Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in New Richmond are valued 41% below the median of Quebec’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $190,000, the average one $206,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what New Richmond’s homes actually sold for. From 2018 to 2023, New Richmond issued permits for some 11 new homes a year.
New Richmond’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. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $206K
- Owners
- 1,140
- 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).
New Richmond’s plexes have a median roll value of $256,650, 38% under Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of New Richmond: 62% in single-family houses, 17% in plexes and 10% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 82 chalets as well, at $79,600 in the middle.
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.
10% of New Richmond’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Quebec’s towns
1,715 occupied homes stood in New Richmond in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 67% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| New Richmond | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 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.
Building behind Quebec’s towns: 7.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in New Richmond, against 15.1
62% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2021: 19 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.
New Richmond is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 37% under their $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.
Home values around New Richmond
Next to New Richmond: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Richmond | $190K | $206K | 67% | |
| Maria | $200K | $227K | 73% | 10.5 |
| Caplan | $200K | $202K | 71% | 14.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in New Richmond
How many households in New Richmond are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 1% of households in New Richmond, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is New Richmond expensive for Quebec?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; New Richmond’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).