Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Macamic are valued 53% below the median of Quebec’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $180,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $192,000. For Macamic there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. Building permits in Macamic added about 4 homes a year from 2018 to 2023.
Macamic’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. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $192K
- Owners
- 860
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2021
- 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 Macamic at $177,400, 57% less than across Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Macamic’s dwellings at 68% in single-family houses, 20% in plexes and 6% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 41 more entries, valued at a median $47,600.
Median roll value by kind, 2023 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2023 (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.
37% of Macamic’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Of the 1,140 homes people lived in across Macamic at the 2021 census, 74% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Macamic | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
3.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Macamic: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
63% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 5 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.
Macamic 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Macamic
Next to Macamic: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macamic | $180K | $192K | 77% | |
| La Sarre | $190K | $204K | 63% | 15.8 |
| Palmarolle | $200K | $205K | 84% | 17.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Macamic
Is Macamic expensive for Quebec?
No: Macamic’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Macamic are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Macamic, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
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).