Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Causapscal is worth 63% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $110,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, Causapscal included, so owners’ values are the measure. On the 2024 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $128,000, valued as of July 1, 2022.
What Causapscal’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $132K
- Owners
- 775
- 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 plexes in Causapscal at $161,300, 61% less than across Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Causapscal’s dwellings at 65% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes and 8% in buildings of six units or more.
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: 48% of Causapscal’s homes go back before 1961 (Quebec’s towns: 21%)
At the 2021 census, 68% of Causapscal’s 1,060 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Causapscal | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
3.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Causapscal: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Causapscal created 19 homes, about 3 a year. Single-unit buildings took 77% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 5 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.
Causapscal is 63% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Causapscal’s neighbours by home value
The places around Causapscal at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causapscal | $110K | $132K | 74% | |
| Lac-au-Saumon | $130K | $146K | 73% | 10.6 |
| Amqui | $180K | $193K | 66% | 18.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Causapscal
Is Causapscal expensive for Quebec?
No: Causapscal’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Causapscal are in core housing need?
In Causapscal, 8% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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).