Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in La Malbaie are worth 42% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
The census median was $174,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. What homes sold for in La Malbaie isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $238,700; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
La Malbaie’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. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $204K
- Owners
- 2,625
- 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).
The roll values plexes in La Malbaie at $255,200, 38% less than across Quebec’s towns
La Malbaie’s roll counts its dwellings 58% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes and 8% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 327 chalets as well, at $188,500 in the middle.
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.
32% of La Malbaie’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census counted 3,825 occupied homes in La Malbaie; 68% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| La Malbaie | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 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.
6.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in La Malbaie: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Some 22 homes a year: 132 in all were permitted in La Malbaie from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 87% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
Most in 2022: 34 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 Malbaie is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 42% 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.
Lower values near La Malbaie: Clermont
Next to La Malbaie: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Malbaie | $174K | $204K | 69% | |
| Clermont | $160K | $174K | 68% | 7.2 |
| Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs | $200K | $216K | 88% | 13.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in La Malbaie
Is La Malbaie expensive for Quebec?
On census values, La Malbaie sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in La Malbaie are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 2% in La Malbaie, 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).