Photo: Wilfredor · CC0The middle home in Charlesbourg is valued at $300,000
That figure comes from 2,710 owner households at the 2021 census. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Charlesbourg’s homes actually sold for. The municipal roll for 2025 values single-family homes at a median $365,000, at July 1, 2023 prices. Behind property-roll values and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Québec, with Charlesbourg one part of it.
What Charlesbourg’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $312K
- Owners
- 2,710
- 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).
A plex town: 17% of the dwellings in Québec sit in buildings of two to five units (Quebec’s towns: 16%)
Dwellings on the roll of Québec: 37% in buildings of six units or more, 34% in single-family houses, 17% in plexes and 11% in condos. Chalets add 272 more entries, valued at a median $144,000.
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.
Apartments are 36% of Charlesbourg’s homes, against 22% for Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census, Charlesbourg had 4,365 homes with someone living in them. At least half predate 1981. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Charlesbourg | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
16.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Québec: in step with Quebec’s towns (15.1)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Québec created 25,458 homes, about 4,243 a year. Only 4% went into single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 5,398 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 25%: 11,737 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Québec metro area
Charlesbourg sits close to the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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 Charlesbourg: Saint-Rodrigue and Orsainville
The places around Charlesbourg at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlesbourg | $300K | $312K | 62% | |
| Jésuites | $298K | $276K | 57% | 1.5 |
| Saint-Rodrigue | $250K | $273K | 21% | 1.9 |
| Orsainville | $270K | $272K | 67% | 2.6 |
| Bourg-Royal | $300K | $305K | 72% | 3 |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf | $300K | $327K | 59% | 3.3 |
| Lairet | $300K | $304K | 18% | 3.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Charlesbourg
How many households in Charlesbourg are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Charlesbourg, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Charlesbourg expensive for Quebec?
In the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, and so, near enough, does Charlesbourg.
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).