Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Montpellier’s single-family homes are on the roll at 44% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
A median of $200,000 and a mean of $236,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Montpellier the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Montpellier
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $236K
- Owners
- 485
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- 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 Montpellier, plexes are on the roll at a median $288,100, 30% below Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Montpellier’s dwellings on the roll split 56% in single-family houses and 5% in plexes. The roll also counts 335 chalets, at a median $174,900.
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.
94% of Montpellier’s homes are detached houses, where Quebec’s towns have 59%
The 2021 census counted 590 occupied homes in Montpellier. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Montpellier | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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.
Montpellier 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.
Montpellier’s neighbours by home value
The places around Montpellier at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montpellier | $200K | $236K | 82% | |
| Lac-Simon | $348K | $390K | 85% | 9 |
| Ripon | $250K | $282K | 84% | 10 |
| Saint-André-Avellin | $226K | $254K | 72% | 17.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Montpellier
How many households in Montpellier are in core housing need?
In Montpellier, 16% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Montpellier expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Montpellier sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).