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Standard · 6 months
$44.99 paid once
$7.49/mo
- 15,000+ live channels
- 60,000+ movies & series
- HD & Full HD
- 1 connection (1 screen at a time)
- 7-day refund
- Active in about 2 hours
- No automatic renewal
A local look at Quebec City IPTV in the Capitale-Nationale
Québec City has about 550,000 residents in the 2021 census and more than 800,000 in the metropolitan area, including Lévis across the river. It is one of the most French-speaking large cities in North America. Few homes here will accept an English-only support line or a channel list that barely covers French television.
For anyone new to the idea, IPTV means television carried over your internet connection. You install a player app on a TV or a streaming device, enter the login details you receive, and a guide appears. No satellite dish goes on the wall, and no box needs to be rented. A household can cancel its cable service and still keep its internet, although you should compare prices before doing so.
We sell plans as a single payment for a chosen term, with no automatic renewal. Six months of Standard costs $44.99. Three months of Premium, the entry point for the larger line-up and 4K, costs $44.99.
Quebec City IPTV prices
Prices in Canadian dollars, paid once, the same in Sainte-Foy and in Lévis.
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Free trial 12H on Standard, 24H on Premium. CAD 0, no card.
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Connections
One connection per screen watching at the same time.
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Standard · 12 months
$69.99 paid once
$5.83/mo
Save 22% vs 6 months
- 15,000+ live channels
- 60,000+ movies & series
- HD & Full HD
- 1 connection (1 screen at a time)
- 7-day refund
- Active in about 2 hours
- No automatic renewal
Standard · 24 months
$119.99 paid once
$4.99/mo
Save 33% vs 6 months
- 15,000+ live channels
- 60,000+ movies & series
- HD & Full HD
- 1 connection (1 screen at a time)
- 7-day refund
- Active in about 2 hours
- No automatic renewal
Lowest monthly rate
Standard · 48 months
$189.99 paid once
$3.95/mo
Save 47% vs 6 months
- 15,000+ live channels
- 60,000+ movies & series
- HD & Full HD
- 1 connection (1 screen at a time)
- 7-day refund
- Active in about 2 hours
- No automatic renewal
Every price is the total you pay once, in Canadian dollars, for one connection. No contract and no automatic renewal. More than 5? Choose the number at checkout.
IPTV Canada plans have the same prices in every province and territory.
In French
French-language help and French television
Our support team answers in French on WhatsApp and by email every day between 6 AM and 11 PM, Québec time, and the whole buying process is available in French. If you would feel more comfortable with an adult child or a neighbour beside you, that works too: support can guide you one step at a time in writing, so you have time to follow.
For most households in the region, a handful of French channels decide everything: the main French networks, the news channels, the French sports channels and a few specialty channels for series and documentaries. Line-ups can change, so we prefer not to promise them on a web page.
A simple check during your trial
- Write down your five most-watched channels on a sheet of paper.
- Search for each one in the app and open it.
- Check at the hour you normally watch, for example the evening news or the Saturday game.
- Look at the guide, too: are the listings there, and do the times match?
- If something is missing, send us its name and ask before you pay.
Internet in Québec City, Lévis and the suburbs
The market here is largely a contest between Vidéotron’s cable and fibre network and Bell’s fibre service, with lower-cost brands reselling or sharing those networks. IPTV works on any of them and does not require the provider’s TV product.
| Provider | Type | To keep in mind |
|---|---|---|
| Vidéotron | Cable and fibre | The main cable network across the region. Helix TV can be dropped, but ask what internet alone will cost. |
| Bell Fibe | Fibre to the home | Widely available in the city and the suburbs, including much of Lévis. |
| Oxio, Ebox | Independents on shared networks | Lower prices and fewer commitments. Test at peak hours. |
| Fizz | Low-cost brand owned by Vidéotron | Managed by app, popular with students and younger renters. |
| Telus and regional providers | Eastern and rural parts of the region | Charlevoix, Portneuf and Bellechasse vary by municipality. Check your address. |
An HD stream needs about 15 Mbps, and 4K on Premium needs about 25 Mbps. A single family on a modern wired plan is unlikely to run short of bandwidth. Weak Wi-Fi is a far more likely cause of trouble.
