Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Cap-Saint-Ignace is worth 33% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
The census median was $200,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Cap-Saint-Ignace’s homes actually sold for. The town’s assessors, on the 2026 roll, put the median house at $229,400 (market of July 1, 2024).
What Cap-Saint-Ignace’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $207K
- Owners
- 1,035
- 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 plexes in Cap-Saint-Ignace at $243,500, 41% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Cap-Saint-Ignace’s dwellings on the roll split 71% in single-family houses, 16% in plexes and 4% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 96 chalets, at a median $138,200.
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.
An older stock than most: 41% of Cap-Saint-Ignace’s homes go back before 1961 (Quebec’s towns: 21%)
At the 2021 census, 80% of Cap-Saint-Ignace’s 1,355 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace ran at 9.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Cap-Saint-Ignace issued permits for 68 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 11 a year. Single-unit buildings took 57% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
The busiest year: 2020, with 26 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.
Cap-Saint-Ignace is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace: L'Islet
The places around Cap-Saint-Ignace at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | $200K | $207K | 78% | |
| Montmagny | $200K | $213K | 57% | 9.8 |
| L'Islet | $168K | $185K | 77% | 11.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Cap-Saint-Ignace
How many households in Cap-Saint-Ignace are in core housing need?
In Cap-Saint-Ignace, 2% 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.
Is Cap-Saint-Ignace expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Cap-Saint-Ignace sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
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).