Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Brownsburg-Chatham is adding housing quickly, at 38.8 new homes a year per 1,000 (Quebec’s towns: 15.1)
The middle home was worth $230,000 at the 2021 census, the average $268,400. What homes sold for in Brownsburg-Chatham isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2024 roll at a median $304,100; the roll values them as of July 1, 2022.
Two ways to price a home in Brownsburg-Chatham
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $268K
- Owners
- 2,570
- 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).
The roll values semi-detached and row houses in Brownsburg-Chatham at $407,000, 27% more than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Brownsburg-Chatham’s dwellings on the roll split 64% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes and 2% in buildings of six units or more. There are 424 chalets on it too, with a median of $190,150.
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.
An older stock than most: 36% of Brownsburg-Chatham’s homes go back before 1961 (Quebec’s towns: 21%)
3,280 occupied homes stood in Brownsburg-Chatham in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 81% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brownsburg-Chatham | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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 Brownsburg-Chatham peaked in 2021: 188 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Brownsburg-Chatham created 663 homes, about 111 a year. Single-unit buildings took 40%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
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.
Brownsburg-Chatham is 23% 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 Brownsburg-Chatham: Grenville
The places around Brownsburg-Chatham at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsburg-Chatham | $230K | $268K | 80% | |
| Lachute | $250K | $265K | 51% | 6.4 |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | $250K | $270K | 78% | 13.2 |
| Gore | $300K | $334K | 89% | 14.3 |
| Grenville | $200K | $241K | 53% | 14.9 |
| East Hawkesbury | $300K | $377K | 87% | 15.7 |
| Hawkesbury | $224K | $246K | 52% | 16.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Brownsburg-Chatham
How many households in Brownsburg-Chatham are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 2% in Brownsburg-Chatham, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Brownsburg-Chatham expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Brownsburg-Chatham sits below it.
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).