Photo: busand2003 · CC BY 3.0Homes in Grande-Rivière are worth 50% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census gives $150,000 as the median value; Quebec’s towns come to $300,000. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Grande-Rivière’s homes actually sold for. On the 2025 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $177,400, valued as of July 1, 2023.
What Grande-Rivière’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $180K
- Owners
- 1,050
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2023
- 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 Grande-Rivière, plexes are on the roll at a median $237,500, 42% below Quebec’s towns
Grande-Rivière’s roll counts its dwellings 61% in single-family houses, 27% in plexes and 6% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 29 more entries, valued at a median $27,600.
Median roll value by kind, 2025 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2025 (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 Grande-Rivière’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Quebec’s towns
Of the 1,640 homes people lived in across Grande-Rivière at the 2021 census, 73% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grande-Rivière | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
5.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Grande-Rivière: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Grande-Rivière created 58 homes, about 10 a year. Single-unit buildings took 81% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
A peak in 2022: 13 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.
Grande-Rivière is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 50% under 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.
Home values around Grande-Rivière
The places around Grande-Rivière at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande-Rivière | $150K | $180K | 64% | |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé | $150K | $181K | 79% | 7.4 |
| Chandler | $150K | $176K | 67% | 15.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grande-Rivière
Is Grande-Rivière expensive for Quebec?
No: Grande-Rivière’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Grande-Rivière are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 3% in Grande-Rivière, 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).