Property Tax Guide for Canada

Québec City

Quebec

All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.

City introduction

Québec City, the capital of the province of Quebec, was born in 1608 at the foot of Cap Diamant and is considered the cradle of French civilization in America. A francophone culture has been present there continuously since the 17th century, an accent unique in North America that sets the capital apart, and the city has preserved the main characteristics of its landscape and its past.

Old Québec was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1985 and now forms part of the heritage of humanity. Québec is the only city in North America whose fortifications remain practically intact, and it ranks among the most visited cities in the world, with its old district drawing much of that interest.

Culture is a major development axis for the city, set out in its Vision du développement culturel 2025. Its library network, the Bibliothèque de Québec, counts 26 locations across the territory and confirms the city's role as a literary capital, while visual, media and literary arts, theatre, dance and music make Québec a place of choice for creators.

Source: Ville de Québec — Ville de Québec — Brochure institutionnelle, « Ville patrimoniale ».

Combined chart

Québec City property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–2026

Bars: City of Québec budget total indexation, annual.

Lines: Canada inflation (Canada CPI annual average, Statistics Canada) and Canadian dollar Real CEER (Bank of Canada). CEER is on the separate right axis and is not a percentage.

Québec City property tax increase, Canada inflation, and Canadian dollar Real CEER, 2015–20260%2%4%6%8%10%104106108110112114No data20151.9%2016No data2017No data20181.4%20191.3%20200% (verified)20212.2%20222.5%20233%20242.5%20252%2026Increase (%)Canadian dollar Real CEER (1999=100)Year
  • Bars — Québec City property tax indexation
  • Line — Canada inflation (Statistics Canada CPI annual average)
  • Line — Canadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)

Data behind the chart

The data table below carries one row per year, in year order, with the tax increase, the inflation value and the CEER value for that year, or “No data” where a series has no verified figure.

YearQuébec City property tax indexation (budget total indexation)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
2015No data1.1%110.0
20161.9%1.4%108.4
2017No data1.6%110.0
2018No data2.3%109.3
20191.4%1.9%108.6
20201.3%0.7%108.0
YearQuébec City property tax indexation (budget total indexation)Canada inflation — Statistics Canada CPI annual averageCanadian dollar Real CEER — Bank of Canada, annual average of monthly values, total index (1999=100)
20210% (verified)3.4%113.0
20222.2%6.8%113.0
20232.5%3.9%108.4
20243.0%2.4%107.6
20252.5%2.1%104.9
20262.0%No dataNo data

Sources for this chart:

Housing property-tax historical trend

The trend uses one measure only: the total indexation figure in the City of Québec's budget (general property tax indexation together with the service-charge indexation, before bill-level adjustments). Each row is the figure for that year on that one measure. A year with no verified figure on that measure is shown as No data.

YearFigure
2015No data
20161.9%
2017No data
2018No data
20191.4%
20201.3%
YearFigure
20210%
20222.2%
20232.5%
20243.0%
20252.5%
20262.0%

Separate note — tax rates, not the trend

This note is separate from the trend above and is not part of it. Quebec tax rates are set per $100 of assessed value, and a rate can move even when the bill increase is small, because the assessment base changes — Quebec reassesses on three-year rolls, so rates and bills routinely move in opposite directions. Rate figures are therefore not used as the trend, are not mixed into the increase chart, and are never converted into bill increases.

One year's rate was verified directly from an official source. For 2026 — the first year in which a single rate applies across all sectors of the city — the general property-tax bylaw sets the residual (residential) category rate at $0.7464 per $100 of assessment in every sector; the subcategory for buildings of six or more dwellings is $0.7697 per $100 of assessment.

2026 — Residual (residential) category: $0.7464 per $100 of assessment (all sectors); six-or-more-dwellings subcategory: $0.7697 per $100 of assessment

Source: Règlement sur la taxe foncière générale de 2026 (R.V.Q. 3492), Annexe I: https://reglements.ville.quebec.qc.ca/fr/ressource/ra/R.V.Q.3492_FR_001_0001.pdf

No single city-wide residential rate is recorded for 2015–2025: in those years the total residential rate varied by sector because a special tax for the debts of the former municipalities was added to the general tax, and the City publishes the two combined, sector by sector. A combined figure is not the general residential rate, so none is presented here (see Notes and gaps).

Method

This trend uses one metric only, every year: the total indexation figure in the City of Québec's budget (general property tax indexation together with the service-charge indexation, before bill-level adjustments).

Where a city publishes an increase as components, the components are recorded in the scope notes; a total is used only where the city itself publishes it.

Canada inflation is Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0005-01, CPI annual average. Canadian dollar Real CEER is Bank of Canada, Valet series CEER_BROADM, total index (1999=100); each value is the annual average of the 12 monthly total Real CEER values (a computed annual average, not a figure the Bank publishes directly as an annual value).

How to read this page

Bars are the Québec City property tax indexation. Lines are Canada inflation and Canadian dollar Real CEER.

The left axis is a percentage axis shared by the bars and the inflation line. The right axis is a separate index axis for Canadian dollar Real CEER only. CEER is an index and is not a percentage.

A year shown as “No data” has no bar for property tax and no line point for that series, and a missing year breaks a line. A verified 0% increase sits at the zero line and is marked “0% (verified)”.

Tax rates per $100 of assessment are separate from the trend and are not charted.

Sources

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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official Ville de Québec source before relying on a figure.