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.

Incumbents

• 43rd Quebec Legislature
• Premier of Quebec François Legault

Events

January

• January 6: Charles Milliard announces his candidacy for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
• January 9: Following his arrest for impaired driving, Dubuc MNA François Tremblay withdraws from the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus.
• January 14: Francois Legault announces his resignation as Premier of Quebec and leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, triggering a leadership election.
• January 18: The Minister Geneviève Guilbault announces that she will not be running in the fall election.
• January 23: Simon Jolin-Barrette declines to run in the 2026 Coalition Avenir Québec leadership election despite receiving caucus endorsements.
• January 19: The Minister Sonia LeBel announces that she will not be running for re-election.
• January 24: Bernard Drainville announces his candidacy for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
• January 25: Christine Fréchette also announces her candidacy for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
• 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.
• January 28: Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, declares that a Parti Québécois victory in the next election would be a "disaster" for Canada.

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.
• March 30: Michael Rousseau the CEO of Air Canada resigns.

Scheduled events

• 2026 Coalition Avenir Québec leadership election, April 12 2026
• 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)

References