Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in Baie-Comeau are worth 47% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners put the median home at $160,000 at the 2021 census; for Quebec’s towns the median is $300,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. What homes sold for in Baie-Comeau isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2025 roll at a median $194,150; the roll values them as of July 1, 2023.
Baie-Comeau’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
- $173K
- Owners
- 6,550
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2023
- 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).
Baie-Comeau’s semi-detached and row houses have a median roll value of $156,800, 51% under Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Baie-Comeau’s dwellings at 52% in single-family houses, 19% in buildings of six units or more and 18% in plexes. Chalets add 76 more entries, valued at a median $56,300.
Median roll value by kind, 2025 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2025 (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.
Baie-Comeau’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 9,555 homes people lived in across Baie-Comeau at the 2021 census, 52% were 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
| Baie-Comeau | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 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 Baie-Comeau ran at 0.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Some 5 homes a year: 30 in all were permitted in Baie-Comeau from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 36% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 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.
Baie-Comeau is 47% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Baie-Comeau: Pointe-Lebel, Chute-aux-Outardes and Pointe-aux-Outardes
The places around Baie-Comeau at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie-Comeau | $160K | $173K | 69% | |
| Pointe-Lebel | $150K | $167K | 91% | 8.8 |
| Chute-aux-Outardes | $100K | $120K | 72% | 17.1 |
| Pointe-aux-Outardes | $150K | $164K | 94% | 17.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Baie-Comeau
Is Baie-Comeau expensive for Quebec?
No: Baie-Comeau’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Baie-Comeau are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Baie-Comeau, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
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).