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BOC · Official seriesV105 CITY PROFILE · QC
Quebec City
Balanced rental + rising prices · baseline updated February 2026.Market scores
Affordability92
Relative purchasing accessibility compared with local incomes.
Rental competition84
Higher scores indicate a tighter rental market.
Investment potential72
Composite yield, growth and market-balance signal.
New construction14
Recent housing construction and permit momentum.
Market activity78
Price movement and buyer-activity conditions.
Buyer demand41
Population, migration and housing-demand pressure.
Housing supply66
How closely housing supply is keeping pace with demand.
Overall score74
Combined market, affordability, supply and demand rating.
Housing economics
- Price-to-rent ratio
- 23.82
- Gross rent yield
- 4.2%
- Payment-to-rent ratio
- 1.486×
- Building permits
- $199M
- Stress-test rate
- 8.09%
- Historical payment median
- $2,147