Photo: TOBound · Public domainA home in Matagami is worth 67% less than the middle of Quebec’s towns
Owners put the median home at $100,000 at the 2021 census; for Quebec’s towns the median is $300,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Matagami. The municipal roll for 2024 values single-family homes at a median $101,450, at July 1, 2019 prices.
Two ways to price a home in Matagami
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
- $98K
- Owners
- 475
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2019
- 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).
Matagami’s plexes have a median roll value of $82,700, 80% under Quebec’s towns
On Matagami’s roll, the dwellings sit 56% in single-family houses, 19% in plexes and 8% 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.
How Matagami’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 605 homes people lived in across Matagami at the 2021 census, 48% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Matagami | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Building behind Quebec’s towns: 0.7 new homes a year per 1,000 in Matagami, against 15.1
Building permits added 2 homes in Matagami between 2019 and 2023: some 0 a year. Most were houses: 50% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2021: 1 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.
Matagami against Quebec’s towns: 67% under the $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.
Matagami’s neighbours by home value
Next to Matagami: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Matagami with figures are 92–143 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matagami | $100K | $98K | 79% | |
| Lebel-sur-Quévillon | $130K | $136K | 84% | 91.7 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier | $200K | $204K | 84% | 125.9 |
| Amos | $240K | $249K | 59% | 136.2 |
| Trécesson | $250K | $259K | 89% | 137.5 |
| Eeyou Istchee Baie-James | $100K | $143K | 55% | 142.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Matagami
Is Matagami expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Matagami sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Matagami are in core housing need?
More than most: 8% of households in Matagami, 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).