Photo: Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Nouvelle sits 50% below Quebec’s towns on home values
The 2021 census gives $150,000 as the median value; Quebec’s towns come to $300,000. Sale prices aren’t published in Quebec: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Nouvelle. The municipal roll for 2025 values single-family homes at a median $175,700, at July 1, 2023 prices.
Two ways to price a home in Nouvelle
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
- $175K
- Owners
- 680
- 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).
In Nouvelle, plexes are on the roll at a median $185,800, 55% below Quebec’s towns
On Nouvelle’s roll, the dwellings sit 66% in single-family houses, 12% in plexes and 6% in buildings of six units or more. There are 82 chalets on it too, with a median of $86,050.
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.
37% of Nouvelle’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Nouvelle had 845 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 85% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Nouvelle | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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: 8.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Nouvelle, against 15.1
Some 6 homes a year: 38 in all were permitted in Nouvelle from 2018 to 2023. 91% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 9 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.
Nouvelle is 50% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
The census values of Quebec’s towns, 510 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Nouvelle: Dalhousie and Eel River Crossing
Next to Nouvelle: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouvelle | $150K | $175K | 81% | |
| Dalhousie | $90K | $108K | 72% | 9.7 |
| Carleton-sur-Mer | $200K | $218K | 70% | 15.3 |
| Charlo | $150K | $180K | 90% | 16.4 |
| Eel River Crossing | $100K | $121K | 89% | 17.4 |
| Dalhousie | $150K | $182K | 88% | 18 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Nouvelle
Is Nouvelle expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Nouvelle sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Nouvelle are in core housing need?
In Nouvelle, 7% 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.
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).