Le Jour

Le Jour
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Cooperative
EditorYves Michaud
Founded1973
Political alignmentSovereigntism,
Social democracy
Ceased publication1978
HeadquartersSaint-Laurent, Quebec
Circulation30,000 (first issue)
WebsiteNone

Le Jour (French for "The Day") was a Quebec independence newspaper. It was founded in Saint-Laurent, near Montreal, by Yves Michaud, Jacques Parizeau and René Lévesque. Michaud was editor-in-chief. The paper was published as a daily from 1974 to 1976, and again as a weekly from 1977 to 1978.