Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0In La Macaza, 12% of households can’t afford a home that is big enough and in good repair (Quebec’s towns: 3%)
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $200,000; the average was $247,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what La Macaza’s homes actually sold for. Québec’s 2026 property roll puts single-family homes at a median $343,800, at market values of July 1, 2024.
Two ways to price a home in La Macaza
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $247K
- Owners
- 450
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2024
- 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).
La Macaza on the property roll, kind by kind
By kind of building, La Macaza’s dwellings on the roll split 46% in single-family houses and 4% in plexes. There are 514 chalets on it too, with a median of $363,000.
Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (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.
Single-detached houses are 96% of La Macaza’s homes, against 59% for Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census counted 510 occupied homes in La Macaza. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| La Macaza | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 12% | 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.
20.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in La Macaza: more than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
La Macaza issued permits for 57 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 10 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 94% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
Most in 2021: 16 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.
La Macaza is 33% 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.
La Macaza’s neighbours by home value
Next to La Macaza: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Macaza | $200K | $247K | 87% | |
| Rivière-Rouge | $200K | $230K | 69% | 11.7 |
| Labelle | $230K | $260K | 75% | 17.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in La Macaza
Is La Macaza expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, La Macaza to less.
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).