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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainHalf the owned homes in Drummondville are valued above $250,000
19,645 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Drummondville’s homes actually sold for. Single-family homes are on the 2024 roll at a median $313,700; the roll values them as of July 1, 2022.
Two ways to price a home in Drummondville
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
- $267K
- Owners
- 19,645
- 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).
26% of Drummondville’s dwellings are in plexes, where Quebec’s towns have 16%
By kind of building, Drummondville’s dwellings on the roll split 49% in single-family houses, 26% in plexes, 23% in buildings of six units or more and 1% in condos. There are 130 chalets on it too, with a median of $156,800.
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.
More apartments than most: 36% of the homes in Drummondville (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
The 2021 census counted 36,725 occupied homes in Drummondville. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Drummondville | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Building ahead of Quebec’s towns: 20.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Drummondville, against 15.1
Some 735 homes a year: 4,409 in all were permitted in Drummondville from 2018 to 2023. 30% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 1,013 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 22%: 1,158 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Monthly permits published for the Drummondville metro area, not by town
Drummondville is 17% 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 Drummondville: Saint-Lucien, Wickham and Saint-Eugène
Next to Drummondville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummondville | $250K | $267K | 54% | |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | $240K | $270K | 79% | 6 |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | $246K | $256K | 76% | 7.9 |
| Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham | $250K | $300K | 81% | 10.3 |
| Saint-Lucien | $190K | $238K | 91% | 11.2 |
| Wickham | $220K | $258K | 76% | 12.7 |
| Saint-Eugène | $200K | $219K | 81% | 17 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Drummondville
Is Drummondville expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Drummondville sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Drummondville are in core housing need?
In Drummondville, 4% 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.
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).