Photo: Jfecteau20 · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Berthierville run 25% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
The census median was $224,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Berthierville. Single-family homes are on the 2024 roll at a median $295,300; the roll values them as of July 1, 2022.
Berthierville’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $250K
- Owners
- 855
- 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).
A plex town: 30% of the dwellings in Berthierville sit in buildings of two to five units (Quebec’s towns: 16%)
On Berthierville’s roll, the dwellings sit 36% in single-family houses, 33% in buildings of six units or more, 30% in plexes and 2% in condos.
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.
More apartments than most: 45% of the homes in Berthierville (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
Berthierville had 2,165 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Berthierville | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Building ahead of Quebec’s towns: 21.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Berthierville, against 15.1
Some 46 homes a year: 276 in all were permitted in Berthierville from 2018 to 2023. Only 3% went into single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 147 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.
Berthierville is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 25% 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 Berthierville: Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Sorel-Tracy and Saint-Cuthbert
Next to Berthierville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berthierville | $224K | $250K | 40% | |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | $250K | $288K | 81% | 4.1 |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | $278K | $299K | 74% | 4.7 |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | $130K | $157K | 38% | 6 |
| Sorel-Tracy | $200K | $240K | 60% | 7.8 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | $250K | $288K | 85% | 10.5 |
| Saint-Cuthbert | $200K | $227K | 78% | 10.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Berthierville
How many households in Berthierville are in core housing need?
5% of Berthierville’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Berthierville expensive for Quebec?
No: Berthierville’s census median is below the $300,000 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).