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Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 2025 CF Montréal season
- 2025 Montreal Alouettes season
- 2024–25 Montreal Canadiens season
- 2025 Montreal Roses FC season
- 2024–25 Montreal Victoire season
- 2025 Ligue1 Québec féminine season
- 2025 Ligue1 Québec season
- 2025 Montreal Alliance season
- 2025–26 Montreal Victoire season
- 2025–26 Montreal Canadiens season
January
[edit]- January 14 – 19: 2025 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Laval, Quebec
- January 14 – 19: 2025 Quebec Tankard, Alma, Quebec
- January 17: Revenu Québec workers begin nights and weekend strike.[1]
February
[edit]- February 12–20: 4 Nations Face-Off, Montreal
March
[edit]- March 12-21: Strike by Concordia Research and Education Workers (CREW-CSN) at Concordia University.[2]
- March 17: 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election, The Parti Québécois wins.
- March 17-18: 400 daycares close as workers go on two-day strike.[3]
- March 31: 1-day strike (Fédération des employé(e)s des services publics and the Fédération des professionnels(le)s) at Olympic Park, Montreal.[4]
April
[edit]- April 16-17: 2025 Canadian federal election French-language and English-language debates to be held at Maison de Radio-Canada, Montreal
- April 28: 2025 Canadian federal election
- April 28-May 3: 2025 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship, Boucherville, Quebec
May
[edit]- May 10: UFC 315, Montreal
- May 20: Construction site collapse in Blainville, Quebec kills 1 and injures 3[5]
- May 21: A landslide in Sainte-Monique, Centre-du-Québec destroyed one home, created a 300-metre crater, and forced nearby residents to evacuate.[6]
- May 25: The Montreal Alliance played the first-ever outdoor professional basketball game against the Ottawa BlackJacks at Stade IGA in Jarry Park. The game ended at halftime due to moisture on the court.[7]
- May 28: The National Assembly of Quebec unanimously voted for a motion calling on Quebec to abolish all ties with the monarchy. Coalition Avenir Québec, Parti Québécois, the Liberals and Québec solidaire voted for the motion.[8][9]
June
[edit]- June 9-14: 2025 Quebec Liberal Party leadership election chooses Pablo Rodriguez as party leader.[10]
- June 9-17: 2,400 maintenance workers affiliated with Syndicat du transport de Montréal-CSN strike against Société de transport de Montréal (STM).[11]
- June 15: 2025 Canadian Grand Prix
July
[edit]- July 5: MLP Resurrection in Laval
- July 12: The government of Quebec fined LaSalle College for over-enrolling students in English-language programs[12]
- July 16-August 3: 29th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal
August
[edit]- August 2: 2025 Bud Light 250
- August 10: 2025 Les 60 Tours Rousseau Métal
- August 11: 2025 Arthabaska provincial by-election, The Parti Québécois wins.
- August 26 – A committee recommends strengthening Quebec's religious symbol ban.[13]
- August 28 – The Coalition Avenir Québec government of Quebec announces it will ban public prayer in public places.[14][15][16]
September
[edit]- September 3: The Quebec government announced that its partnership with Northvolt ended, declaring a $270 million loss.[17]
- September 10: François Legault conducts a major cabinet reshuffle.[18]
- September 24: FC Supra du Québec, set to begin play in 2025 in the Canadian Premier League, are announced.
October
[edit]- October 8-19: 2025 Festival du nouveau cinéma in Montreal
- October 9: The Coalition Avenir Québec government of Quebec tables a draft Constitution of Quebec to the National Assembly of Quebec.[19][20]
November
[edit]- November 2: 2025 Quebec municipal elections: Montreal, Gatineau, Lévis, Quebec City, Saguenay, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières.
- November 8: The 2025 Québec solidaire co-spokesperson election will be held.
- November 15: The Parti Québécois PQ leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stats that if a sovereignty referendum were successful, Quebec would establish its own currency up to a decade after the vote. The PQ would also consider establishing an independent commission to evaluate creating its own currency, keeping the Canadian dollar, or adopting the American dollar.[21][22][23]
- November 27: The Coalition Avenir Québec government of Quebec tables bill 9 that would strengthen the 2019 secularism bill 21.[24][25]
- November 28-30: Northern Classic, an NCAA Division I men's college basketball tournament in Laval.
- November 29: Mass protest against Legault government organized by unions and community groups held in Montreal.[26]
December
[edit]- The Crucifix that has hung in the Quebec City Council chamber since 1936 is taken down.[27][28]
- December 17: Pablo Rodriguez resigns as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.[29]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Revenu Québec workers to go on strike tonight". CTVNews. January 17, 2025.
- ↑ "CREW ends strike following agreement with Concordia". thelinknewspaper.ca. March 22, 2025.
- ↑ "More than 400 Quebec daycares to go on strike Tuesday and Wednesday". CTVNews. March 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Nearly 200 workers hold one-day strike at Olympic Park in Montreal". CityNews Montreal. March 31, 2025.
- ↑ Henriques, Brittany (May 20, 2025). "1 dead, 3 injured after collapse at construction site in Blainville, Que". CBC.
- ↑ "Landslide in central Quebec swallows a home, forces evacuations". CBC. May 21, 2025.
- ↑ "Rain cuts short Montreal's 1st outdoor pro basketball game 15 hours agoNews 1:49 1:49 PlayMute Volume levelTurn Captions OnShareToggle fullscreenMore options Recommended for You 0:45CC New video captures moment wife of OceanGate CEO hears Titan implosion 4 days ago 4:20 King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Canada Politics News 20 hours ago Rain cuts short Montreal's 1st outdoor pro basketball game". CBC. May 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec legislators vote to cut ties with British monarchy after King's visit". May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec legislature votes unanimously to cut all ties with the monarchy". May 28, 2025. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Former MP Pablo Rodriguez chosen as new leader of Quebec Liberal Party". June 14, 2025.
- ↑ Nerestant, Antoni (June 9, 2025). "STM maintenance workers begin strike, disrupting commutes across Montreal". CBC.
- ↑ Yanez-Leyton, Cassandra (July 12, 2025). "LaSalle College fined $30M for over-enrolling students in English-language programs". CBC.
- ↑ "Quebec committee recommends extending religious symbol ban to public daycares". August 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec government to table legislation to ban prayer in public places". August 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Legault government to table bill to ban prayer in public". August 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec plans to table bill banning prayer in public". August 28, 2025.
- ↑ Lapierre, Matthew. "Quebec declares Northvolt battery plant partnership dead, loses $270M investment". CBC.
- ↑ Ould-Hammou, Hénia; Olson, Isaac (September 10, 2025). "Legault unveils shuffled cabinet with veterans and new faces". CBC News. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
- ↑ "CAQ unveils Quebec's first constitution amid controversy". October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec tables draft constitution to affirm its 'distinct national character,' premier says". October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Quebec Liberals slam PQ for its independence currency proposal". CBC News. November 16, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2026.
- ↑ Authier, Philip (November 15, 2025). "Independent Quebec would have its own currency, but it could take 10 years, PQ leader says". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Parti Québécois unveils currency option of a potentially sovereign Quebec". CTV News. The Canadian Press. November 15, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Quebec's new secularism bill targets daycare workers, prayer spaces and religious meals". November 27, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Update: Quebec's sweeping new secularism bill targets public prayer, but Christmas parties are OK". November 27, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ↑ "Unions, supporters rally in Montreal to denounce Quebec government policies". CBC. November 29, 2025.
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- ↑ Rowe, Daniel J. (December 17, 2025). "Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez will step down: reports". CTVNews. Retrieved December 17, 2025.