Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Plaisance are valued 31% below the median of Quebec’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $226,000 and an average of $246,000. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Plaisance.
Two ways to price a home in Plaisance
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $246K
- Owners
- 350
- 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).
Plaisance’s semi-detached and row houses have a median roll value of $221,400, 31% under Quebec’s towns
On Plaisance’s roll, the dwellings sit 72% in single-family houses, 19% in plexes and 3% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 27 more entries, valued at a median $207,000.
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.
More homes in poor repair than most: 10% in Plaisance (Quebec’s towns: 6%)
Of the 505 homes people lived in across Plaisance at the 2021 census, 77% were single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Plaisance | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 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.
Plaisance permitted 12.5 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
From 2018 to 2021, permits in Plaisance created 23 homes, about 6 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 58% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2021, with 13 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.
Plaisance against Quebec’s towns: 25% under the $300,000 median
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 Plaisance: Papineauville and Thurso
Next to Plaisance: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisance | $226K | $246K | 70% | |
| Papineauville | $200K | $263K | 68% | 7.9 |
| Thurso | $200K | $219K | 64% | 10.3 |
| Wendover | $348K | $380K | 77% | 12.3 |
| Saint-André-Avellin | $226K | $254K | 72% | 12.8 |
| Rockland | $452K | $490K | 82% | 14.2 |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest | $400K | $372K | 83% | 16.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Plaisance
Is Plaisance expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Plaisance to less.
How many households in Plaisance are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 4% in Plaisance, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).