The 2026 LS Pro season was the fifteenth season of play for LS Pro. It was the second season with multiple tiered divisions, and first with new branding for each division. LS Pro is a division three semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.
CS Saint-Laurent competed in the 2026 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2025 league champions.
Changes from 2025 Six new clubs joined Ligue3 for the 2026 season (West Ottawa SC, Optimum de Victoriaville, Cosmos de Granby, Soccer Pointe Claire, AS Saint Lambert, and Dollard SC). CS Lanaudière-Nord, CS Braves d'Ahuntsic, and FC Anjou, as well as the four B teams (AS Laval B, Celtix du Haut-Richelieu B, CS Mont-Royal Outremont B, and CS Longueuil B) departed the league.
The Coupe L1Q was replaced by the Coupe du Quebec, open to all clubs in LS Pro, which was previously open to clubs from Ligue2 and below, and included clubs from the lower interregional divisions as well.
Ligue1
Ligue 1 Québec Masculin (also known as Ligue 1 QC Masculin) increased to 12 clubs from ten last season (ten from 2025, plus two promoted clubs — CS LaSalle and AS Gatineau). Teams played each other home and away for a total of 22 matches. The league winner, FC Laval, qualified for the 2027 Canadian Championship, while the bottom two sides were relegated to Ligue2.
Teams Team City Stadium 2025 result A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville6thCeltix du Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Parc Pierre-Benoît 7th AS Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais 2nd, Ligue2 (Promoted) CS LaSalle Montréal, Montréal 1st, Ligue2 (Promoted) AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne 2ndFC Laval Laval, Laval Parc Berthiaume-Du Tremblay Stade 4th CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier 10th CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR5th CS Saint-Laurent Montréal, Montréal Vanier College Stadium 1st CS St-Hubert Longueuil, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme 8thOttawa South UnitedOttawa, Ontario George Nelms Sports Park 9th Royal-Sélect de Beauport Québec, Capitale-NationaleStade Beauport3rd
Standings
Statistics Top goalscorers(does not include Coupe Ligue1 Québec) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Abdulazeez Hammood Lazam Ottawa South United172 Arthur Polla AS Gatineau142 Marc-Alexandre Happi Emaga FC Laval114 Lukumbi Tshindaye Royal-Sélect de Beauport9 Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti CS Longueuil / CS St-LaurentBalbinotti scored 3 goals in 8 matches for CS Longueuil, before joining CS St-Laurent, scoring 6 goals in 8 matches6 Cleberson Dormevil CS LaSalle7 Marco Marinaro CS St-Hubert Matthew Catavolo CS St-Laurent Montacer El Harchali FC Laval Mujtaba Mirhasan CS St-Hubert Olivier Sylvain CS St-Hubert Younesse El Mehdi Chibane CS St-Laurent Zakaria Bahous CS St-Laurent Source: Spordle
Ligue2
Ligue 2 Québec Masculin (also known as Ligue 2 QC Masculin) featured 12 sides (a decrease from 24 last season), with the clubs who finished third to fourteenth last year returning for the 2026 season. Teams were divided into two groups of six, where they faced each team in their group home and away, as well as the six teams from the other group once each, for a total of 16 matches. Both group winners were promoted to Ligue1 for 2027 and faced each other for the Ligue2 title, with the winner qualifying for the Challenge Trophy national amateur championship. The bottom finisher of each group was relegated to Ligue3.
