What coworking really costs in Quebec, city by city

"What does coworking cost?" The honest answer starts with another question: what exactly, where, and with what included. A desk in an open area and a closed office for five people have nothing in common, and the price of a closed office varies fourfold from one city to the next. Here are our real numbers, location by location, including the fees nobody prints in large type.

Every figure below is current as of October 2026, taxes extra.

A desk costs the same everywhere

This is the first thing that surprises people comparing Montreal, Quebec City and the South Shore: a workspace plan costs exactly the same in all eight of our locations. No Montreal premium, no regional discount.

• Découverte, $199 a month. An unassigned desk in the open area, Monday to Friday during opening hours.
• Essentiel, $299 a month. A desk that is yours, 24/7 card access, and the business address included.
• Professionnel, $399 a month. Everything in Essentiel, plus 360 meeting-room credits a month.

One detail worth money: one credit is one dollar. The 360 credits in the Professionnel plan are therefore worth $360, on a plan that costs $399. If you book rooms every week, the plan nearly pays for itself. If you never book one, Essentiel at $299 is the right call, because credits do not roll over from month to month.

The closed office, though, varies fourfold

This is where the city really matters. A private office runs from $398 to $1,716 a month depending on the address, for the same product: a door that closes, furnished, ready the day you arrive.

• Angus Technopole, Montreal: from $398. The lowest entry price in the network right now, in a fast-growing employment district.
• Trois-Rivières: from $680. Downtown, on rue des Forges.
• Brossard, Quartier DIX30: from $996.
• Old Longueuil: from $1,214.
• Old Montreal: from $1,500. On rue McGill, steps from Square-Victoria metro.
• Quebec City, Saint-Roch: from $1,716. On boulevard Charest Est.

That is a 4.3-fold gap between the lowest and the highest entry price. The gap says nothing about the quality of the spaces. All our addresses meet the same standards, and each one was chosen for what it is worth on a business card: we don't sign a lease in a building we wouldn't be proud to show people around.

What moves the price is something else: the average market rate in the area, the size of the offices available at that moment, the location's occupancy rate, and any promotion running at the time. The same office can therefore rent for several hundred dollars less in a month when a location has room, and a city's entry price shifts over the year. That is why it is always worth asking what is available now rather than relying on a price you saw six months ago.

Two more things to know before comparing these numbers to a quote from elsewhere. First, a 12-month commitment lowers the price by $40 to $121 a month depending on the location, and it remains optional. Second, there is no commercial lease, no fit-out cost and no furniture to buy: the posted price is the price of the month.

A business address without an office

If your team works from home and all you need is an official address and somewhere to receive mail, the business address can be taken on its own, with no workspace. The price depends on the zone:

• $99 a month in Brossard, or $1,069 for the year.
• $89 a month in Montreal, Longueuil and Quebec City, or $960 for the year.
• $79 a month in Trois-Rivières and Sainte-Julie, or $853 for the year.

Paying for the year up front gives a 10 percent discount in all three zones. Mail forwarding, if you want it, adds $50 a month. That is the line people forget to budget: on a $79 address, it is 63 percent more.

Meeting rooms, by the hour

The formula fits in one line: 10 credits per hour, per person the room can seat, and one credit is one dollar. A 4-person room is therefore $40 an hour, a 10-person room $100 an hour. You pay for the room's capacity, not the number of attendees, which means it pays to book the right size rather than the biggest one.

Anyone booking often buys credits up front and the rate drops: 500 credits for $450, 1,000 for $850, 2,500 for $1,875, 5,000 for $3,250, which is up to 35 percent off. Credits work across all eight locations, not only where you bought them. And rooms can be booked without a membership.

The fees you have to add up

This is the part price grids rarely show, ours included until now. Here are all of them.

• Account opening: $85, once. That is what gets you the access card. On a $199 Découverte plan, your first month is therefore $284, which is 43 percent more than the posted price.
• Access to all eight locations: $100 a month on the plans that don't include it. Essentiel and Professionnel do.
• Month-to-month on a private office: $40 to $121 more per month than the rate with a 12-month commitment.
• Mail forwarding: $50 a month on the business address.
• Parking. It is free in Brossard, underground, and in Longueuil, across from the building. It is paid in Old Montreal and Quebec City, where you need to budget a monthly neighbourhood spot on top of the membership. It is the most common hidden cost downtown, and it appears on no price grid anywhere.

What is included, on the other hand, and gets billed as an extra in plenty of places: high-speed internet, unlimited coffee, a fully equipped kitchen, common areas, 24/7 access for members, a bike rack, and a team on site Monday to Friday.

What that looks like in three situations

A freelancer who wants out of the house three days a week. Découverte at $199, plus $85 the first time. First year: $2,473. That is cheaper than a home office as soon as you count the room it takes up.

A team of five in Montreal. A closed office at Angus from $398, or $358 with a commitment, against $1,500 for the same thing in Old Montreal. Two addresses we stand behind equally, two different markets: over a year, the choice of area is worth more than $13,000. And the real question isn't even the price, it's your five people's commute. An office ten minutes away gets used; an office fifty minutes away gets paid for and left empty.

A company whose team is remote. The business address at $79, $89 or $99 depending on the city, plus rooms by the hour when you need to meet. A monthly three-hour meeting in a six-person room comes to $180. Annual total around $3,240, against a lease that would start in five figures.

Questions to ask, anywhere

If you're comparing several places, these six questions explain almost every price gap between two offers that look alike.

• Are there setup fees, and how much?
• Does the posted price assume a commitment? And what does month-to-month cost.
• Is there a promotion running, and on which office sizes? It is the question that lowers a bill the most, and almost nobody asks it.
• Is parking included? Downtown, that is often $150 to $300 more a month.
• Are meeting rooms included, and how many hours? Do unused credits roll over?
• What happens if the team grows by two people? That is the question that costs the most when nobody asks it.

Come work a day

No price table tells you whether a space suits you. The only way to know is to work a real day in it, at the hour you usually work. The trial day is free and carries no commitment, at the location of your choice. Write to us and we'll hold a spot for you.