Photo: Jeff dumais · CC BY 3.0Home values in Albanel run 50% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
That is a median of $150,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Albanel’s homes actually sold for. On the 2024 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $168,500, valued as of July 1, 2022.
What Albanel’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $149K
- Owners
- 810
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- Quebec’s towns
- $353K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Albanel’s plexes have a median roll value of $170,300, 59% under Quebec’s towns
Albanel’s roll counts its dwellings 78% in single-family houses, 9% in plexes and 3% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 36 chalets as well, at $62,600 in the middle.
Median roll value by kind, 2024 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2024 (MAMH): a kind’s median needs 10 units or more; plexes are valued per building; each municipality’s roll has its own market date. The ticks are the median of Québec’s municipalities with their own roll.
A town of houses: 89% of the homes in Albanel stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
People lived in 945 homes in Albanel at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Albanel | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 3% | 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.
Permits in Albanel ran at 5.3 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Over 2018–2023, 28 homes were permitted in Albanel, close to 5 each year. 92% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2020, with 8 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.
Albanel is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 50% under their $300,000 median
The census values of Quebec’s towns, 510 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 Albanel: Normandin and Girardville
Next to Albanel: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanel | $150K | $149K | 88% | |
| Normandin | $130K | $148K | 77% | 9.1 |
| Dolbeau-Mistassini | $160K | $181K | 67% | 14.1 |
| Girardville | $100K | $102K | 84% | 16.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Albanel
Is Albanel expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Albanel to less.
How many households in Albanel are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts under 1% of Albanel’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 3% of Quebec’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292) · Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation, rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026. 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).