Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Half the owned homes in Miscouche are valued above $260,000
The census of 2021 asked 295 owner households what their home was worth. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales on Prince Edward Island, so nothing here says what Miscouche’s homes actually sold for. Assessors valued the median residential property at $159,000 for 2024.
Two ways to price a home in Miscouche
Each source sits beside its own median for Prince Edward Island’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $268K
- Owners
- 295
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Miscouche’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 87%
The 2024 assessment roll counts 370 homes in Miscouche, detached houses 87% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
The homes of Miscouche, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 84% of Miscouche’s 385 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Miscouche | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 5% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Building at the pace of Prince Edward Island’s towns: 23.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Miscouche, against 25.7
Building permits added 48 homes in Miscouche between 2018 and 2023: some 8 a year. About 39% went into single-unit buildings, where Prince Edward Island’s towns built 27%.
Most in 2023: 24 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Miscouche against Prince Edward Island’s towns: 10% under the $288,000 median
The census values of Prince Edward Island’s towns, 12 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Miscouche: Wellington and Kensington
The places around Miscouche at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miscouche | $260K | $268K | 77% | |
| Summerside | $250K | $262K | 53% | 6.3 |
| Wellington | $200K | $232K | 94% | 12 |
| Kensington, Part 1 | $276K | $299K | 86% | 16.4 |
| Kensington | $200K | $224K | 56% | 17.1 |
| Malpeque Bay | $250K | $287K | 90% | 18.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Miscouche
How many households in Miscouche are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Miscouche, where Prince Edward Island’s towns sit at 5%.
Is Miscouche expensive for Prince Edward Island?
Below the norm for Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median home is worth $288,000; Miscouche’s is worth less.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).