — Greater Montreal, the Eastern Townships and southwestern Quebec
- Québec City / Saguenay / Trois-Rivières — the capital region, Mauricie and the Saguenay
No dedicated group covers Gatineau, so posts about Gatineau and Outaouais residents commonly appear in the Ottawa group rather than either Quebec group. That crossover is easy to miss if you only check the Quebec groups, and it is one of the more common reasons a Quebec post goes undiscovered.
There are also imposter groups using the AWDTSG name without operating under its policies. Which type of group a post sits in changes how a takedown is framed, and identifying that is part of our initial scan.
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE POSTED IN A QUEBEC GROUP
The groups are private and women-only. If you are the person being discussed, you cannot see the group and cannot confirm a suspicion on your own.
Creating a false profile to gain entry breaches the platform’s terms, risks your account, and would undermine a later takedown submission. Asking a female friend to check is unreliable — one search in one group misses reposts, and Gatineau residents in particular are often looking in the wrong place entirely.
Our AWDTSG checker and search service scans the Quebec group network, plus the Ottawa group where relevant, and reports what exists and how far it has spread.
HOW AWDTSG REMOVAL WORKS FOR QUEBEC CLIENTS
Confidential intake
Evidence package
Takedown submission
Platform escalation
Where a first submission is refused or ignored, we escalate with further documentation.
Mirror sweep
Handover
The full documented record of what was found, submitted and removed. Continued watching beyond that point is a separate paid service.
Most cases see an initial platform response within 72 hours of submission.
QUEBEC LAW AND AWDTSG CONTENT
General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.
Civil Code of Québec, articles 3, 35 and 36 — personality rights
Article 3 establishes that every person holds personality rights, including the right to respect for their name, reputation and privacy. Article 35 provides that every person has a right to respect for their reputation and privacy, and that no one may invade another’s privacy without that person’s consent or authorisation by law.
Article 36 then sets out specific acts that may constitute an invasion of privacy. Two are directly relevant to AWDTSG posts: using a person’s name, image, likeness or voice for a purpose other than the legitimate information of the public, and using their correspondence or personal documents.
The practical significance is that this is codified rather than argued. Where a post uses your photograph and identifies you, article 36 is engaged directly.
Reference: Civil Code of Québec, arts. 3, 35, 36 (LégisQuébec)
Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, section 5 — the right to one's image
Section 5 of the Quebec Charter provides that every person has a right to respect for their private life. The Supreme Court of Canada held in Aubry v. Éditions Vice-Versa inc., [1998] 1 S.C.R. 591, that the right to one’s own image is a component of that right.
The reasoning matters. The Court held that where the purpose of the privacy right is to protect individual autonomy, it must include the ability to control the use made of one’s image — and that there is an infringement, and therefore fault, as soon as an image is published without consent in a way that enables the person to be identified.
That is a low threshold compared with most of North America. The image does not have to be embarrassing. It does not have to be intimate. Publication without consent, plus identifiability, is enough to establish fault, subject to the balance against freedom of expression and the public’s legitimate interest in information — a balance which does not favour a private individual being posted in a dating group.
Section 49 of the Charter provides for an action for moral and material prejudice where a protected right is infringed, subject to ordinary civil law principles of recovery.
Reference: Aubry v. Éditions Vice-Versa inc., [1998] 1 SCR 591 (CanLII) · Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (LégisQuébec)
Criminal Code of Canada, s. 162.1
The federal offence applies in Alberta as everywhere: knowingly publishing, distributing, transmitting, selling, making available or advertising an intimate image without consent, or being reckless as to consent. Narrow in the same way — intimate images, not screenshots and allegations.
Defamation in Quebec
Quebec does not treat defamation as a distinct tort in the common law sense. It is handled under the general civil liability provisions of the Civil Code, requiring fault, injury and a causal connection between them. In practice the analysis often runs alongside the privacy provisions rather than separately from them, which is one reason a Quebec matter is framed differently from an Ontario one.
AWDTSG REMOVAL QUEBEC: INDUSTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY EXPOSURE
Quebec’s professional orders operate under a distinct regulatory system, and members of the ordres professionnels — physicians, dentists, lawyers, notaries, engineers, accountants and psychologists among them — face complaint processes that begin regardless of the merit of an allegation.
Montreal's technology, gaming and creative sectors are dense and heavily interconnected, with contract-based hiring that leans on reputation and referral. The same is true of the film and production industry concentrated in the city.
Beyond those, the pattern is consistent across healthcare, education, real estate, hospitality and the trades — anywhere individual reputation drives work.
QUEBEC LAW AND AWDTSG CONTENT
Greater Montreal
Québec City and the Capitale-Nationale
Eastern Townships
Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec
Trois-Rivières, Shawinigan and Drummondville.
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
Saguenay, Chicoutimi, Jonquière and Alma. Smaller communities where a post reaches a high proportion of the people someone actually knows.
Outaouais
Gatineau and the surrounding region. No Quebec group covers Gatineau — posts about Outaouais residents commonly appear in the Ottawa group, which means scanning both is necessary.
Province-Wide Remote Service
ONGOING AWDTSG MONITORING FOR QUEBEC CLIENTS
Removal addresses what exists today. Reposting is most likely in the period immediately following a takedown.
Continued watching of the group network is available as AWDTSG monitoring, a separate paid service priced independently of removal work.
AWDTSG REMOVAL PRICING FOR QUEBEC CLIENTS
Our pricing is published on the AWDTSG removal pricing page. All prices are in US dollars. Quebec clients pay the listed USD amount and your card issuer applies the exchange rate — no separate Canadian rate, no international surcharge.
Matters involving multiple posts across several groups are quoted at consultation.
WHY QUEBEC CLIENTS CHOOSE MGMT REPUTATION
We are not a law firm. What we do is the operational work of getting content removed — locating every instance, documenting it, framing submissions correctly, and escalating when a first attempt fails.
For Quebec matters, the thing worth knowing is that most reputation firms treat the province as an afterthought and apply a common law framework that does not apply here. Quebec’s protections are codified, the right to one’s image is established at the Supreme Court level, and the threshold established in Aubry is lower than almost anywhere in North America. A submission framed around Quebec personality rights is a different submission from an Ontario one.
We tell clients at intake what we assess their prospects to be, including when the answer is difficult. Every matter is handled confidentially.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do I find out if I am posted at all?
You cannot check the groups yourself — they are private and women-only. Our checker service scans both Quebec groups, and the Ottawa group where relevant.
I live in Gatineau. Which group would a post about me be in?
Most likely the Ottawa group, since no Quebec group covers the Outaouais. This is a common reason Gatineau residents fail to find a post that exists.
Does Quebec law really protect my image?
The right to one’s image is recognised as part of the right to privacy under section 5 of the Quebec Charter, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Aubry. Publication without consent, where you are identifiable, establishes fault — subject to the balance against freedom of expression.
Does it matter that the post is true?
Not necessarily. Quebec privacy protections are not limited to false information, and article 36 addresses use of your image and personal information regardless of accuracy.
How long does AWDTSG removal take?
Most cases see an initial platform response within 72 hours of submission. Escalated matters take longer.
Will the poster know I contacted you?
No. We do not contact the poster, the group administrators, or anyone connected to you.
Do you handle cases outside Quebec?
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