Photo: Robert Garry · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Chibougamau is worth 33% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $200,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Chibougamau. Single-family homes are on the 2025 roll at a median $247,800; the roll values them as of July 1, 2023.
Two ways to price a home in Chibougamau
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $214K
- Owners
- 2,240
- 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).
The roll values plexes in Chibougamau at $240,600, 42% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Chibougamau’s dwellings on the roll split 48% in single-family houses, 20% in plexes and 15% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 98 chalets, at a median $121,150.
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.
The homes of Chibougamau, by period and type
3,190 occupied homes stood in Chibougamau in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 51% of them. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Chibougamau | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
11.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Chibougamau: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Chibougamau created 196 homes, about 33 a year. The mix: 27% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2023: 104 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.
Chibougamau is 33% 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 Chibougamau: Chapais and Eeyou Istchee Baie-James
Next to Chibougamau: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Chibougamau has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 38–93 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chibougamau | $200K | $214K | 70% | |
| Chapais | $125K | $125K | 76% | 38 |
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James | $100K | $143K | 55% | 93.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Chibougamau
Is Chibougamau expensive for Quebec?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Chibougamau’s is worth less.
How many households in Chibougamau are in core housing need?
3% of Chibougamau’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).