Inside the walls or in Lévis: four steps
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Ask for the trial
In French or English. No card, no contract.
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Mind the stone
Old stone walls block Wi-Fi. Put the router beside the TV or run a cable.
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Test a winter night
Snow does not affect it. Test on a busy evening anyway.
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Pay once
One Interac e-Transfer for the term. Nothing to return.
Limoilou, Saint-Roch, Montcalm, Sainte-Foy and the suburbs
Québec City changes character every few blocks, and so does the setup that works best. Your Quebec City IPTV login is the same everywhere. Here is what usually helps in each part of town.
Limoilou
Rows of triplexes with outdoor staircases, much like Montréal, often with a router at the front of a long flat. Move it toward the middle of the apartment, or run a flat cable to the TV.
Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur
Revitalized streets with new condos, startups and converted industrial buildings. In new buildings, use the in-unit network port or 5 GHz. In older ones, brick walls block Wi-Fi between rooms.
Montcalm and Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Older apartments and houses near the Plains, many with plaster walls and narrow hallways. A mesh node in the back half of the unit usually fixes the bedroom TV.
Sainte-Foy and Sillery
Towers near the university and the shopping centres, plus family homes on quiet streets. Students should test residence Wi-Fi first, and families in Sillery’s older houses may need a mesh node upstairs.
Charlesbourg, Beauport and Val-Bélair
Bungalows and split-levels from the 1960s onward, plus newer subdivisions. A router in the central hallway, or on the middle level of a split-level, usually covers the whole house. Finished basements with a second TV may need their own cable.
Stone walls, new builds and everything in between
Vieux-Québec and the older districts
In Vieux-Québec, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montcalm and Limoilou, thick masonry and plaster do a good job of stopping Wi-Fi. A long apartment with the modem at the front and the TV at the back is especially tricky. Moving the router toward the centre of the unit or adding a mesh point near the television often works better than paying for more speed.
Sainte-Foy, Charlesbourg, Beauport and Cap-Rouge
Suburban bungalows and split-levels often place the modem in the basement. Bringing it up to the main floor is usually simple and very effective. If you have a TV in the basement family room and one in the living room, a single wired link between the floors can serve both.
Apartments and student housing around Université Laval
Close quarters mean many overlapping networks. Choose the 5 GHz band if the router is nearby. Residence and campus networks can restrict streaming traffic, so test on the exact network you will use.
Lévis and the South Shore
Crossing the bridge or taking the ferry changes nothing about the account. Your provider’s coverage at your exact address is the only thing that counts.
A French-speaking capital deserves help in French, and in English for everyone still learning.
Winter
Winter here, and what it means for your TV
Québec City is among the snowiest large cities in the world, with far more than 300 cm in a typical winter. Anyone who has climbed up to clear a dish after a storm knows what that means. On a wired connection, IPTV has no outdoor equipment at your home, so a big snowfall by itself does not interrupt the picture.
Be realistic about the limits. Freezing rain or a storm can take down power or internet lines, and any service using them stops until they are restored. When the line comes back, the app reconnects. There is nothing to reconfigure.
Plenty of snowbirds also spend part of the winter in Florida. Your login is not tied to an address, and it works from wherever you have an internet connection, but travel abroad can raise questions about channel availability and rights, so do not assume it will work exactly as it does at home. Test on your device before you depend on it.
Making it easy for parents and grandparents
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Many people in this region who are thinking of leaving cable have used the same remote for thirty years. A good setup should feel familiar, not technical.
- Pick one device and one app. A Fire TV Stick with a single player keeps things simple. Our Fire TV guides show every screen.
- Use a grid guide. Apps such as TiviMate display channels in a layout close to cable.
- Organize favourites. Put the five channels that matter first, so that nobody needs to search through a huge list.
- Write down the steps. A small card next to the TV with “press this, then this” can prevent a lot of phone calls.
