Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Home values in Gaspé run 33% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $200,000 in 2021, where the median of Quebec’s towns was $300,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Gaspé. Québec’s 2024 property roll puts single-family homes at a median $228,400, at market values of July 1, 2022.
Two ways to price a home in Gaspé
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $224K
- Owners
- 4,865
- 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 semi-detached and row houses in Gaspé at $215,500, 33% less than across Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of Gaspé: 64% in single-family houses, 16% in plexes and 10% in buildings of six units or more. There are 335 chalets on it too, with a median of $103,300.
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.
Before 1961: 29% of the homes in Gaspé, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
Gaspé had 6,780 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 74% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Gaspé | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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 at the pace of Quebec’s towns: 13.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Gaspé, against 15.1
Over 2018–2023, 506 homes were permitted in Gaspé, close to 84 each year. Houses dominate the permits, at 59% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
A peak in 2021: 122 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.
Gaspé is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% under their $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.
Cheaper next to Gaspé: Percé, Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé and Grande-Rivière
The places around Gaspé at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 30–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Gaspé.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaspé | $200K | $224K | 72% | |
| Percé | $150K | $168K | 79% | 29.7 |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | $150K | $181K | 79% | 44.4 |
| Grande-Rivière | $150K | $180K | 64% | 48.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Gaspé
Is Gaspé expensive for Quebec?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Gaspé’s is worth less.
How many households in Gaspé are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 2% in Gaspé, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).