Quebec votes 2026: New polls show CAQ sliding as Liberals gain support, PQ holds top spot
Posted September 14, 2026 7:39 am.
Last Updated September 14, 2026 1:05 pm.
Two new polls released Monday show the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) dropping in support after the party saw a surge in recent weeks for Premier Christine Fréchette’s handling of the U.S.-Canada trade war.
The Quebec Liberals (PLQ) gained two percentage points compared to polls from a week ago, even reaching the second spot in a poll by Léger–Le Journal–TVA with 23 per cent, while they remained in the third spot with 22 per cent in the Synopsis-La Presse poll.
Parti Québécois (PQ) remained in the top spot in both polls with support for Paul St-Pierre Plamondon stable at a point or two below the 30 per cent mark in both the polls.
CAQ Leader Fréchette also slid in Quebecers’ estimation of their best choice for the premier in both polls, tying with St-Pierre Plamondon in one and trailing below the PQ leader in another. PLQ Leader Charles Milliard remained in the third spot despite a two-percentage-point gain in support.
Quebec Conservative Party (PCQ) and Québec solidaire (QS) round out the fourth and fifth spots. The Conservatives gained two points in the Léger poll with 17 per cent for their best ever showing this election cycle.
The Léger–Le Journal–TVA poll was conducted online among 1,013 Quebec voters between Sept. 10 and 13. The agency says the margin of error is (+/-) 3.08 per cent. Meanwhile, the Synopsis-La Presse poll was conducted among 1,000 voters online in the same timeframe.
Campaign enters half-way
With the campaign entering its mid-point before Quebecers head to the polls on Oct. 5, all party leaders, except Fréchette, were in the Greater Montreal area Monday on the eve the first of four French-language debates.
At a press conference outside Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, PLQ Leader Charles Milliard announced new proposals which he said would help families cope cost of living.
The party promises to extend the parental leave by two weeks and increasing the subsidized daycare spots by 15,000, including by converting 10,000 spots in private daycare centres which are currently unsubsidized.
“We are proposing concrete assistance that is tailored to the needs of each family,” said Milliard. “We also have the most responsible approach to continuing the conversion of childcare spots, despite the fact that the CAQ has failed to honor its commitments to Quebec families.”
QS Leader Ruba Ghazal also held a press conference near Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital during which she promised a number of investments targeting eastern Montreal.
Ghazal said if elected, her party would invest $5 billion for the construction of a new Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, including $1 billion during the first term for the preparatory work. She also promised investment for a transit corridor in the East End and for the overhaul of the STM metro infrastructure.
“What we are presenting today is a new pact for East Montreal, a vision for the future that meets people’s needs: decent housing, robust public services, and a dignified quality of life,” Ghazal said. “A vision that sets our city on the path to ecological transition. I promise you that with Québec solidaire, Montreal will not be left behind. And taking care of Montreal must begin with taking care of the East, which has too often been neglected.”
Under a QS government, Ghazal said there would a dedicated ministry for addressing homelessness in the province which a special focus on eastern Montreal, where the Nore-Dame encampment is located.
QS would increase the supply of social housing as well as increase shelter beds in boroughs like Anjou and Pointe-aux-Trembles and increase funding for community organizations fighting homelessness, the party said in a press release.