- Keep the old service during the test. Do not cancel anything until the person who will use it every day is comfortable.
Hockey
Hockey memories and live sport in the capital
Québec City has a long, passionate hockey history, and people here still talk about the teams of past decades as if they played last week. Junior hockey fills the arena, international tournaments pull in huge audiences, and many households follow the Montréal team as closely as anyone on the island.
Sport is a demanding test, and that makes it useful. During your trial, watch a live game for an hour on your main TV. Look for smooth motion on fast skating and for sound that stays in sync. Broadcast rights belong to the networks that hold them and they do change, so we will not promise a particular game. Instead, check the channel you want while you are testing Quebec City IPTV.
Université Laval students in Sainte-Foy
Université Laval brings tens of thousands of students to Sainte-Foy and the surrounding neighbourhoods, along with the city’s CEGEPs. Many come from the regions, from France and from francophone Africa, and many rent a room for the school year or share an apartment near Chemin Sainte-Foy and Boulevard Laurier.
Quebec City IPTV suits a student budget because there is no contract, no credit check and nothing tied to an address. Roommates can share one plan with a connection for each person watching at the same moment. If you move on July 1, your login moves with you.
- Residence Wi-Fi: campus networks can block streaming or need a web login that TVs cannot complete. Test on the exact network you will use.
- International students: Shakepay asks for identity verification, and what it accepts may depend on your documents. Ask us before the trial ends if you are unsure.
- Time zones back home: set your device to Eastern Time here, and your guide will line up, whatever the time is in Paris or Dakar.
Residences
Seniors’ residences and shared buildings
The Québec City region has a large number of private seniors’ residences, along with condo buildings where internet may be supplied by a building-wide arrangement. If you live in one of these, or are helping a parent who does, it is worth checking a few details before you start.
- Ask the administration whether the internet in the suite is private or shared, and whether streaming is allowed.
- A shared network may ask for a login in a web page, and some TV devices cannot complete this step. A private line avoids the problem.
- If the building provides cable TV as part of the rent, compare carefully, since you may be paying for it anyway.
- Leave clear written instructions next to the TV, so that any helper can pick up where the last person left off.
Our support team can follow along in writing, in French, at the speed that suits the person using the service. Nothing has to be mounted on a wall or balcony, which also avoids a common issue with residence rules.
English speakers and newcomers in Québec City
Québec City is one of the most French-speaking cities in the country, but it also has a long-established English-speaking community, with its own schools, churches and hospital roots, and a steady stream of newcomers who are still learning French. If that is you, everyday things like TV menus and support calls can feel harder than they should.
Our support answers in English as well as French, every day from 6 AM to 11 PM. Write in the language you are comfortable with and the reply comes back in the same one. Most player apps let you choose English menus, even if most of what you watch is in French.
TV is also one of the best ways to learn a language. Many newcomers keep one French channel in their favourites and watch the evening news or a series with subtitles where available. With two connections, a parent can practise French in the kitchen while the kids watch in English in the living room.
Newcomers arriving for jobs in government, health care or the university often rent furnished apartments at first. Bring a streaming stick, plug it into whatever TV the apartment has, and you can be watching Quebec City IPTV on your first evening, with nothing to install and no account tied to the lease.
Île d’Orléans, Portneuf, Charlevoix and the Beauce
Many people who search for IPTV around Québec City live well outside it. On the Île d’Orléans, in Portneuf, in Charlevoix or up in the Beauce, the type of connection can change from one concession road to the next. Public programs have brought fibre to many rural homes in recent years, so a question you asked your provider five years ago is worth asking again.
If your connection is good and wired, everything on this page applies. If you are using fixed wireless, cellular internet or satellite, test it on a weekday evening, begin with HD rather than 4K, and look at any monthly data limit. At about 3 GB an hour, regular viewing can use up a modest allowance quickly. Cottage owners around Lac-Beauport or Stoneham can use their login at the cottage too, although only one screen per connection can play at a time.
