Québec taxi rates
Québec’s regulated day/night taxi tariff supports fare estimates across the province’s highest-demand cities. Airport-specific flat fares at YUL and YQB remain higher priority when a route matches.
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One regulated meter covers many regional markets, with a few airport exceptions.
For ordinary person-to-person dispatched or hailed taxi trips, the Commission des transports du Québec publishes a day tariff and a night tariff, plus the $1.05 provincial trip levy. The meter switches between distance and low-speed time rather than charging both at full value. Montréal–Trudeau and Québec City Jean Lesage have airport-specific rules that are handled before the general provincial meter.
TaxiRates now exposes the provincial tariff across the highest-demand Québec city markets while retaining dedicated airport pages where special flat fares or airport rules apply.
Québec uses a regulated taximeter across many markets, with specific airport exceptions.
The Commission des transports du Québec publishes a day and night taximeter with a starting amount, distance rate, low-speed time rate and mandatory trip levy. TaxiRates uses that framework in Montréal, Longueuil and verified regional taximeter territories. The meter switches between distance and time based on vehicle speed, so the calculator treats traffic as a meter-behaviour issue rather than blindly stacking a full time charge on top of every kilometre.
Airport rules still matter. Montréal–Trudeau (YUL) and Québec Jean-Lesage (YQB) have specifically published airport exceptions, while the new MET Montréal Metropolitan Airport (YHU) in Longueuil is handled with the standard regulated taximeter under the currently published CTQ framework. Each airport therefore has its own page so users searching a code or terminal name receive the correct pricing model.
How to find the right taxi fare rule in Québec.
Taxi fares across Québec vary by local jurisdiction. Some communities publish a meter, others use fixed or zone fares, and some rely on operator-specific schedules. TaxiRates organizes those differences by city and airport rather than flattening them into one provincial average.
In Québec, start with the pickup location. That is usually the clearest way to identify the governing fare system, especially when the trip begins at an airport or crosses into another municipality. Then open the matching market page and use the calculator only where that page says the rule is supported. This approach is slower than applying one blanket formula, but it produces a result that can be traced to a real fare framework.
Within Québec, airport pages deserve separate attention because terminals can have their own origin fees, zones, fixed fares or pickup rules. A city page may correctly describe trips that start downtown while the airport page uses a different starting charge. For return travel, check the reverse direction rather than assuming the same airport rule applies both ways.
Questions about Québec taxi-rate coverage.
Why are taxi rates different across Québec?
For Québec, taxi regulation is local. Municipalities, airports, provincial or territorial authorities and licensed operators can use different fare systems, which is why a single average rate would be misleading.
What does “verified” mean on TaxiRates?
For Québec, it means the page is tied to a published authority, tariff, by-law, airport schedule or other identifiable fare source. The calculator is enabled only for the part of the rule that can be applied confidently.
How does TaxiRates handle markets without one published fare?
For Québec, some places do not have one universal public fare, or the available rule may not cover the requested route. In those cases, TaxiRates shows the best available estimate from a city, province, provider or historical fare reference rather than leaving the trip without a number.
How should I use the directory?
For Québec, choose the city or airport that matches the pickup, read the fare rule, then use that page’s calculator when it is enabled. For a return trip or a different pickup jurisdiction, open the corresponding market page and calculate again.
Québec coverage continues to expand as current fare documents can be verified. New pages are added only when the source is clear enough to explain the rule and its limits. That means a market may appear as a guide before every possible route becomes calculable.