Montreal to Quebec City Movers

Moving from Montreal to Quebec City, or from Quebec City back to Montreal, is a long working day rather than an expedition. We run this corridor at least once a week, with our own trucks and our own crews. For a small to mid sized Montreal to Quebec City move, the bill usually lands between $1,800 and $2,500, before taxes, and larger households go above that range. There are two ways we build that price, and you will know which one applies to you before you book anything.

How Much Does a Montreal to Quebec City Move Cost?

A small to mid sized household move between Montreal and Quebec City usually costs $1,800 to $2,500 before taxes. Larger homes go above that range, and it is the inventory that decides, never the postal code.

We build that price one of two ways, and we tell you which one applies to your move:

• A fixed rate with a labour time budget. You know the amount in advance, and the labour budget states exactly how many crew hours it covers for loading and unloading.
• An hourly rate, with a higher travel time charge and a fuel surcharge. Driving to Quebec City costs more in travel than a move across the island, and we show that separately instead of burying it inside the hourly rate.

Four things move the number more than anything else: the real volume, the access at both addresses (stairs, elevator booking, distance from the truck to the door), how much packing you hand to us, and the date. A quote that skips those four is not a price, it is a guess that will change on moving day.

Why We Send a Dedicated Truck

Your belongings travel alone, in a truck that leaves as soon as your load is finished. We do not combine your move with other households, even on a 250 kilometre run.

That is the real difference between this corridor and a true long distance move. On a cross country relocation, carriers fill a trailer with several households and deliver each in turn, which is why those quotes come with multi day delivery windows. Between Montreal and Quebec City we treat the drive as short haul work: one origin, one destination, one truck.

What that buys you fits in a sentence. Your delivery date is a date, not a window. If your move is genuinely going further than Quebec City, our long distance moving page explains when consolidation becomes the sensible choice instead.

How Do We Plan the Drive?

Two patterns cover almost every residential move on this corridor, and which one you get is decided at quote time from your inventory and the access at both addresses. Neither one is improvised the night before.

The single day run, for small and mid sized moves

We start early, load, drive, and unload the same day. Loading runs with three movers and unloading with two, because unloading is normally faster than loading. The third mover does not ride along for the drive, which keeps the labour budget honest instead of billing you for a pair of hands watching Autoroute 20 go by.

The two day pattern, for larger homes

We load the afternoon or evening before. The truck spends the night loaded and sealed in our own yard, under surveillance, and leaves very early the next morning. You reach your new Quebec City address while it is still morning, which leaves you the rest of the day to set up rather than to wait for a truck.

That pattern also answers a constraint customers never see. Heavy vehicle drivers work under hours of service rules covering driving and rest, and a badly planned Montreal to Quebec City round trip puts a customer’s date at risk. A crew that drives the route every week knows that arithmetic before it accepts your booking.

Fleet maintenance does the same preventive job. The truck that shows up is the truck that was scheduled, because it was inspected and serviced before it was assigned to your date.

What Do Movers Charge Per Hour in Montreal?

Our regular hourly rates run from $85 for a truck with one driver mover to $195 for a truck with four movers. These rates are higher from May 20 to July 10.

On the Montreal to Quebec City corridor, a higher travel time charge and a fuel surcharge are added to these rates when the move is billed hourly. Either way the billing rule is the same as on a local move: the clock starts when our crew arrives at your pickup address and stops once the last item is unloaded at the new one. Our moving price page breaks down how hourly, weight based and fixed scope pricing compare.

A Real Move, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Quebec City

The Société québécoise des infrastructures handed us the full relocation of one of its offices, from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to Quebec City, with a mandate that ran from planning through execution. It was completed in two shifts, with a crew of 16 movers and two on site supervisors.

A household move is obviously nowhere near that scale. The same planning team sets the sequence, books the access and decides how many movers stand at each end, whether the job involves sixteen people or three. Our commercial moving page covers the rest of what that planning includes.

What Happens When Something Changes on Moving Day?

The packing is not finished, a bed frame turns out to need dismantling, an extra pair of hands is suddenly necessary. A crew that drives this route every week absorbs that without derailing the day.

This is where weekly frequency turns into something you can feel. Our movers have already met the spiral staircase in Old Quebec, the Plateau alley with nowhere to park, and the condo elevator booked for exactly two hours. The response happens on the spot rather than through a phone call back to the office. If you already suspect your packing will not be done in time, say so when you request the quote, because adjusting the labour budget in advance always costs less than adjusting it in your driveway.

How Should You Choose a Montreal to Quebec City Mover?

Check a company’s registrations and affiliations rather than its adjectives. Here are ours, all verifiable with the organisations themselves.

• Registered with the Commission des transports du Québec
• CAA Québec recommended mover
• Member of the Canadian Association of Movers (CAM)
• Member of the United Van Lines Canada network
• MovingWaldo verified partner
• Operating since 2017, rated 4.8 out of 5 on Google

We are conservative with our promises and liberal with the results. Our Google reviews are published in full on the site, with the names of the customers who wrote them.

We are also a long distance moving company in Montreal for routes well past Quebec City, including Montreal to Toronto, interprovincial and international relocations.

Montreal to Quebec City Moving Checklist

1. Inventory the home before asking for a price. Volume is what decides between the single day run and the early morning departure, and therefore what decides the amount.
2. Check the access at both ends. Stairs, doorway widths, elevator bookings and the distance from the parking spot to the door, on both sides of the drive.
3. Book the elevator and the parking early. In Quebec City as in Montreal, those bookings go weeks ahead during high season.
4. Decide how much packing you are doing yourself. Our crews pack all or part of a home, and our online store delivers the boxes and materials with the move.
5. Flag what you need on the first evening. Those boxes load last and come off first.
6. Get the date in writing. Your quote should state the date, the pattern chosen and exactly what the labour budget covers.

Montreal to Quebec City Moving FAQ

How long is the drive from Montreal to Quebec City?

The route is about 250 kilometres and takes roughly three hours by Autoroute 20 or Autoroute 40 in normal conditions. Loading and unloading account for most of the working day, not the drive.

Do you move in both directions?

Yes. We handle as many Quebec City to Montreal moves as the reverse, with the same crews and the same two patterns.

Can you store my belongings between the two addresses?

Yes, storage is available when it forms part of a move we are carrying out. Your goods are held securely, with no access on your side while they are in storage, and they leave for your new address on the agreed date.

Is my move insured?

Yes, every move we perform is fully insured. Your moving consultant explains the coverage when you get your quote, before you book.

How far ahead should I book?

As early as you can, particularly between May 20 and July 10, when corridor dates fill quickly. Outside that window we usually have more flexibility on both the date and the departure time.

Book Your Montreal to Quebec City Move

Tell us about your move and a moving consultant comes back with a free, clear quote with no hidden fees, in under 60 minutes during office hours.

Flex Moving and Transport
365 Rue McCaffrey, Saint-Laurent, QC H4T 1Z7
Phone: 514-692-6657
Email: info@flex-demenagement.ca