Gatineau / Hull is a prime-tier Class A submarket of Ottawa with average asking rent around C$30/sqft/yr · ≈ $22.2 PSF/yr USD.
Quebec-side federal cluster. · Tier: prime · Avg rent: C$30/sqft/yr · ≈ $22.2 PSF/yr USD
The Gatineau / Hull side of the NCR (Quebec) anchors a deep federal Class A market — Place du Portage, Terrasses de la Chaudière, and PSPC's largest single complex.
Federal government (PSPC, ESDC, INAC), francophone services, professional services.
15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.
STO bus, Confederation Line LRT (planned cross-river extension).
Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.
Place du Portage, Casino du Lac-Leamy.
Gatineau / Hull is one of 5 Class A submarkets we cover in Ottawa, classified as prime tier with an average asking rent around C$30/sqft/yr · ≈ $22.2 PSF/yr USD. Compared with the broader Ottawa Class A stock, Gatineau / Hull typically attracts Federal government (PSPC, ESDC, INAC), francophone services, professional services and competes most directly with the city's other prime submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.
Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Gatineau / Hull: Downtown, Centretown, Kanata North, West End (Tunney's Pasture / Westboro). The full Ottawa submarket atlas is at /cities/ottawa.
For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Gatineau / Hull, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:
Terminology specific to Ottawa Class A leasing and to the prime tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.
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