Photo: Rapout · CC BY-SA 3.0A home in Lac-au-Saumon is worth 57% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census gives $130,000 as the median value; Quebec’s towns come to $300,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Lac-au-Saumon’s homes actually sold for. The municipal roll for 2024 values single-family homes at a median $130,900, at July 1, 2022 prices.
Lac-au-Saumon’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. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $146K
- Owners
- 430
- 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).
In Lac-au-Saumon, plexes are on the roll at a median $174,500, 58% below Quebec’s towns
On Lac-au-Saumon’s roll, the dwellings sit 74% in single-family houses, 14% in plexes and 4% in buildings of six units or more.
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.
Before 1961: 50% of the homes in Lac-au-Saumon, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
605 occupied homes stood in Lac-au-Saumon in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 74% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lac-au-Saumon | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Lac-au-Saumon is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 57% 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 Lac-au-Saumon: Causapscal
Next to Lac-au-Saumon: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-au-Saumon | $130K | $146K | 73% | |
| Amqui | $180K | $193K | 66% | 8.2 |
| Causapscal | $110K | $132K | 74% | 10.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lac-au-Saumon
Is Lac-au-Saumon expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Lac-au-Saumon sits below it.
How many households in Lac-au-Saumon are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Quebec’s towns (3%): 9% in Lac-au-Saumon, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).