Photo: Charny · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Maria run 33% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $200,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. What homes sold for in Maria isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $290,400; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
Maria’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $227K
- Owners
- 845
- 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).
Plexes hold 15% of Maria’s dwellings, against 16% for Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of Maria: 66% in single-family houses, 15% in plexes and 9% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 70 chalets as well, at $95,400 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.
The homes of Maria, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 74% of Maria’s 1,165 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Maria | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 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.
10 new homes a year per 1,000 in Maria: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Building permits added 73 homes in Maria between 2018 and 2023: some 12 a year. Most were houses: 85% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2023: 17 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.
Maria is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% 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.
Maria’s neighbours by home value
Next to Maria: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria | $200K | $227K | 73% | |
| New Richmond | $190K | $206K | 67% | 10.5 |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | $200K | $218K | 70% | 12.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Maria
How many households in Maria are in core housing need?
under 1% of Maria’s households, under 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.
Is Maria expensive for Quebec?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Maria’s is worth 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).