Photo: Minoumi · CC BY 3.0Matane sits 47% below Quebec’s towns on home values
In figures: $160,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. What homes sold for in Matane isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. The town’s assessors, on the 2026 roll, put the median house at $226,650 (market of July 1, 2024).
What Matane’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $177K
- Owners
- 4,175
- 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 Matane, plexes are on the roll at a median $213,400, 48% below Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Matane’s dwellings on the roll split 57% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes and 17% in buildings of six units or more. There are 150 chalets on it too, with a median of $85,450.
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 Matane, by period and type
Matane had 6,995 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 56% of them 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
| Matane | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Permits in Matane ran at 4.3 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Building permits added 170 homes in Matane between 2018 and 2023: some 28 a year. The mix: 35% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 53 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.
Matane is 47% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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 Matane: Sainte-Félicité and Saint-Ulric
The places around Matane at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matane | $160K | $177K | 60% | |
| Sainte-Félicité | $130K | $145K | 81% | 14.3 |
| Saint-Ulric | $150K | $154K | 87% | 14.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Matane
Is Matane expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Matane to less.
How many households in Matane are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Matane, 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).