Le Journal de Montréal

Le Journal de Montréal

The April 26, 2012, front page of Le Journal de Montréal
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Quebecor
Founder(s)	Pierre Péladeau
Founded	1964
Political alignment	Conservative Populism, Quebec nationalism
Language	French
Headquarters	4545, rue Frontenac Montreal, Quebec H2H 2R7
Circulation	268,561 weekdays 291,943 Saturdays 267,168 Sundays in 2010
ISSN	0839-5179
OCLC number	502914813
Website	lejournaldemontreal.com

Le Journal de Montréal is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest-circulating newspaper in Quebec, and the highest-circulating French-language daily newspaper in North America. Established by Pierre Péladeau in 1964, it is owned by Quebecor Media, and is hence a sister publication of TVA flagship CFTM-DT. It is also Canada's largest tabloid newspaper. Its head office is located on 4545 Frontenac Street in Montreal.

Le Journal de Montréal covers mostly local and provincial news, as well as sports, arts and justice. It is famous for its sensationalist news, and its populist Quebec-nationalist perspective. It is the only Montreal newspaper that prints on Sundays since La Presse and The Gazette dropped their Sunday editions (La Presse has had an electronic edition on Sunday since the launch of La Presse +).

In 2004, it attained 320,658 Saturday-edition copies sold, exceeding its nearest competitor, La Presse, by 40,000 copies.

Taking advantage of a labor dispute in La Presse, the leading daily newspaper in Montreal at the time, businessman Pierre Péladeau launched new tabloid newspaper. The first issue was launched on newsstands June 15, 1964. Although Péladeau's newspaper would evolve for several years, the first edition was compiled in a single weekend.

Over the years, the newspaper gained a substantial share of increasingly important market, sending a significant amount of copies to the American state of Florida—Florida is a popular destination for snowbird Quebecers.