Québec Security Guard (BSP) study guide and books

Start with the free official guide — it is what the test is written from. Books only help if you want printed practice or a structured course.

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Official guide

Formations requises — gardiennage (Bureau de la sécurité privée)
Bureau de la sécurité privée · Free online (French)
The BSP's own page on the mandatory 70-hour guarding course and its three modules, other recognized training, work-study permits and equivalence reviews. Start here to plan your training.
Loi sur la sécurité privée et ses règlements (BSP links)
Bureau de la sécurité privée / Publications du Québec · Free online (French; English versions on LégisQuébec)
Links to the Private Security Act and its three regulations, including the standards of conduct regulation that our conduct questions are written from.
Obligations reliées au permis (Bureau de la sécurité privée)
Bureau de la sécurité privée · Free online (French)
What a licensed agent must do: pay annual fees, report changes without delay, avoid incompatible jobs and keep the register up to date.
Charte des droits et libertés de la personne
Gouvernement du Québec (LégisQuébec) · Free online (French and English)
Sections 1 to 12 and 24 to 29 are the rights a security agent deals with every day: privacy, property, equality, searches and the rights of an arrested person.