Prices
Prices, payment and buying carefully
| Term | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| 3 months | Not offered | $44.99 |
| 6 months | $44.99 | $69.99 |
| 12 months | $69.99 | $109.99 |
| 24 months | $119.99 | $204.99 |
All figures are in Canadian dollars for one connection, one screen at a time. If you want to watch on two TVs simultaneously, you can add a connection at checkout, at a lower price than the first. Our guarantee runs 7 days and the conditions appear in the refund policy, which is currently in English.
Everything is paid by Interac e-Transfer through Shakepay, a Canadian app you can set up in a few seconds, following the steps with pictures. It is a little different from paying with a card, so ask for help if needed, in English or French.
In any case, be careful with anyone who sells lifetime plans or has no refund policy or contact information. The technology is legal, but whether a stream is lawful depends on content licensing, under federal law. Our legal overview offers general information only, not legal advice.
Pay by Interac e-Transfer, sent through Shakepay. See the picture guide.
Quebec City IPTV questions
Can I get help in French in Québec City?
Yes. Support in French is available by WhatsApp and email, every day from 6 AM to 11 PM Québec time.
Are French channels included?
You will find French-language channels in the line-up. Use the free trial to confirm that the specific channels you want are present and working.
Does it work with Vidéotron internet?
Yes. You only need the internet connection, not a Vidéotron TV service.
Does it work with Bell Fibe in Lévis?
Yes. Lévis works exactly as Québec City does. Only your internet connection counts.
Does a snowstorm interrupt IPTV?
Not on its own, since wired service has no outdoor equipment at your home. An outage of power or internet would pause it until things are restored.
Do I need a technician?
No. You install an app, enter your login details and you are ready. Written guides show each step.
Is it complicated for an older person?
Once it is set up, it can be as simple as cable, with one app and a list of favourite channels. Try it during the free trial before deciding.
Can I use it in Florida during the winter?
Your login is not tied to an address, but results abroad vary and channel availability can differ. Test it on your device before relying on it.
Why does Wi-Fi struggle in my old stone building?
Thick masonry absorbs the signal. Move the router closer to the TV, or add a mesh point in a doorway or hallway.
Can I find the French sports channels on Quebec City IPTV?
French sports channels are part of the line-up, but line-ups and rights change. Search for the ones you want during the free trial.
How do I pay for Quebec City IPTV if I have never used Shakepay?
Our guide with pictures shows each step, from opening the free Shakepay app to your Interac e-Transfer. Support can walk you through it in French or English.
Is Quebec City IPTV a contract?
No. You pay once for a set period, nothing renews automatically, and there is no box to return.
Does winter in Québec City affect IPTV?
Snow and cold do not affect a wired internet signal, and there is no dish to clear. Only a power or network outage stops it, and it resumes by itself.
Does Quebec City IPTV work in Lévis?
Yes. Lévis is served by the same main networks, and the service is identical on both shores. Crossing the river changes nothing on your account.
Does Quebec City IPTV work in Charlesbourg or Beauport bungalows?
Yes. One router in a central hallway usually covers a bungalow. Move it up from the basement if the living room TV struggles.
Can I use Quebec City IPTV at a chalet in Charlevoix?
Yes, on any internet that holds about 15 Mbps per HD screen. Bring your stick, sign in and test the first evening.
Does Quebec City IPTV work in a Limoilou triplex?
Yes. Move the router toward the middle of the flat, or run a flat cable to the TV. Long apartments are the usual challenge.
Can Université Laval students share Quebec City IPTV?
Yes, on one plan with a connection for each person watching at the same moment. Test residence Wi-Fi first.
Is Quebec City IPTV support available in English?
Yes. Message us in English and the reply comes in English, daily from 6 AM to 11 PM. Most apps also offer English menus.
Check your Quebec City IPTV channels first
Nobody in Québec City should buy on the strength of a big channel total. Begin a trial with no card, 12 hours on Standard or 24 hours on Premium, then look for the French channels you actually watch. If they are there and your connection handles them well, the decision is easy.
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