Sales volume · Quebec City · Centris 2016-2026
The total sale prices of houses in Quebec City year by year since 2016, next to the number of sales and the average price: how many dollars circulate, and whether the rise comes from price or from the number of buyers. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Quebec City, single-family house sales totalled $1.69B in 2025, against $765M in 2016 (+121%), and $1.37B from January to September 2026. That rise comes from both engines: the average sale price did +85% ($275,940 to $509,577) and the number of sales +20% (2,773 to 3,320), which is rare: in 19 of the 50 cities tracked, sales fell over the same period.Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 2, 2026.
The short answer
In Quebec City, single-family house sales totalled $1.69B in 2025, against $765M in 2016 (+121%), and $1.37B from January to September 2026. That rise comes from both engines: the average sale price did +85% ($275,940 to $509,577) and the number of sales +20% (2,773 to 3,320), which is rare: in 19 of the 50 cities tracked, sales fell over the same period.
Sales volume, number of sales and average price per year
| Year | Sales volume | Yearly change | Sales | Average sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $765M | n/a | 2,773 | $275,940 |
| 2017 | $783M | +2% | 2,819 | $277,824 |
| 2018 | $844M | +8% | 2,971 | $284,011 |
| 2019 | $964M | +14% | 3,337 | $288,928 |
| 2020 | $1.22B | +27% | 3,957 | $309,407 |
| 2021 | $1.19B | -3% | 3,402 | $348,956 |
| 2022 | $1.15B | -3% | 3,036 | $379,918 |
| 2023 | $1.13B | -2% | 2,860 | $394,761 |
| 2024 | $1.41B | +24% | 3,178 | $442,166 |
| 2025 | $1.69B | +20% | 3,320 | $509,577 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | $1.37B | 9 months | 2,551 | $538,290 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Quebec City, Centris (Matrix). Sales: volume divided by average price, same query. Yearly change: the year's volume over the previous year's. 2026: nine months.
What ten years of volume say in Quebec City
- Four markets in ten years in Quebec City: $839M of average yearly volume in 2016-2019, $1.19B during the 2020-2022 frenzy, $1.27B when high rates returned, $1.69B in 2025. Record year: 2025 ($1.69B); weakest year: 2016 ($765M).
- Volume did +121% from 2016 to 2025, sales +20% and the average price +85%. A volume is sales multiplied by a price: in Quebec City, price accounts for 77% of the rise, and sales for the rest. Median of the 50 cities: 94%.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.): $1.37B in nine months, a yearly pace of $1.83B, +8% against 2025. 35 of 50 cities are above their 2025 at that pace.
- Weight in Quebec City: 8.4% of the $20.13B sold in 2025 across the 50 cities tracked, ranked 3rd. The five largest markets make up 42% of the total.
- Biggest year-over-year rise: 2020 (+27%); biggest drop: 2021 (-3%). The 50 cities' volume did +110% from 2016 to 2025, in Quebec City +121%.
- 3 years of declining volume out of nine: 2021, 2022, 2023. Peak number of sales: 2020 (3,957 houses). Over eleven years, $12.52B of houses changed hands in Quebec City.
What it changes when selling or buying in Quebec City
In Quebec City, volume rose from both ends: more houses sold and each one dearer. That is the profile of a city drawing buyers from outside, often because it stayed affordable. For a seller, the buyers are there and comparables are plentiful: the price is set on recent sales, not on hope. For a buyer, competition is real, and the time to think is short. The number of sales by property type, house, condo and plex, is in home sales in Quebec City.
How to read these figures
Sales volume is the figure brokers and banners follow, because compensation follows dollars, not doors. For an individual, it mostly serves to read the health of the market: a volume rising with sales is a market that widens; a volume rising on price alone is a market that concentrates. The average sale price comes from our average house price in Quebec City page, harvested the same day. Averages are sensitive to exceptional homes: to set a price, the median and the sector's comparables remain the reference.
Frequently asked questions
What is the house sales volume in Quebec City?
$1.69B of single-family houses sold in Quebec City in 2025 (3,320 sales at $509,577 on average), against $765M in 2016. From January to September 2026, $1.37B.
Why does volume rise if the number of sales does not in Quebec City?
Because volume is a product: sales multiplied by a price. In Quebec City, the average price did +85% from 2016 to 2025 and the number of sales +20%; price explains 77% of the rise in volume. In 19 of the 50 cities tracked, sales fell while volume rose.
Does a record volume mean it is time to sell?
No, not on its own. Volume says how many dollars circulate, not how fast nor at what price relative to asking. To decide, cross it with days on market and inventory: days on market in Quebec City and homes for sale and inventory in Quebec City.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 2, 2026 for the municipality of Quebec City: Single-family category, sales volume and average sale price by year over ten years; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The sales volume in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Quebec City, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Quebec City
- How much buyers negotiate in Quebec City
- Houses that do not sell in Quebec City
- Home prices in Quebec City, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And house appreciation in Quebec City:
What a house bought in each year since 2016 is worth today, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the jump from condo to house in Quebec City:
The gap between house and condo year by year, and how much of it the condo's gain covers, ten years from the same Centris listings.
All the statistics in Quebec City at a glance:
Twelve 2026 Centris indicators, the city's rank on each, and a link to ten years of detail.
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