Photo: Bouchecl · CC BY-SA 3.0Homes in La Tuque are worth 50% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
That is a median of $150,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what La Tuque’s homes actually sold for. The municipal roll for 2024 values single-family homes at a median $154,700, at July 1, 2022 prices.
What La Tuque’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $153K
- Owners
- 3,740
- 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).
The roll values plexes in La Tuque at $143,650, 65% less than across Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of La Tuque: 32% in single-family houses, 17% in plexes and 6% in buildings of six units or more. There are 4,324 chalets on it too, with a median of $54,550.
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.
42% of La Tuque’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census counted 5,540 occupied homes in La Tuque; 59% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| La Tuque | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Building behind Quebec’s towns: 10.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in La Tuque, against 15.1
Some 54 homes a year: 325 in all were permitted in La Tuque from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 82% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2022, with 112 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 Tuque is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 50% under their $300,000 median
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.
Cheaper next to La Tuque: Sainte-Thècle
The places around La Tuque at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 68–80 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Tuque.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tuque | $150K | $153K | 68% | |
| Lac-aux-Sables | $145K | $193K | 82% | 68.3 |
| Sainte-Thècle | $140K | $166K | 74% | 71.9 |
| Saint-Tite | $150K | $175K | 63% | 79.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in La Tuque
Is La Tuque expensive for Quebec?
No: La Tuque’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in La Tuque are in core housing need?
3% of La Tuque’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).