How long to sell in Quebec: median days on market in 52 cities, house and condo, year by year from 2016 to 2026 (Centris)

Days on market · 52 cities · Centris 2016-2026

One page per city, same definitions, same source: median days on market for a house and a condo by year since 2016, the decade's four markets and what today's delay changes when selling.

Across the 52 cities tracked, a house sells in 13 days at the median in 2026 (January to September), against 64 days in 2016, 13 at the 2021 peak, 24 in 2023 and 16 in 2025. Condos take 28 days (89 in 2016) and sell more slowly than houses in 47 of 51 cities. 32 of 52 cities are at 15 days or less. Fastest: Quebec City (5 d), Lévis (6 d), Beloeil (7 d); slowest: L'Île-Perrot (26 d), Candiac (29 d), Westmount (35 d). Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled September 29, 2026.

The 52 cities, from the fastest-selling house to the slowest in 2026

Median days on market, closed sales on Centris: houses in 2016 and 2026 (January to September), condos in 2026, then the median of the years 2016-2019, 2020-2022 and 2023-2024 for houses. "n/a": too few condo sales for a reliable median.

What the table says

The Quebec market changed speed, not only prices: 64 days to sell a house in 2016, 13 in 2026. The 2020-2022 frenzy divided the delay by three or four almost everywhere, the 2023 rate hikes stretched it by only a few days (13 days in 2021, 24 in 2023), and 2025-2026 is back to the 2021 pace with rates twice as high: the shortage of homes for sale sets the speed, not the cost of credit. The fastest markets are Quebec City (5 d), Lévis (6 d), Beloeil (7 d); the slowest, L'Île-Perrot (26 d), Candiac (29 d), Westmount (35 d), remain well below their 2016 level. Condos sell in 28 days at the median, 14 more than houses; they are fastest in Varennes (8 d), Quebec City (8 d), Lévis (10 d) and slowest in Saint-Zotique (62 d), Victoriaville (63 d), Magog (70 d). In 34 of 52 cities, 2026 is faster than 2025.

How to read the table

The median delay runs from the listing going live to the accepted offer; the median is the middle value, less sensitive than the average to houses that linger for months. The QPAREB publishes an average delay, longer by construction, and both measures describe the same market. The 2016-2019, 2020-2022 and 2023-2024 periods are medians of the annual delays. Each city page details the ten years, condos, the slowest and fastest years, and what today's delay changes for a seller.

Method

Every series comes from the Statistics module of Centris (Matrix), queried on September 29, 2026 with the same settings for all 52 cities: Single-family then Condominium category, whole municipality (boroughs or sectors grouped for Montreal, Quebec City, Laval, Longueuil, Gatineau, Lévis, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Terrebonne, Repentigny), median days on market and number of sales by year over ten years. Condos are published when the city has at least 100 sales in ten years and 5 in 2026. Only aggregates are published. The same cities have their page on buyer's or seller's market, negotiating margin and houses that do not sell.

Frequently asked questions

Why did the delay not climb back with interest rates?

Because the delay depends first on the number of homes for sale relative to the number of buyers, and inventory never returned to its 2016 level. Rates at 5% removed buyers in 2023, but they also held back sellers, who keep a 2% mortgage. The result: fewer buyers, but even fewer houses, and a delay that stays short.

My city is not listed?

We add cities every month. A broker from the team can pull the same statistics for any municipality or neighbourhood in Quebec.

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Each series is recalculated from actual sales or leases, city by city, aggregates only.

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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.