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Property prices in Low · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A few dear homes lift Low’s average value 38% above its median

A median of $180,000 and a mean of $249,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. For Low there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. On the 2026 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $213,100, valued as of July 1, 2024.

Median home value
$180K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $249K
Property roll value
$213K
single-family homes, roll 2026
market at July 1, 2024
Owner households
425
census 2021
87% of households
What homes are worth

Two ways to price a home in Low

Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.

Census 2021$180K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$249K
Owners
425
Quebec’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Property roll 2026$213K

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 by kind

Low’s roll values, house to plex

By kind of building, Low’s dwellings on the roll split 40% in single-family houses, 3% in plexes and 2% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 471 chalets, at a median $250,300.

Value by kind

Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Detached houses$213K
Plexes (2–5 units), a building$412K
Chalets$250K
Dwellings on the roll

Dwellings by kind of building

Single-family houses40%
Plexes3%
Buildings of 6+ units2%
1975
year the median house was built (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
5%
of dwellings built since 2016
905
dwellings on the roll

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.

The homes

Single-detached houses are 92% of Low’s homes, against 59% for Quebec’s towns

Low had 495 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Before 196131%
1961–198029%
1981–200021%
2001–201512%
2016–20217%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached houses1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys2%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings4%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
LowQuebecCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%8%8%
Needing major repairs10%6%6%
Too small for the household2%2%3%
Households in core housing need4%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.

Across Quebec

Low is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 40% under their $300,000 median

510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Low: Kazabazua and Gracefield

The places around Low at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Low with figures are 16–35 km away.

La PêcheKazabazuaGracefieldChelseaCantleyLa PêcheKazabazuaGracefieldChelseaCantleyLow
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Low$180K$249K87%
La Pêche$348K$381K86%16.3
Kazabazua$155K$204K89%20.5
Gracefield$150K$194K81%32.3
Chelsea$600K$634K92%33.4
Cantley$448K$467K93%34.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Low

Is Low expensive for Quebec?

On census values, Low sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).

How many households in Low are in core housing need?

In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 4% in Low, 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).