Commercial trade rates in Quebec City.
Estimated commercial rates for all 8 trades tracked in Quebec City, built from Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model wage data, for facility and property teams benchmarking vendor invoices.
Rates by trade
Plumbing (estimated)$116/hr median · $68–$135 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
Electrical (estimated)$112/hr median · $55–$134 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
HVAC and Refrigeration (estimated)$113/hr median · $56–$141 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
General Maintenance (estimated)$69/hr median · $43–$109 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
Janitorial and Cleaning (estimated)$58/hr median · $50–$80 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
Landscaping and Grounds (estimated)$61/hr median · $45–$84 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
Roofing (estimated)$105/hr median · $70–$135 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
Carpentry (estimated)$106/hr median · $63–$132 range
Source: Job Bank Canada (ESDC), Small Area Estimation wage model, using a documented service multiplier.
What's different in Quebec City
- Labour market: Quebec's construction trades operate under the same CCQ compulsory certification and wage-scale system as Montreal, setting a wage floor across most commercial trades province-wide.
- Climate and seasonality: Among the most severe winters of any Stage A city; heavy freeze-thaw cycling and snow-load drive plumbing, roofing, and HVAC emergency work.
- Code and licensing: Quebec licensing (RBQ contractor licence, CCQ competency cards) and the Quebec Construction Code apply the same way as in Montreal.
Frequently asked questions
- What do commercial trade rates cost in Quebec City?
- Across the 8 trades tracked here, the median commercial hourly rate in Quebec City runs around $93/hr, though it varies significantly by trade: see the table above for each one.
- Is this a real measured rate, or an estimate?
- Every rate on this page is currently an estimate: each trade's Quebec City wage, multiplied by a documented service multiplier that converts an employee wage into a billed commercial rate. It is not drawn from actual invoices or job records. The full model is on the methodology page.
- Why a range instead of a single number?
- A single average hides the real spread: in the underlying wage data for estimated trades, and between emergency/scheduled and contract/ad-hoc work for measured ones. We show low, median, and high so the range reflects that honestly.
- Is this a residential or commercial rate?
- Commercial. These figures track facility-side trade work for businesses, property managers, and multi-site operators in Quebec City. Commercial rates typically run above residential rates for the same trade, reflecting insurance, code compliance, and scheduling requirements that residential work doesn't carry.
- What's driving trade rates in Quebec City specifically?
- Quebec's construction trades operate under the same CCQ compulsory certification and wage-scale system as Montreal, setting a wage floor across most commercial trades province-wide.
Methodology
These figures are built from regional wage data multiplied by a documented service multiplier, or, where enough real job records exist, measured directly from vendor work logged in Evalystar. See the full model, sources, and what upgrades an estimate to a measured rate on the methodology page.
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Cite this data
These Quebec City benchmarks are published under CC BY 4.0: reuse them anywhere, including commercially, as long as you attribute Evalystar. The machine-readable version is at /api/rates/ca/quebec-city.json.
Evalystar (2024). Commercial facility trade rate benchmarks, Quebec City. Retrieved from https://evalystar.com/rates/ca/quebec-city. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.