Photo: Providence Doucet providence · CC0Homes in Crabtree are worth a median $250,000
Some 1,030 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Crabtree the census value is the measure. Québec’s 2024 property roll puts single-family homes at a median $316,800, at market values of July 1, 2022.
Crabtree’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $282K
- Owners
- 1,030
- 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).
29% of Crabtree’s dwellings are in plexes, where Quebec’s towns have 16%
By kind of building, Crabtree’s dwellings on the roll split 53% in single-family houses, 29% in plexes and 16% 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.
Crabtree’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,755 occupied homes in Crabtree; 59% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Crabtree | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 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.
19.6 new homes a year per 1,000 in Crabtree: more than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Building permits added 265 homes in Crabtree between 2018 and 2023: some 44 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 12%, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
The busiest year: 2018, with 93 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.
Crabtree against Quebec’s towns: 17% under the $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.
Home values around Crabtree
Next to Crabtree: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabtree | $250K | $282K | 59% | |
| Saint-Paul | $260K | $284K | 82% | 4 |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé | $250K | $258K | 78% | 5.1 |
| Joliette | $250K | $279K | 37% | 6.3 |
| Saint-Liguori | $250K | $281K | 88% | 7.4 |
| Saint-Jacques | $250K | $281K | 67% | 7.4 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | $300K | $323K | 47% | 8.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Crabtree
Is Crabtree expensive for Quebec?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Crabtree’s is worth less.
How many households in Crabtree are in core housing need?
3% of Crabtree’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).