Remote work means Montrealers can look beyond their increasingly expensive island for real estate opportunities — and they'll quickly see how much more space their money can buy. The farther you look from Quebec's largest urban centres, the bigger homes for sale get.

Below are 32 examples of homes on the market for around $400,000 in 11 different cities in the province. This list is meant to provide examples for prospective homebuyers and not to offer a representative sample of properties at this price point (crafty homeowners may, for example, list their homes lower than the expected sale price in hopes of spurring a bidding war).