Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Amos run 20% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census gives $240,000 as the median value; Quebec’s towns come to $300,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. What homes sold for in Amos isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec.
One measure for Amos: the census
No sale or assessment figure is published here, so the census value stands alone, beside the median of Quebec’s towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $249K
- Owners
- 3,375
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
More apartments than most: 31% of the homes in Amos (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
People lived in 5,750 homes in Amos at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Amos | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 Amos ran at 8.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Some 45 homes a year: 267 in all were permitted in Amos from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 33% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 61 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.
Amos against Quebec’s towns: 20% under the $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 Amos: Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier
The places around Amos at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos | $240K | $249K | 59% | |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier | $200K | $204K | 84% | 10.4 |
| Trécesson | $250K | $259K | 89% | 11.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Amos
Is Amos expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Amos to less.
How many households in Amos are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 3% in Amos, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).