The physical meter switches between distance and low-speed time.
Québec’s regulated meter does not simply add the full per-kilometre charge and the full hourly waiting charge together. Above the tariff’s transition speed it follows distance; below that speed it follows elapsed time. TaxiRates uses mapped distance and traffic information to model that structure rather than double-counting a normal trip.
The tariff is selected from the time the trip begins. Day pricing applies from 5:00 a.m. through 10:59 p.m.; night pricing applies from 11:00 p.m. through 4:59 a.m.
Taximeter use is required in this market.
Taxi service is listed as available at YGP, and the CTQ decision places La Côte-de-Gaspé under mandatory taximeter rules.
For ordinary hailed or person-to-person dispatched taxi trips, the CTQ meter is the default legal fare basis. A technology-based quote or written contract can legally use a different agreed price.
Use the actual address, especially for airport and regional trips.
Gaspé is spread over a large municipal territory. Use the exact pickup and destination rather than assuming every address is a short downtown trip. Longer trips toward communities on the peninsula can produce materially different meter estimates.
TaxiRates is an estimate, not a taxi booking. Traffic below the meter transition speed, an agreed contract price, a technology-based maximum quote, stops or other legally permitted circumstances can make the final amount different from a simple route calculation.