Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Carignan’s single-family homes are on the roll at 2 times the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $500,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $587,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Carignan the census value is the measure.
Carignan’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
- $587K
- Owners
- 3,860
- 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 Carignan, plexes are on the roll at a median $782,950, 90% above Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Carignan’s dwellings at 74% in single-family houses, 16% in plexes, 8% in condos and 2% in buildings of six units or more.
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.
56% of Carignan’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Carignan had 4,275 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 80% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Carignan | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 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.
Carignan permitted 24.6 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Carignan issued permits for 713 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 119 a year. Most were houses: 55% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns. Carignan shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the Montréal metro area.
Most in 2018: 188 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
31,370 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19% on the year before
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.
Carignan is dearer than most of Quebec’s towns: 67% 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 Carignan: Chambly, Bienville and Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
The places around Carignan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carignan | $500K | $587K | 91% | |
| Chambly | $400K | $436K | 74% | 2.6 |
| Bienville | $380K | $447K | 85% | 4.6 |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | $348K | $370K | 79% | 6.5 |
| Richelieu | $400K | $408K | 62% | 6.8 |
| Laurendeau | $400K | $380K | 72% | 8.1 |
| Iberville | $376K | $395K | 85% | 8.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Carignan
Is Carignan expensive for Quebec?
More than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Carignan sits above it.
How many households in Carignan are in core housing need?
2% of Carignan’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).