The 2026 Quebec Tankard (French: Championnat provincial Tankard 2026), the provincial men's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 5 to 11 at the Complexe Sportif Desjardins in Rimouski, Quebec. The winning Jean-Michel Ménard rink represented Quebec at the 2026 Montana's Brier in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event was held in conjunction with the 2026 Quebec Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's curling championship.
The 2026 event returned to the format used in 2020 with two pools of eight playing a round robin. This qualified the top three teams for the championship pool and the top four teams for the playoffs.
Qualification process The teams qualified via the following methods: Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) 2025 Quebec Tankard champion 1 Jean-Michel Ménard Circuit Final winner 1 Yannick Martel CTRS Leaders 3 Julien Tremblay Pierre-Luc Morissette Léandre Girard Provincial Circuit Points 3 Mike Kennedy Zackary Wise Mathieu Gravel Regional Qualification Tournaments 6 Guy Simard Mathieu Tremblay Maxime Elmaleh Alexandre Leduc Maxime Benoit Peter Burgess Last Chance Qualifier 2 Ryan Koroscil Normand Bornais
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Club(s) Mathieu Beaufort (Fourth) Maxime Benoit (Skip) Alexandre Comeau Patrick Doyon Aurèle-Racine Normand Bornais Samuel Bornais Jean Philippe Côté David Jutras François Bornais Jacques-Cartier/Trois-Rivières/Grand-Mère Peter Burgess Richard Cyr Marc-André Marcil Kevin Gravel Pierre-Olivier Jean Rimouski Maxime Elmaleh Sébastien Audet Antoine Provencher David Boivin Steven Munroe Victoria Léandre Girard Marc-Alexandre Dion Jack Ragan Xavier Guévin Joël Amyotte Victoria/Hudson Légion/Jacques-Cartier Mathieu Gravel Sonny Melancon Alexandre Michaud Mathieu Julieu Côté Leo Letarte Belvédère Mike Kennedy François Gionest Robert Desjardins René Dubois Stewart Yaxley Chicoutimi/Riverbend/Montreal Ouest Ryan Koroscil Kevin Garand Tony Weingartshofer Patrick Corbière Ville Mont-Royal Alexandre Leduc François Hallé Nicolas Dumaresq Martin Trépanier Valleyfield Yannick Martel Jean-François Charest Émile Asselin Bradley Lequin Chicoutimi/Glenmore/Etchemin Félix Asselin (Fourth) Jean-Michel Ménard (Skip) Martin Crête Jean-François Trépanier Des Collines/Glenmore/Belvédère/Etchemin/Valleyfield Pierre-Luc Morissette Mathis Arsenault Pierre Lajoie Pierre Lanoue Maxime Bilodeau Sophie Morissette Jacques-Cartier/Grand-Mère/Boucherville Guy Simard Serge St-Germain Philippe Simard Jonathan Parrot Amos Julien Tremblay Jesse Mullen Jean-Michel Arsenault Philippe Brassard Éric Sylvain Etchemin/Victoria/Chicoutimi/Kénogami Mathieu Tremblay Thierry Marcotte-Naud Maxime Charbonneau Thomas Corbeil Simon Laroche Laval-sur-le-Lac Zackary Wise Steven Lang Kris Davis Adam Cartwright Jonathan Pinoul Glenmore
Map of teams
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Championship Pool Pool ASkip 7 0 – 53 23 29 21 2 7 137.4 Maxime Benoit 6 1 – 52 35 32 24 3 9 182.0 Mike Kennedy 5 2 – 55 36 30 27 1 7 259.1 Maxime Elmaleh 4 3 – 47 39 28 24 8 8 346.3 3 4 – 39 45 26 26 2 8 384.2 Normand Bornais 2 5 – 35 44 22 28 5 7 318.7 Mathieu Gravel 1 6 – 33 60 22 31 4 4 304.4 Ryan Koroscil 0 7 – 29 61 22 30 1 6 389.3Pool BSkip Julien Tremblay 7 0 – 58 32 29 24 5 6 144.6 Yannick Martel 6 1 – 60 24 29 20 1 9 162.7 Alexandre Leduc 4 3 1–0 47 33 33 19 4 15 259.8 Peter Burgess 4 3 0–1 43 50 24 24 4 4 509.5 Zackary Wise 2 5 1–1 41 59 21 33 1 5 259.8 Léandre Girard 2 5 1–1 38 57 25 29 3 8 393.2 Mathieu Tremblay 2 5 1–1 47 50 27 26 4 7 402.2 Guy Simard 1 6 – 27 56 20 33 3 4 357.0
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC-05:00).
Draw 1 Monday, January 5, 8:15 am
Draw 2 Monday, January 5, 12:15 pm
Draw 3 Monday, January 5, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Monday, January 5, 8:00 pm
Draw 5 Tuesday, January 6, 8:15 am
Draw 6 Tuesday, January 6, 12:15 pm
Draw 7 Tuesday, January 6, 4:00 pm
Draw 8 Tuesday, January 6, 8:00 pm
Draw 9 Wednesday, January 7, 8:15 am
Draw 10 Wednesday, January 7, 12:15 pm
Draw 11 Wednesday, January 7, 4:00 pm
Draw 12 Thursday, January 8, 8:15 am
Draw 13 Thursday, January 8, 12:15 pm
Draw 14 Thursday, January 8, 4:00 pm
Draw 15 Thursday, January 8, 8:00 pm
Championship pool standings Final Championship Pool Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs Skip Jean-Michel Ménard 10 0 – Julien Tremblay 9 1 – Yannick Martel 7 3 1–0 Maxime Benoit 7 3 0–1 Mike Kennedy 6 4 – Alexandre Leduc 5 5 –
Championship pool results
Draw 16 Friday, January 9, 12:30 pm
Draw 17 Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm
Draw 18 Saturday, January 10, 9:30 am
Playoffs
Source:
1 vs. 2 Saturday, January 10, 5:00 pm
3 vs. 4 Saturday, January 10, 5:00 pm
Semifinal Sunday, January 11, 9:00 am
Final Sunday, January 11, 2:00 pm
References