Photo: OgreBot · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Forestville are worth 63% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census gives $110,000 as the median value; Quebec’s towns come to $300,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Quebec: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Forestville. On the 2024 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $118,500, valued as of July 1, 2022.
Forestville’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. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $123K
- Owners
- 990
- 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 Forestville at $141,500, 66% less than across Quebec’s towns
On Forestville’s roll, the dwellings sit 48% in single-family houses, 24% in plexes and 9% in buildings of six units or more. There are 55 chalets on it too, with a median of $57,400.
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.
10% of Forestville’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Quebec’s towns
1,475 occupied homes stood in Forestville in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 68% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Forestville | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Forestville 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.
Home values around Forestville
Next to Forestville: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Forestville with figures are 49–59 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forestville | $110K | $123K | 68% | |
| Les Escoumins | $150K | $165K | 71% | 49.3 |
| Saint-Fabien | $150K | $169K | 83% | 52.5 |
| Rimouski | $224K | $244K | 62% | 53.1 |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | $220K | $229K | 81% | 57.9 |
| Sainte-Luce | $200K | $220K | 80% | 58.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Forestville
Is Forestville expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Forestville sits below it.
How many households in Forestville are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 5% in Forestville, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).