Mariloup Wolfe joins Bal de la Jonquille 2026 as $3.175 million raised
Mariloup Wolfe was among the guests at the Bal de la Jonquille 2026 on Thursday evening at Gare Windsor in Montreal, where the 33rd edition of the benefit drew nearly 600 guests. The event raised 3 175 000 $ for a cancer research project, turning a red-carpet night into one of Quebec’s biggest fundraising markers of the season.
Gare Windsor drew nearly 600 guests
Sonia Benezra hosted the evening, which brought together public figures including Laurence Leboeuf, Marie-Claude Savard, Alexandra Diaz, Ève-Marie Lortie, Anick Lemay, Julie Snyder, Ingrid Falaise, Émilie Cerretti, Diane Lavallée, Julie Drolet, Joannie Rochette, Lolitta Dandoy, Louis-Jean Cormier, Jean-Philippe Dion, Marie-Claude Lortie and François Dumontier. The guest list gave the gala the kind of cross-sector reach that has made the Bal de la Jonquille one of Quebec’s most prominent philanthropic events.
3 175 000 $ for cancer research
The money will fund a promising ovarian cancer research project by Francis Rodier, Ph. D., at the Centre de recherche du CHUM. That is the practical result here: the evening did not just collect donations, it sent money to a specific research effort tied to cancer care in Quebec.
The Bal de la Jonquille community in Montreal began nourishing hope for a future without cancer in 1994, and the event has since become a crossroads between the business, cultural, and political worlds. This year’s haul shows that the format still works: a large-room fundraiser, a named research target, and enough support to produce a seven-figure result.
Mariloup Wolfe at the Bal
Wolfe attended in her best clothes for the cause, joining a group that made the benefit as visible as the number on the cheque. For readers following Quebec entertainment and public-life events, the key detail is not the photos alone but the scale behind them: nearly 600 guests and 3 175 000 $ directed toward cancer research and care.
