EV vs gas cost in Quebec, Canada (2026) — the true 5-year total

What is different about Quebec's numbers

Home electricity in Quebec is 6.90c/kWh — 58.2% below the 16.50c Canada average (provincial utilities, 2026-08-06), which makes Quebec the cheapest of the 7 provinces we price: Alberta, the dearest, charges 4.1× more for the same kWh. Gasoline stays Canada-wide at $1.68/L (CAA), as do registration and incentives, so Quebec changes exactly one input on this page.

What the provincial utilities figure for Quebec actually is: Hydro-Québec Rate D tier 1 (first 40 kWh/day, eff 2026-04-01); cheapest in Canada. Add ~25-35% winter heat-pump/resistive load for honest TCO.

Run all 49 models that have their own cost page through the kernel at both rate sets and the average electric car's 5-year total in Quebec lands $1,938 below its Canada-average figure, while a gas or hybrid car's total does not move by a cent — in Canada only electricity changes by province. Net effect: Quebec narrows the gap an EV has to close by about $1,938. At Quebec rates EVs take 1 of the 12 head-to-head matchups we track, against 0 at the Canada average — we publish that whichever way it falls.

Take one car — a Chevrolet Bolt (2027, LT) — and Quebec is the cheapest place in Canada to keep it charged: $3,647 less over 5 years in Quebec than the identical car in Alberta.

Running cost at Quebec prices: a Chevrolet Bolt (2027, LT) draws about $1.22 of electricity per 100 km charging at home in Quebec with the ~12% charging loss counted, against $11.76 of gas for a 7 L/100km car — a gas car would have to do 0.7 L/100km to match the EV's energy bill in Quebec. Nothing on sale with an engine does that, so on energy alone Quebec is about as favourable to an EV as this market gets. Energy is only one line of the total: depreciation and insurance decide the 5-year figure, which is why most of the matchups on this page still go to the gas or hybrid car.

Sorting all 49 models by 5-year cost at Quebec rates instead of the Canada average moves 29 of them out of the position they hold nationally. The ones Quebec moves furthest:

• Chevrolet Blazer EV (LT FWD) — 4 places better in Quebec than at the Canada average, at $61,998 over 5 years here.
• Honda CR-V (LX gas FWD) — 4 places worse in Quebec than at the Canada average, at $57,015 over 5 years here.
• Lexus NX 350h AWD — 4 places worse in Quebec than at the Canada average, at $62,511 over 5 years here.

All 22 models whose total actually moves with the electricity price reach their cheapest of any province in Quebec.

Cheapest to own in Quebec, Canada

Ranked by true 5-year cost at Quebec's own electricity rate (15,000 km/yr, all-in). Tap a column to sort, or filter by type:

That is the Quebec-relevant slice of the fleet. All 49 models we price, at the Canada average rate, are on the Canada hub.

Matchups that change hands in Quebec

Of the 12 head-to-head matchups we track in Canada, 1 comes out differently at Quebec rates than at the Canada average — it is the only comparison on this site where "it depends where you live" is literally true in Quebec:

• Nationally the Honda CR-V (LX gas FWD) is $1,685 cheaper over 5 years, but at Quebec rates the Volkswagen ID.4 (Pro RWD) wins instead, by $283. Volkswagen ID.4 (Pro RWD) vs Honda CR-V (LX gas FWD) →

Every other matchup falls the same way in Quebec as it does nationally. All 12 Canada matchups →

Provinces whose numbers look like Quebec's

Closest matches to Quebec on home electricity and pump price — where the same car lands nearest to its Quebec total — plus the cheapest and dearest provinces in Canada to run an EV:

• Manitoba → 10.0c/kWh
• Ontario → 10.3c/kWh
• British Columbia → 11.9c/kWh
• Alberta → 28.0c/kWh

Quebec is one of 7 provinces we price: see all of them, and the full 49-model directory →

Estimates for planning, not financial advice. Canada depreciation, insurance and maintenance are dated estimates calibrated to Canada sources. How we calculate →