HVAC software for Quebec City

The HVAC contractors market in Quebec City

Wall-mounted heat pumps have to earn their keep through a very long heating season in Quebec City, often with baseboards or an older furnace behind them. Air exchangers in newer Neufchâtel and Val-Bélair houses add a steady line of service calls, and older Montcalm and Saint-Sacrement homes still run on hot-water radiators. Service plans for those Val-Bélair exchangers can bill themselves once a year through a recurring ServeHub invoice, which saves keeping a spreadsheet of who is due.

Quebec City (population: 550,000, Quebec) is Quebec's provincial capital, with century-old housing stock and a five-month winter. Massive snow-removal market — winter season runs 5+ months. Heritage homes in Old Quebec need specialized trades. Mostly French-speaking; English-only outfits will struggle, so bilingual paperwork is the price of admission.

For HVAC contractors working in Quebec City, QC, that means: Two peak seasons: late spring (AC installs / tune-ups) and October–December (furnace replacements before the cold). Annual maintenance plans smooth the rest.

Typical hourly rates in Quebec City

As a rough guide, HVAC contractors in Quebec City generally charge between $100 and $160 CAD per hour (taxes extra). Most installations are sold flat-price ($5K–$15K residential; $30K+ commercial).

Not sure what rate you should charge? Use our free hourly rate calculator — plug in your target salary, billable hours, overhead, and margin, and get the minimum rate you need to charge to be profitable.

Licensing and provincial requirements

To operate as a HVAC contractor in Quebec, you'll typically need:

• Provincial HVAC contractor licence (TSSA in Ontario, Technical Safety BC, Alberta Safety Codes Council)
• Gas Technician licence (G1, G2, G3 in Ontario) for any gas-fired equipment
• Refrigeration handling certification (ODP card / 313A) for working with refrigerants
• WSIB / WorkSafe coverage and liability insurance

ServeHub lets you attach these documents to the invoices that require them — your licence, certificate of insurance, and workers' compensation clearance. Attaching is a manual step per invoice; there is no document vault and no automatic linking.

Most-requested jobs in Quebec City

• Furnace and air conditioner replacement
• Heat pump installation
• Ductwork modifications and air balancing
• Annual maintenance plans (spring AC tune-up, fall furnace tune-up)
• Commercial RTU service and rooftop unit replacement

Neighborhoods and service areas in Quebec City

HVAC contractors in Quebec City work across the Quebec City area, including:

Vieux-Québec · Saint-Roch · Sainte-Foy · Limoilou · Sillery · Charlesbourg · Beauport · Cap-Rouge · Lévis (across the river).

ServeHub gives you one calendar for the whole crew, with addresses on every appointment and a warning when you double-book someone — so you can order a day that stretches from the urban core to the outer suburbs. ServeHub does not sequence stops by drive time for you; you set the order.

What ServeHub gives HVAC contractors in Quebec City

• Unlimited users on every plan — never a per-seat fee, so the price does not change as your team grows. Plans differ in the features they unlock, never in how many people you can add.
• Estimates with e-signature — customers sign on their phone, deposit collected, work starts the same day.
• Integrated invoicing and payments through Stripe — card payments on-site or online.
• A business website, filled in from your details — included, not an add-on.
• AI tools — an AI phone assistant on a dedicated number that answers 24/7, and AI help writing proposals and follow-ups, on both plans.
• Available in English and French — the dashboard, your estimates and invoices, and the emails and texts that carry them, set customer by customer.