Photo: NickCibroit · CC BY-SA 4.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in La Prairie are valued 73% above the median of Quebec’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $448,000 and an average of $479,200. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, La Prairie included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in La Prairie
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $479K
- Owners
- 7,940
- 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 Prairie at $658,100, 59% more than across Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of La Prairie: 63% in single-family houses, 15% in buildings of six units or more, 12% in plexes and 10% in condos.
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.
23% of La Prairie’s homes are condos, where Quebec’s towns have 8%
At the 2021 census, 52% of La Prairie’s 11,050 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| La Prairie | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 23% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
La Prairie permitted 9.8 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
La Prairie issued permits for 869 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 145 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 8%, where Quebec’s towns built 39%. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Montréal metro area, La Prairie included.
A peak in 2018: 327 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
31,370 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19% on the year before
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 Prairie against Quebec’s towns: 49% over the $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 Prairie: Saint-Philippe, Delson and Sainte-Catherine
The places around La Prairie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prairie | $448K | $479K | 72% | |
| Candiac | $500K | $605K | 80% | 4.2 |
| Brossard | $448K | $519K | 70% | 5.1 |
| Saint-Philippe | $424K | $441K | 86% | 6 |
| Delson | $352K | $372K | 68% | 6.5 |
| Sainte-Catherine | $348K | $362K | 74% | 6.9 |
| Ile-des-Soeurs | $576K | $757K | 57% | 7.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in La Prairie
How many households in La Prairie are in core housing need?
6% of La Prairie’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is La Prairie expensive for Quebec?
More than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and La Prairie sits above it.
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).