Photo: Mario Pinard · Public domainAmqui adds housing slowly, at 3.7 new homes a year per 1,000 (Quebec’s towns: 15.1)
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $180,000; the average was $193,200. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Sale prices aren’t published in Quebec: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Amqui. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $227,100; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
Amqui’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $193K
- Owners
- 1,850
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2024
- 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).
The roll values semi-detached and row houses in Amqui at $128,400, 60% less than across Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Amqui’s dwellings at 59% in single-family houses, 24% in plexes and 12% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 48 more entries, valued at a median $134,250.
Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (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.
How Amqui’s homes break down, by age and kind
Amqui had 2,845 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 63% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Amqui | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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 Amqui peaked in 2018: 134 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 187 homes were permitted in Amqui, close to 31 each year. About 38% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
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.
Amqui is 40% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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 Amqui: Lac-au-Saumon and Causapscal
The places around Amqui at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amqui | $180K | $193K | 66% | |
| Lac-au-Saumon | $130K | $146K | 73% | 8.2 |
| Causapscal | $110K | $132K | 74% | 18.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Amqui
Is Amqui expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Amqui sits below it.
How many households in Amqui are in core housing need?
In Amqui, 3% of households are in core housing need, close to the 3% of Quebec’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).