The 24-year-old, who is hoping to become the overall freestyle World Cup champion for the sixth time in a row, scored 86.44 points for his run at the Quebec resort.

It marked a return to form for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic silver medallist who had to settle for a disappointing sixth place at the second leg of the season in Lake Placid on January 14.

Kingsbury won the first stage of the campaign in Ruka in Finland.

"I'm happy to be back doing my full run with the full degree of difficulty - with the double full and the 1080," said Kingsbury.

"This was my plan and I stuck to it. 

"In Lake Placid I got a bit excited with the speed and my run fell apart. 

"Today still wasn’t my best skiing, but it’s good for me to still have something to work on, and just to get back to winning and do it at home is a great feeling."

Sacha Theocharis of France was second with a tally of 82.20 with Walter Wallberg of Sweden third on 82.19.

It means Kingsbury has regained the Moguls World Cup lead from Kazakhstan's Lake Placid winner Dmitriy Reiherd, with the pair boasting 240 and 182 points respectively.

Matt Graham of Australia is third on 146.

In the women's competition, Canada claimed the top four positions with Justine Dufour-Lapointe topping the pile with a score of 78.36.

Andi Naude was second on 78.10 with Justine's sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe third on 77.70.

Audrey Robichaud completed the Canadian top four on 77.69, meaning Australia's Britteny Cox, winner of both of the World Cup events before today, had to settle for fifth on 76.45.

Dufour-Lapointe's victory came after a slow start to the season.

"Sometimes the toughest part is having to speak to everybody about 'oh, those two rough competitions you’ve had,'" she said. 

"Yes, it was rough, and it creates some doubt, but on the other hand I learned a lot that I wanted to improve on, and today I think I showed those improvements. 

"I stayed focused, I fought to the end, and I had fun. 

"I skied for me, and I skied with my guts, and it felt right."

Cox still leads the overall standings with 245 points, with France's Perrine Laffont second on 196.

Justine Dufour-Lapointe is now third on 181.

The Moguls World Cup season will stay in Canada for the next leg in Calgary on January 28.