Teams Team City 2025 Result Group A Lakeshore SC Kirkland, Montréal 3rd CS Rivière-des-Prairies Montréal, Montréal 6th AS Chaudière-Ouest Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches 7th CS Trident Québec, Capitale-Nationale10th CS Mistral de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Estrie11th CS Roussilion Saint-Constant, Montérégie14th Group B CS Montréal Centre Montréal, Montréal4th Revolution FC Saint-Eustache, Laurentides5th CS Saint-Lazare/Hudson Saint-Lazare, Montérégie8th CS Union Lanaudière Sud Repentigny, Lanaudière9th CF L'International de Québec Québec, Capitale-Nationale12th Panellinios St Michel FC Montréal, Montréal13th
Standings Group A
Group B
Championship Final
Statistics Top goalscorers(Include Ligue2 Championship Final; does not include Coupe du Québec) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Elliot Lachance CS Trident122 Abderaouf Belkhaoui Panellinios St Michel FC9 Adam Libera Lakeshore SC Samuel Valade CS Mistral de Sherbrooke5 Doudou Alfred Rwagasana CS Trident76 Alex Fleury Lakeshore SC6 Mahdi Abbassi CS Rivière-des-Prairies Marc-Olivier Kouo Dibongue CF L'International de Québec99 players5 Source: Spordle
Ligue3
Ligue 3 Québec Masculin (also known as Ligue 3 QC Masculin) featured 25 sides (the relegated clubs from Ligue2, all remaining Ligue3 sides from 2025, and the new entrants). The teams were split into two conferences, with each conference divided into two divisions. All divisions had six clubs, except for one which had have seven. Each club faced their division home and away, plus the teams in the other division in their conference once, resulting in 16, 17, or 18 matches depending on the division. The top two sides of each division qualified for the playoffs, with the champion and runner-up earning promotion to Ligue2. The last place team in each division was demoted to their interregional group, with the aim of having 24 teams in the coming years. Teams Team City 2025 Result Group A North division CS Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme, Laurentides18th, Ligue2 (relegated) FC Boréal Prévost, Laurentides22nd, Ligue2 (relegated)CS TitansBois-des-Filion, Laurentides 8th, Ligue3CS Blizz'Or (Vallée de l'Or) Val-d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue 14th, Ligue3Soccer Pointe-Claire Pointe-Claire, Montréal New teamDollard SCDollard-des-Ormeaux, Montréal New team Centre division AS St-Léonard Montréal, Montréal 19th, Ligue2 (relegated) AS Brossard Brossard, Montérégie 24th, Ligue2 (relegated) FS Salaberry Montréal, Montréal 9th, Ligue3 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce SA Montréal, Montréal 16th, Ligue3AS Saint Lambert Saint-Lambert, Montérégie New teamWest Ottawa SCOttawa, Ontario New team Group B South division CS Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Mauricie16th, Ligue2 (relegated) AS Montis Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Montérégie20th, Ligue2 (relegated)CS BouchervilleBoucherville, Montérégie23rd, Ligue2 (relegated) Chevaliers NDMC Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Mauricie 7th, Ligue3CS les Cosmos de GranbyGranby, EstrieNew teamCS Optimum de VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Centre-du-QuébecNew team East division CS Phénix des Rivières Québec, Capitale-Nationale15th, Ligue2 (relegated) CS Lévis-Est Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches17th, Ligue2 (relegated) CS Fury de Rimouski Rimouski, Bas-Saint-Laurent 2nd, Ligue3CS Boréal d'Alma Alma, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3rd, Ligue3 CS Venturi de Saguenay Saguenay, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean4th, Ligue3 CS Mondial de Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup, Bas-Saint-Laurent 6th, Ligue3 CS Haute-Saint-Charles Québec, Capitale-Nationale10th, Ligue3
Standings Group A Northwest Division
Centre Division
Group B South Division
East Division
Playoffs Path A
Path B
Statistics Top goalscorers(Include Ligue3 Playoffs; does not include Coupe du Québec) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Florent Dubois-Levesque AS Montis172 Yann-Cedric Foka-Tatache CS Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme163 Philippe Larocque CS Phénix des Rivières154 Damiano Totten West Ottawa SC145 Cameron Shaw West Ottawa SC11 Mohamed Bouzidi West Ottawa SC7 Alexander Saad FS Salaberry10 Zachary Binette CS Optimum de Victoriaville9 Antony Adam Côté CS Optimum de Victoriaville9 Jorgen Ulloa-Aguilar AS St-Léonard Mathiel Dufour FC Boréal Source: Spordle
Coupe du Québec Senior Soccer Quebec ran the Coupe du Québec Senior to replace the Coupe L1Q. The cup featured all teams from Ligue1, Ligue2, and Ligue3 (except CS Montreal Centre) as well as four clubs from the lower level Interregional division (CS Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Inter Montréal FC, FC Loro, and FC Gatineau). The 52 teams were divided into 13 groups of four teams. The top two teams in each group and the six best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 32.
Group Stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Group M
Ranking of third-place teams
Knockout Stage
Ligue Espoirs (U19) LS Pro again ran a reserve division. There were two divisions. Division 1 featured U19 sides from all Ligue1 clubs, while Division 2 featured U19 clubs from Ligue2. Division 1
Division 2
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