# Centris Search

## Overview

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Status** | private |
| **Method** | `GET` |
| **Endpoint** | `/v2/centris/search` |
| **Base URL** | `https://api.piloterr.com` |
| **Credit Cost** | 1 credit per call |
| **Documentation** | https://www.piloterr.com/library/centris-search |

## Description

Search Centris Quebec real estate listings by location and filters and get price, area, rooms, and MLS details as structured JSON in real time.

## Authentication

- **Key Name:** `x-api-key`
- **Location:** HTTP Header
- **Get an API key:** https://app.piloterr.com/register

## Example Request

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.piloterr.com/v2/centris/search' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Example Response

### Search houses for sale in Montréal

```json
{
  "page": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "27183641",
      "url": "https://www.centris.ca/en/houses~for-sale~montreal/27183641",
      "price": 1250000,
      "title": "Detached house for sale, Outremont, Montréal",
      "bedrooms": 4,
      "currency": "CAD",
      "location": {
        "city": "Montréal",
        "region": "Île-de-Montréal",
        "address": "1843 Avenue McDougall, Outremont"
      },
      "bathrooms": 2,
      "thumbnail": "https://cdn.centris.ca/photos/27183641/1/320x240.jpg",
      "broker_name": "Marie-Claire Dubois",
      "lot_area_m2": 412,
      "powder_rooms": 1,
      "published_at": "2026-04-29T08:00:00.000Z",
      "broker_agency": "Royal LePage",
      "property_type": "house",
      "living_area_m2": 214,
      "transaction_type": "sale"
    }
  ],
  "total_results": 4187,
  "results_per_page": 20
}
```

## Documentation

## Overview

Centris.ca is the official MLS platform of the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB), aggregating all active broker listings across Quebec. The platform applies strict bot protection. Piloterr handles the bypass and returns paginated listing results as structured JSON.

Each result includes the MLS number, price in CAD, living area, lot area, bedroom and bathroom count, broker name, and publication date.

## Quickstart

```
GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/centris/search?location=Montréal,+QC&transaction_type=sale&property_type=house
```

## Main use cases

- Track real-time price per m² by borough in Montréal to build a property valuation model for the Quebec market
- Monitor new listings in specific neighborhoods to surface buying opportunities before competing offers arrive
- Aggregate plex listing data across Montréal to analyze income property yields by zone
- Collect broker and agency market share data to build competitive intelligence for real estate professionals
- Build a price index comparing house, condo, and plex categories by Quebec region
- Feed an automated valuation model (AVM) with current comparable sales data from Centris