Photo: Étudiant-e désirant garder l'anonymat. · CC BY-SA 4.0Home values in Larouche run 33% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $200,000 in 2021, where the median of Quebec’s towns was $300,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Larouche the census value is the measure. The town’s assessors, on the 2026 roll, put the median house at $264,800 (market of July 1, 2024).
Two ways to price a home in Larouche
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $227K
- Owners
- 580
- 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).
In Larouche, semi-detached and row houses are on the roll at a median $183,250, 43% below Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Larouche’s dwellings on the roll split 73% in single-family houses and 12% in plexes. It lists 119 chalets as well, at $150,800 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.
How Larouche’s homes break down, by age and kind
Larouche had 695 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 81% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Larouche | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Larouche permitted 19 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Larouche issued permits for 78 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 13 a year. 91% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns. Figures for monthly permits are published for the Saguenay metro area as a whole, not for Larouche alone.
A peak in 2021: 19 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
1,495 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11% 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.
Larouche is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% 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 Larouche: Hébertville-Station, Hébertville and Saint-Nazaire
The places around Larouche at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larouche | $200K | $227K | 83% | |
| Saint-Bruno | $200K | $206K | 73% | 10.2 |
| Hébertville-Station | $174K | $181K | 72% | 10.9 |
| Hébertville | $180K | $196K | 79% | 13.4 |
| Saint-Nazaire | $188K | $200K | 80% | 15.7 |
| Alma | $200K | $222K | 66% | 15.8 |
| Saint-Gédéon | $250K | $311K | 87% | 17.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Larouche
How many households in Larouche are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Larouche, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Larouche expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Larouche 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).