*A hair van like this one gives a Quebec City client a hot wash and a full blow-dry before she steps back out into the snow.* # Mobile salon vans for Quebec City and Lévis ProVanWorks builds mobile salon vans for hair, nails and lashes at our shop in Langley, BC, and delivers them to Quebec City and Lévis, more than 5,000 km away by road. Quebec City often gets more than 3 m of snow in a winter, more than almost any other large Canadian city, so a salon van here needs heat, hot water and dryer power that hold up from December to April. ## How does a Quebec City winter affect a salon van? Snow usually arrives in December and stays into April, and by February the banks along residential streets leave room for little more than one car. Wind off the St. Lawrence makes a −20 °C morning feel colder still. For a hair client, the risk is stepping out with damp hair, so a Quebec City hair van needs hot water at the shampoo bowl and enough power to finish every blow-dry. A ProVanWorks salon van for Quebec City is insulated in the walls, roof and floor, with the thickness built far beyond the roughly 16 mm (5/8 inch) of a Lower Mainland van. A small diesel, gas or electric heater under the seat warms pipes running through the floor and walls, heat exchangers carry the warmth around the room, and a thermostat keeps the temperature you set, even with the engine off. The water lines stay inside that heated space so the hot water keeps flowing. Summers here are warm and often humid, and the front fan then runs the air conditioning. ## Where do mobile salons work around Quebec City? Most curbside work happens in Sainte-Foy, Charlesbourg, Beauport and Lévis, where houses have driveways and a salon van can park without blocking a narrow street. Old Quebec is harder: the streets inside and below the walls are steep and tight, with almost no curb space, so plan to park legally outside the old town and have the client come to you. As the provincial capital, Quebec City has a large public service, and office workers may book a manicure or a lash fill close to work. Seniors' residences, weddings on Île d'Orléans and along the Côte-de-Beaupré, and the ski hills north of the city round out the work. For a market or a festival day in one spot, look at our [mobile beauty salon trailer](/custom-work-trailers/beauty-salon-trailer/). When the city clears snow, street parking is restricted overnight. Check with the City of Quebec, or the City of Lévis on the south shore, about parking and setting up, and about how snow removal nights are announced. ## What water and power does a Quebec City salon van need? Tell us how many washes you do in a day, and ProVanWorks sizes the fresh water reservoir and the grey water tank to match, with the grey tank the same size as or larger than the reservoir. A shampoo bowl, a pedicure basin and a hand-wash sink can all run on hot water. If you have a heated garage at home, filling the reservoir there through the water inlet saves hunting for a working tap in January. Hair dryers and hot tools draw the most power in a salon, so a Quebec City [hair salon van](/mobile-salon-vans/hair-salon-van/) is usually built with high-amp inverters and chargers (an add-on) and a battery bank sized for long cold days. The batteries charge at Level 2 EV chargers (J1772) or from shore power through the 50 A inlet (30 A also available) or the 20 A, 120 V inlet. A generator add-on helps at a wedding on the island far from an outlet. Solar panels are also available, though winter days here are short. ## What rules apply to a mobile salon in Quebec City? Check with your municipality, the City of Quebec or the City of Lévis, and with your regional public health office before you book clients. ## How does a salon van get from Langley to Quebec City? The road trip is more than 5,000 km. From Langley it runs east on the Trans-Canada, over the Coquihalla and Rogers Pass, across the Prairies and around Lake Superior to Ottawa and Montreal. From there, Autoroute 40 follows the north shore of the St. Lawrence to Quebec City, and Autoroute 20 follows the south shore to Lévis. ProVanWorks drives the van to you, ships it on a vehicle transport carrier, or you pick it up in Langley, and we quote delivery with your build. See [delivery across Canada](/delivery-across-canada/). ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I get a salon van built to my own layout for Quebec City? Yes. We can build it entirely to your specifications, or you can take one of ProVanWorks' already designed systems and adjust it to the way you work. Browse all our [mobile salon vans](/mobile-salon-vans/). ### How do I get between Quebec City and Lévis with a salon van? Use the Pierre-Laporte Bridge or the Quebec Bridge, which both cross from Lévis to the Sainte-Foy side. If you have clients on both shores, group them by day to cut down on crossings. ### How do I get a price for a salon van delivered to Quebec City? Email info@provanworks.com with the services you offer, how many washes or pedicures you do in a day, what you plug in and where you work. We send back a layout and a quote with delivery included.