Photo: Carboj · CC BY-SA 4.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Montmagny are valued 38% below the median of Quebec’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $200,000, the average one $212,600. Sale prices aren’t published in Quebec: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Montmagny. Montmagny permitted around 65 new homes a year over 2018–2023.
Two ways to price a home in Montmagny
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $213K
- Owners
- 3,085
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2023
- 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 Montmagny at $221,200, 46% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Montmagny’s dwellings on the roll split 52% in single-family houses, 28% in plexes and 15% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 176 chalets as well, at $196,100 in the middle.
Median roll value by kind, 2025 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2025 (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.
38% of Montmagny’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Montmagny had 5,465 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 52% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Montmagny | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 Montmagny ran at 12.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Very few were houses: 17% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
A peak in 2023: 160 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.
Montmagny against Quebec’s towns: 33% 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.
Lower values near Montmagny: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
The places around Montmagny at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmagny | $200K | $213K | 57% | |
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | $200K | $207K | 78% | 9.8 |
| Berthier-sur-Mer | $260K | $301K | 85% | 12.9 |
| Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud | $180K | $199K | 72% | 16.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Montmagny
Is Montmagny expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Montmagny sits below it.
How many households in Montmagny are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Montmagny’s households in core housing need, much as for Quebec’s towns (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).