Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Port-Cartier sits 47% below Quebec’s towns on home values
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $160,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Port-Cartier the census value is the measure. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $200,950, on July 1, 2023 market values.
Port-Cartier’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $178K
- Owners
- 2,120
- 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).
The roll values semi-detached and row houses in Port-Cartier at $166,000, 48% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Port-Cartier’s dwellings on the roll split 53% in single-family houses, 19% in buildings of six units or more and 8% in plexes. It lists 192 chalets as well, at $92,700 in the middle.
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.
The homes of Port-Cartier, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 2,935 occupied homes in Port-Cartier; 53% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Port-Cartier | 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 | 2% | 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.
Port-Cartier permitted 1.6 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Port-Cartier issued permits for 26 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 4 a year. Single-unit buildings took 87% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
The busiest year: 2023, with 10 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.
Port-Cartier is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 47% 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.
Lower values near Port-Cartier: Cap-Chat and Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
The places around Port-Cartier at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Port-Cartier has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 42–104 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Cartier | $160K | $178K | 72% | |
| Sept-Îles | $220K | $232K | 66% | 42.1 |
| Cap-Chat | $120K | $146K | 76% | 103.7 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | $150K | $162K | 68% | 103.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port-Cartier
Is Port-Cartier expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Port-Cartier sits below it.
How many households in Port-Cartier are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Port-Cartier, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
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).