Quebec City, Quebec
Stanchion rental in Quebec City
Belt posts, steel barricades and sign frames to hire across Quebec City and Lévis, for winter markets, carnival grounds and outdoor snow sites.
For hire in Quebec City
What you can rent
Black Belt Stanchion Rental
Chrome Belt Stanchion Rental
Chrome Rope Stanchion Rental
Gold Rope Stanchion Rental
Black Rope Stanchion Rental
Velvet Rope Rental
Red Carpet Rental
Sign Holder Rental
T-Stand Sign Holder Rental
Galvanized Steel Barricade Rental
Stage Barrier Rental
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Rental prices
Stanchion rental prices in Quebec City
Posts + Ropes
Gold post + velvet rope
Price per post, with its velvet rope
- Per day
- $19
- 3-day
- $29
- Weekly
- $39
Posts + Belts
Black post + retractable belt
Price per post, with its retractable belt
- Per day
- $19
- 3-day
- $29
- Weekly
- $39
Delivery, setup and collection are available and quoted on their own lines. The final price is confirmed in your quote.
What Quebec City hires
A line at a stall, on snow, in the cold.
The outdoor season here does not stop when the snow comes; it moves outside because of it. Markets fill squares with wooden stalls, carnival grounds build slides and ice bars; every one of them has a line in front of it standing on packed snow in hard cold. That is a difficult place for equipment designed for a lobby. A base that sits flat on tile rocks on a crust, a belt that gets wet and then freezes stops winding back into its cassette and a sign read by someone in a hood has to be large and plain. The hire is specified for the ground and the temperature first, and for the look second.
Belts that stay extended
In hard cold a wet belt can freeze where it is. Stall lines are laid to stay drawn out for the whole market day rather than being wound in and pulled out again.
Bases for a snow crust
A flat base meant for tile is swapped for a heavier one, and posts go on snow that has been trodden or groomed firm rather than on a fresh fall.
Barricade at the busiest stalls
Where a line would otherwise spill across a lane, interlocking steel holds its edge and does not shift when somebody in boots leans into it.
Delivery on both shores
The upper town, the lower town and across to Lévis.
Winter sites sit on squares, plains and riverside grounds rather than behind a service door, so a drop depends on where a truck can stand on a cleared surface. Delivery, setup and collection appear on the quote as separate lines, and on snow it pays to take the setup line, since a post set on an unpacked surface leans before the first visitor reaches it.
- Quebec City
- Lévis
- Sainte-Foy
- Sillery
- Charlesbourg
- Beauport
- Limoilou
- Val-Bélair
- L'Ancienne-Lorette
- Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
- Boischatel
- Stoneham
Drops go to the outdoor sites a Quebec City winter is held on:
- the plains above the river and the winter grounds laid out on them
- the squares and lanes of the old town
- the riverside promenade and the port esplanade
- the arena and the exhibition grounds north of the centre
- the ski hills and sugar shacks outside the city
- the borough parks and their skating trails
Tell us whether the site is packed snow, ice or cleared pavement, and where a truck can pull up on it, and the order goes out set up for the surface it will stand on.
Before the order
Questions from winter organisers in Quebec City.
- How are stanchions priced for hire in Quebec City?
- The two priced sets are gold posts carrying velvet rope and black posts carrying a retractable belt; each is $19 per day, $29 for a three-day hire and $39 by the week. Heavier bases for snow, barricade, delivery, setup and collection are listed apart from that, since a winter site usually needs more ground work than the posts themselves.
- Do retractable belts work in deep cold?
- They work, with some care. The trouble is moisture more than the cold itself: a belt that picks up wet snow and is then wound into its cassette can freeze inside it and refuse to pull out again. On an outdoor winter line, leave the belts extended, keep them clear of slush and use barricade for any stretch that has to be opened and closed often.
- Will posts stand on packed snow?
- On snow packed firm, with a heavier base, yes. On fresh or soft snow a base settles unevenly and the post tilts, so the ground is best trodden or groomed where the line will go. Describe the surface in the brief, because the base is a separate item and the number of heavy ones depends on it.
- What signage works at an outdoor winter stall?
- Large, plain panels in sign frames, set at eye level and readable from a distance. Panels are printed for the order, so the wording and colours go in with the brief; against snow a dark panel with light type reads better than the reverse, because everything behind it is already white.
- Can the line stay standing between market days?
- Yes, on a multi-day hire it usually does. Belts are left drawn out and off the ground, frames are cleared of any snow sitting on them and a post knocked into a drift is set upright again. If nobody from the site is on hand between days, say so, because a crew coming back to reset the line is a separate item on the quote.