2026 in Quebec
The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Quebec, as well as events that are scheduled or predicted to take place during the year.
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Incumbents
- 43rd Quebec Legislature
- Premier of Quebec:
- François Legault (until April 15)
- Christine Fréchette (since April 15)
Events
January
- January 6: Charles Milliard announces his candidacy for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.[1]
- January 9: Following his arrest for impaired driving, Dubuc MNA François Tremblay withdraws from the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus.[2]
- January 14: Francois Legault announces his resignation as Premier of Quebec and leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, triggering a leadership election.[3]
- January 18: The Minister Geneviève Guilbault announces that she will not be running in the fall election.[4]
- January 23: Simon Jolin-Barrette declines to run in the 2026 Coalition Avenir Québec leadership election despite receiving caucus endorsements.[5]
- January 19: The Minister Sonia LeBel announces that she will not be running for re-election.[6]
- January 24: Bernard Drainville announces his candidacy for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[7]
- January 25: Christine Fréchette also announces her candidacy for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[8]
- January 26: Benoit Charette returns as Minister of the Environment. Jean Boulet becomes Minister of the Economy. They replace Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette, who have entered the leadership race.[9]
- January 28: Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, declares that a Parti Québécois victory in the next election would be a "disaster" for Canada.[10]
February
- February 13: Charles Milliard was acclaimed as party leader of the Liberal party on as no other candidates qualified on the ballot.
- February 23: The 2026 Chicoutimi provincial by-election is held. Parti Québécois wins the election.
March
- March 26: The National Assembly in Quebec passes a motion for Michael Rousseau the CEO of Air Canada to resign for his unilingual response to the Air Canada Express Flight 8646. All parties voted in favour of the motion.[11]
- March 30: Michael Rousseau the CEO of Air Canada resigns.[12]
April
- April 2 – The National Assembly in Quebec passes the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Bill 9 that expands on its secularism law Bill 21. It bans wearing religious symbols for daycare workers and prayer spaces in public institutions. CAQ and Parti Québécois, voted in favour of the legislation, while the Liberals and Québec Solidaire voted against it.[13][14]
- April 12 – Christine Fréchette is elected as leader of the CAQ.[15]
- April 15 – Fréchette is appointed premier, following Legault's resignation.
June
- June 11 –
- the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government abandons its Constitution of Quebec bill due to opposition from the Liberal Party and Québec Solidaire.[16][17][18]
- The National Assembly in Quebec passes (103-1), the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government Bill that bans the sale of energy drinks to people under 16. Quebec becomes the first Canadian province/jurisdiction in North America to do this.[19][20]
- June 22 – 2026 Montreal shooting
- June 23 – it was announced that there would be no English debate during the election. This was the second consecutive election that the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) and Parti Québécois (PQ) declined to participate in a debate in English. The Québec solidaire and the Conservative Party of Quebec had agreed to a debate.[21][22]
August
- August 18 – Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announces that the PQ remains committed to holding a independence referendum during a first term in government, but it would not hold one before January 20, 2029, when President of the United States Donald Trump is scheduled to leave office at the expiry of his second term.[23]
Scheduled events
- 2026 Quebec general election On or before October 5, 2026
Deaths
- January
- January 4: Céline Bellot (lawyer, criminologist and academic) (b. 1970)
- January 12: Henri Dorion (geographer) (b. 1935)
- January 17: Phil Goyette (hockey player) (b. 1933)
- January 23: Jean Dorion, politician, sociologist, and Quebec nationalist leader (b. 1942)
- February
- February 2: Jacques Tremblay, politician (b. 1942)
- February 3: Fernand Ouellette, writer (b. 1930)
- February 8: Franco Nuovo, journalist and television presenter (b. 1953)
- February 21: Raymond Bouchard, actor (b. 1945)
- February 26: André Vanasse, writer (b. 1942)
- March
- March 5: Jacques Michel, singer (b. 1941)
- March 12: Francine Descarries, sociologist (b. 1942)
- March 20: Rodger Brulotte, broadcaster (b. 1947)
- April
- April 1 : Louis Saia, screenwriter and film director (b. 1950)
- April 3 : Guy Jutras, boxing referee and judge (b. 1931)
- April 7 : Alex Hilton, boxer (b. 1964)
- April 10 : Gabor Szilasi, photographer (b. 1928)
- May
- May 5 : Claude Morin, politician (b. 1929)
References
- ↑ Charles Milliard se lance dans la course à la chefferie du Parti libéral du Québec
- ↑ Le député François Tremblay se retire du caucus de la CAQ
- ↑ Morris, Erika (January 14, 2026). "Legault resigns as Quebec premier". CTV News.
- ↑ « Mes enfants passent en premier »: Guilbault ne sollicitera pas de nouveau mandat
- ↑ Laberge, Thomas; Banerjee, Sidhartha (January 23, 2026). "Simon Jolin-Barrette bows out of CAQ leadership race; Christine Fréchette to run". Global News. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ Sonia Le Bel quittera la vie politique à la fin de son mandat
- ↑ Bernard Drainville se lance dans la course à la chefferie de la CAQ
- ↑ Christine Fréchette se lance officiellement dans la course à la chefferie de la CAQ
- ↑ François Legault réajuste son Cabinet et confie deux ministères à Boulet et Charette
- ↑ L'élection du Parti québécois serait un « désastre » , dit Doug Ford
- ↑ Kozicka, Patricia; Watts, Rachel (March 25, 2026). "Air Canada CEO regrets inability to speak French following fatal plane crash". CBC News. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ Dion, Mathieu (March 30, 2026). "Air Canada CEO quits after furor over crash condolence video". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Quebec passes expanded secularism law targeting daycare workers, public prayer". April 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Quebec passes law banning street prayers, prayer rooms in universities, CEGEPs". April 2, 2026.
- ↑ "CAQ members choose Christine Frechette as party leader, Quebec premier". Global News. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
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- ↑ "No English debate during Quebec's fall election campaign". June 23, 2026. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ "No Quebec English leaders' debate before provincial election as 2 parties decline invite". June 23, 2026. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Quebec separatist leader says no independence referendum until Trump leaves office". Associated Press. August 18, 2026.