Ursulines of Quebec, Convent in Old Quebec, Quebec City, Canada

The Ursuline Monastery of Quebec is a complex of stone buildings erected between the 17th and 19th centuries. Its grey ashlar facade has a central gable topped by an open belfry with a cross and statue, a rose window in a recessed arch, and a dark double door below a smaller arched window. The chapel, completed in the early 20th century, retains an interior decor from the French Regime, the only surviving intact religious decor from that period.

The Ursulines landed at Quebec on 1 August 1639 under Marie of the Incarnation and the widow Marie-Madeleine de Chauvigny de la Peltrie, with letters patent from Louis XIII dated that year. After three years in the Lower Town they moved to ground ceded by the Company of New France; the first convent burned in 1650 and was rebuilt. The monastery was damaged by Wolfe's bombardment in 1759, and Montcalm was buried by night in its chapel.

The chapel's interior decoration dates from the French Regime and is the only surviving religious ensemble of that period kept in its entirety. The first celebration of the feast of the Sacred Heart in the New World was held in the monastery on 18 June 1700, and the confraternity register opens in 1716.

The monastery stands in the Upper Town of Old Quebec, on rue des Ursulines, a short walk from the Notre-Dame basilica and Place d'Armes. The nuns left the building in September 2018, so access is through the museum of the cultural centre rather than the cloister. The massive wooden door has a knob only on the inside, a detail visible from the street.

The monastery's massive wooden entrance door had a doorknob only on the inside, designed to keep outsiders from getting in. Mother Marie of the Incarnation also composed a sacred history in Algonquin and a catechism in Iroquois. The first celebration of the feast of the Sacred Heart in the New World took place in the monastery on 18 June 1700.