Housing in Pessamit

Homes on a First Nations reserve sit outside the census’s questions on home values and shelter costs, so Pessamit has no value or burden figures. What renting costs around Pessamit is on its cost of living page.

Owner households

census 2021

35% of households

The homes

Single-detached houses are 92% of Pessamit’s homes, against 59% for Quebec’s towns

Pessamit had 820 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Before 196110%

1961–198024%

1981–200035%

2001–201524%

2016–20217%

What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%

Semi-detached housesunder 1%

Row houses8%

Flats in a duplexunder 1%

Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%

Against the median town of the province and of Canada

	Pessamit	Quebec	Canada
Condominiums	2%	8%	8%
Needing major repairs	20%	6%	6%
Too small for the household	6%	2%	3%

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.

Home values around Pessamit

Next to Pessamit: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Pessamit has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–27 km out.

RagueneauPointe-aux-OutardesChute-aux-OutardesPessamit

Prices next door

Town	Median home value	Average	Owners	km
Pessamit	–	–	35%
Ragueneau	$110K	$124K	86%	21.5
Pointe-aux-Outardes	$150K	$164K	94%	27.2
Chute-aux-Outardes	$100K	$120K	72%	27.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Pessamit

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021. 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).