Competitive costs

From the overall costs of running an organization to the affordable price of housing and free health care, Montréal provides high quality at a competitive price. The cost of office space costs including rent, electricity, and communications, is also very competitive.

Montréal's cost of living is affordable, labour costs and salaries are extremely competitive with other major centres in the OECD.

Hydro-Québec, the provincially owned monopoly utility, manages a vast electricity resource whose production is 96% hydro-power, generating negligible greenhouse gas. Electricity costs in Montréal - whether residential, commercial or industrial, are among the most competitive in the industrialized world.