Home values in Les Rapides run 51% higher than the median of Quebec’s towns
That is a median of $452,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, Les Rapides included, so owners’ values are the measure. The municipal roll for 2024 values single-family homes at a median $454,400, at July 1, 2022 prices. For property-roll values and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Gatineau, Les Rapides included.
Les Rapides’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $463K
- Owners
- 5,050
- 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).
In Gatineau, semi-detached and row houses are on the roll at a median $416,100, 30% above Quebec’s towns
Gatineau’s roll counts its dwellings 49% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes, 20% in buildings of six units or more and 8% in condos.
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.
Les Rapides’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 75% of Les Rapides’s 5,680 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Les Rapides | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 1% | 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.
24 new homes a year per 1,000 in Gatineau: more than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Over 2018–2023, 16,796 homes were permitted in Gatineau, close to 2,799 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 4%, where Quebec’s towns built 39%. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Les Rapides alone, so this card uses the figure for the Ottawa-Gatineau, Québec part metro area.
The busiest year: 2021, with 3,489 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 2,917 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 33% fewer
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.
Les Rapides is dearer than most of Quebec’s towns: 51% above their $300,000 median
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.
Lower values near Les Rapides: La Cité, Hautes-Plaines and Rivière-Gatineau
Next to Les Rapides: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Rapides | $452K | $463K | 89% | |
| La Cité | $300K | $306K | 65% | 3.4 |
| Hautes-Plaines | $400K | $419K | 68% | 3.4 |
| Rivière-Gatineau | $300K | $305K | 52% | 3.6 |
| Mont-Bleu | $300K | $328K | 35% | 4.3 |
| Lac-des-Fées | $302K | $345K | 42% | 6.7 |
| Du Moulin | $300K | $308K | 60% | 6.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Les Rapides
How many households in Les Rapides are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns (3%): 1% in Les Rapides, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Les Rapides expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Les Rapides ranks among the dearer of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
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).