Interior design studio website cost in Quebec City: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Quebec City, an interior design studio website built by a local agency costs, as a 2026 ballpark, between 9 000 and 32 000 CAD (about 6 500 to 23 000 USD), and 2 500 to 8 000 CAD (about 1 800 to 5 800 USD) with a freelancer. Kolonell delivers it at a fixed price of 2 900 USD, 4 900 USD or 8 900 USD, with a French-English bilingual site included on Premium, which matters for a studio working with inns, boutique hotels or chalet owners from elsewhere. Quebec City freelancers are often cheaper than us for a single-language site: our edge is native copy in both languages, the project manager and a price written in advance.

This version is written for the English-speaking partners and designers of interior design studios in Quebec City, who often serve clients from Ontario, the United States or Europe.

What do agencies, freelancers and Kolonell charge in Quebec City?

These ranges are prudent ballparks. They rest on public rate cards of agencies in the Capitale-Nationale region, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles, hourly rates published by Quebec agencies (often 90 to 150 CAD per hour) and rates visible on Upwork. Local prices in CAD, approximate USD equivalent at 0.72 USD per CAD.

A Quebec City agency can come to your workshop, look at your samples and attend a shoot in a Charlevoix inn: Kolonell does not. Exchanges happen on Google Meet at Quebec City hours, with a written update every week; the team is based in Senegal (GMT), four to five hours ahead depending on the season. Payment by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kickoff and 50 % at delivery. Details are on our international website offer.

What does a bilingual site cost over three years?

For a studio targeting hospitality and tourism clients, the bilingual site is often the right basis for comparison. The table uses the same maintenance assumption on both sides (30 months, after the 6 months of Premium support) and the same photo budget.

Photography weighs heavily in both columns: that is normal for a studio, and it does not depend on the web supplier. These figures structure the comparison; they do not predict an invoice.

What each tier gives a Quebec City studio

A client portal to share plans, samples and contractors' bids is a custom application, quoted on request.

Typical projects for a Quebec City studio

Quebec City is particular ground. Old Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and neighbourhoods such as Montcalm, Saint-Jean-Baptiste or Sillery have many older houses and condos in buildings with character. Saint-Roch and Limoilou attract lofts and shops. Chalets in Lac-Beauport, Stoneham, Île d'Orléans and Charlevoix form a second-home market, and hospitality (inns, boutique hotels, restaurants) is a client base in its own right in a tourist city.

• Two journeys: the owner of a Sillery house and the manager of an inn do not expect the same pages. The latter wants to see delivered rooms, deadlines kept during the low season, durable materials.
• Heritage: works in a protected area or on a listed building may require municipal or provincial approvals. The site can say you build them into the schedule, without promising any approval timeline.
• Titles: APDIQ is the professional association of interior designers in Quebec; check each member's exact designation and never present yourself as an architect, a title reserved for members of the Ordre des architectes du Québec.
• Photos: credits, a web-use licence checked with the photographer, written consent from owners and from the hotel. Street numbers and faces come out.

On compliance, the facts only. Law 25 strengthened Quebec's private-sector personal information law: a designated person in charge, a privacy policy published in clear terms, rules on cookies. The Charter of the French Language governs the use of French in commerce: the site of a studio established in Quebec City should exist first in French, with English as a complement. WCAG 2.1 AA remains the technical reference, with alt text for every image. This is not legal advice.

Red flags and questions to ask

• An English version run through machine translation with no review: a hotelier or a Toronto client spots it quickly.
• No Law 25 compliant privacy policy in the quote.
• Demo images in place of your own projects.
• A slow gallery: ask for WebP or AVIF images and progressive loading.
• The domain in the agency's name.
• To ask: who writes both versions? What does adding a project cost? Does the form send photos of the space securely?

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Geneviève T. is a partner in an eight-person studio in Saint-Roch, split between chalets and hospitality. She wants a French-English site to answer inn owners and chalet buyers from Ontario. Three quotes: an agency at 30 000 CAD, about 21 600 USD; a freelancer at 6 000 CAD plus a 3 000 CAD translation, so 9 000 CAD or 6 480 USD; Kolonell Premium at 8 900 USD.

• Agency minus Kolonell: 21 600 - 8 900 = 12 700 USD.
• Kolonell minus freelancer: 8 900 - 6 480 = 2 420 USD in the freelancer's favour.
• What those 2 420 USD buy: native copy in both languages, a project manager, 6 months of support and a written fixed price.

If Geneviève already has strong copy in both languages, the local freelancer is a perfectly defensible choice.

FAQ

How much does an interior designer website cost in Quebec City in 2026?

As a ballpark, 9 000 to 32 000 CAD with an agency (about 6 500 to 23 000 USD) and 2 500 to 8 000 CAD with a freelancer. Kolonell offers 2 900 USD, 4 900 USD or 8 900 USD at a fixed price.

Does my site have to be in French?

For a business established in Quebec, the Charter of the French Language governs the use of French in commerce, and the French version comes first. Bilingual sites are included at Kolonell from Premium, at 8 900 USD.

Can Kolonell photograph a chalet or an inn?

No, Kolonell does no shoots and no site visits. A regional architectural photographer is booked separately; budget often several hundred CAD per project.

How long does delivery take?

3 to 4 weeks on Starter and Growth. On Premium a written schedule is set at kickoff, usually 4 to 6 weeks.

What should the privacy policy contain?

At a minimum, the information collected by the form, how it is used and the designated person in charge. We lay it out; its legal content is validated with your adviser.

Let's scope your project. Send us 6 projects with photos, your services and the share of your English-speaking clientele, and we will come back with a fixed-price tier and a 3 to 6 week timeline. Request your free quote or see the international offer.