Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0Cantley’s housing is newer than most: 50% has gone up since 2001, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
The middle home was worth $448,000 at the 2021 census, the average $467,200. What homes sold for in Cantley isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $566,900, on July 1, 2023 market values.
What Cantley’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $467K
- Owners
- 3,800
- 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).
In Cantley, semi-detached and row houses are on the roll at a median $631,600, 97% above Quebec’s towns
On Cantley’s roll, the dwellings sit 77% in single-family houses and 21% in plexes. There are 59 chalets on it too, with a median of $278,900.
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.
Single-detached houses are 88% of Cantley’s homes, against 59% for Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census counted 4,110 occupied homes in Cantley.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Cantley | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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 Cantley ran at 20.4 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Cantley issued permits for 481 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 80 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 77% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 116 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
2,917 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 33% on the year before
Measured across the Ottawa-Gatineau, Québec part metro area: monthly permits
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.
Cantley is dearer than most of Quebec’s towns: 49% above 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 Cantley: Hautes-Plaines, La Cité and Des Vallées
Next to Cantley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantley | $448K | $467K | 93% | |
| Chelsea | $600K | $634K | 92% | 5.2 |
| Les Rapides | $452K | $463K | 89% | 6.9 |
| Hautes-Plaines | $400K | $419K | 68% | 8.7 |
| La Cité | $300K | $306K | 65% | 9.1 |
| Des Vallées | $424K | $449K | 94% | 10.2 |
| Rivière-Gatineau | $300K | $305K | 52% | 10.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cantley
How many households in Cantley are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns (3%): 1% in Cantley, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Cantley expensive for Quebec?
Yes: Cantley’s census median is above 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).