Plexes for sale · 23 cities · Centris 2016-2026
One page per city, same definitions, same source: plexes for sale at each month-end and new listings, year by year since 2016, the frenzy trough, absorption, months of inventory, and the comparison with single-family houses and condos in the same city.
Across the 23 cities tracked, 3,378 plexes (2 to 5 unit buildings) were for sale on average at each month-end in 2026 (January to September), against 5,052 in 2016 (-33%) and 2,988 at the 2025 trough (-41% from 2016). New plex listings barely moved (+0%, 11,211 to 11,210): the plex stock no longer grows, what sells is what changes hands. Absorption went from 54% in 2016 to 72% in 2021 and 66% in 2025. Plex months of inventory: 10.0 in 2016, 4.0 in 2021, 6.1 in 2026, against 3.2 for houses and 6.7 for condos. Plexes are in a buyer's market in 6 of 23 cities, they sell at least a month more slowly than houses in 22 cities and they are the slowest of the three products in 8. The slowest plex markets: Joliette (8.1 months), Montreal (7.7 months), Sorel-Tracy (7.6 months); the fastest: Quebec City (3.8 months), Sainte-Thérèse (3.6 months), Lévis (3.4 months). Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 7, 2026.
Plexes (2 to 5 units) active on Centris, month-end average: 2016, trough (year), 2026 (Jan. to Sept.) and what 2026 is worth as a percentage of 2016; then new listings in 2025, 2026 months of inventory for plexes, houses and condos.
| City | For sale 2016 | Trough | For sale 2026 | 2026 ÷ 2016 | New listings 2025 | Months of inv., plexes | Months of inv., houses | Months of inv., condos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliette | 26 | 21 (2017) | 23 | 88% | 62 | 8.1 | 2.6 | n/a |
| Montreal | 2,130 | 1,148 (2020) | 1,806 | 85% | 5,509 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 7.6 |
| Sorel-Tracy | 104 | 41 (2022) | 42 | 40% | 129 | 7.6 | 4.9 | n/a |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | 98 | 57 (2020) | 57 | 58% | 183 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| Terrebonne | 30 | 22 (2021) | 32 | 107% | 124 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| Rouyn-Noranda | 34 | 15 (2021) | 31 | 91% | 82 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Sherbrooke | 269 | 111 (2025) | 133 | 49% | 348 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| Drummondville | 77 | 38 (2020) | 61 | 79% | 160 | 5.8 | 3.6 | n/a |
| Gatineau | 298 | 144 (2020) | 173 | 58% | 654 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 7.9 |
| Longueuil | 229 | 127 (2020) | 183 | 80% | 637 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 90 | 34 (2025) | 42 | 47% | 144 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 5.5 |
| Laval | 245 | 132 (2020) | 142 | 58% | 532 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 6.7 |
| Victoriaville | 42 | 23 (2024) | 27 | 64% | 90 | 5.2 | 2.8 | n/a |
| Mirabel | 37 | 15 (2018) | 28 | 76% | 147 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 5.6 |
| Saint-Jérôme | 123 | 76 (2020) | 68 | 55% | 317 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| Granby | 113 | 36 (2025) | 49 | 43% | 148 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| Saguenay | 184 | 55 (2025) | 72 | 39% | 225 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Rimouski | 44 | 14 (2025) | 16 | 36% | 57 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 4.9 |
| Trois-Rivières | 201 | 70 (2025) | 85 | 42% | 327 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 13.1 |
| Val-d'Or | 28 | 11 (2025) | 13 | 46% | 49 | 3.9 | 3.5 | n/a |
| Quebec City | 537 | 191 (2025) | 223 | 42% | 932 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| Sainte-Thérèse | 26 | 25 (2022) | 23 | 88% | 100 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| Lévis | 87 | 50 (2025) | 49 | 56% | 254 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
The plex has its own market, slower and steadier than the house market. Across the 23 cities, plex inventory went from 5,052 buildings in 2016 to 2,988 at the 2025 trough, then climbed back to 3,378 in 2026, -33% from 2016. The difference with houses and condos is in the flow: new plex listings have stayed about the same for ten years (+0%), because plexes are no longer built and owners keep them for a long time; what sells is the estate, the aging owner-occupant and the investor who exits when the rents no longer cover the mortgage at today's rate. Absorption climbed from 54% in 2016 to 72% in 2021, then fell back to 66% in 2025: the 2022-2023 rate hikes hit the plex before everyone else, because a building is bought on its yield and the yield melted with the rate. Months of inventory say it: 10.0 in 2016, 4.0 at the trough, 6.1 in 2026, against 3.2 for houses and 6.7 for condos. Plexes are in a buyer's market in 6 of 23 cities, they sell at least a month more slowly than houses in 22 cities and they are the slowest of the three products in 8. The slowest plex markets: Joliette (8.1 months), Montreal (7.7 months), Sorel-Tracy (7.6 months); the fastest: Quebec City (3.8 months), Sainte-Thérèse (3.6 months), Lévis (3.4 months).
"Active" is a snapshot: the number of plexes for sale on Centris at month-end, averaged over the year's months. "New listings" is a flow: the year's listings, including relistings. Absorption divides sales by the same year's new listings. Months of inventory divide plexes for sale by monthly sales: under 4, the seller leads; above 6, the buyer. The "houses" and "condos" columns repeat the same calculation for the same city (homes for sale and inventory by city, condos for sale and inventory by city). 2026 stops in September for plexes and condos, in August for houses. Only cities with at least 20 plex sales every year are published: below that, three buildings more or less double or halve the months of inventory.
All series come from the Statistics module of Centris (Matrix), queried on October 7, 2026 with the same parameters for the 23 cities: Income property category (2 to 5 unit plexes; buildings of 6 units and more are commercial and are not included), whole municipality (boroughs or sectors combined for Montreal, Quebec City, Laval, Longueuil, Gatineau, Lévis, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Terrebonne), new listings and active listings by month over ten years, aggregated by year; plex sales per year come from the September 16, 2026 query (number of sales by city). Only aggregates are published. The same cities have their plex prices over ten years and price per unit and multiplier pages.
Because they are bought on numbers and by fewer people. A house has hundreds of potential buyers in a city, who buy it to live in and decide with the heart as much as with the calculator. A plex has a few dozen buyers: investors who divide the price by the rents, subtract taxes, insurance and the mortgage at today's rate, and do not buy if the result is negative, and owner-occupants who count on the neighbour's rent to pay their share. When rates rise, the price those calculations justify falls, but sellers do not cut right away: the building stays listed, and inventory climbs. That is what happened in 2022-2023 and why plexes stand at 6.1 months of inventory in 2026 against 3.2 for houses.
We publish the cities where at least 20 plexes have sold every year since 2016. A broker from the team can pull the same statistics for any municipality or neighbourhood in Quebec.
Our other data series, all built from Centris listings:
Each series is recalculated from actual sales or leases, city by city, aggregates only.
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