Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.0The property roll puts Richelieu’s houses 54% above the middle of Quebec’s towns
The middle home was worth $400,000 at the 2021 census, the average $408,400. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. What homes sold for in Richelieu isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec.
Richelieu’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $408K
- Owners
- 1,475
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2024
- 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 plexes in Richelieu at $613,200, 49% more than across Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Richelieu’s dwellings at 48% in single-family houses, 24% in plexes, 22% in buildings of six units or more and 2% in condos.
Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (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 apartments than most: 34% of the homes in Richelieu (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
Richelieu had 2,415 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Richelieu | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Permits in Richelieu ran at 14.8 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Some 35 homes a year: 210 in all were permitted in Richelieu from 2018 to 2023. Only 18% went into single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns. Richelieu doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Montréal metro area.
The busiest year: 2023, with 49 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 31,370 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 19% more
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.
Richelieu is dearer than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% above their $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 Richelieu: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu and Marieville
The places around Richelieu at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richelieu | $400K | $408K | 62% | |
| Chambly | $400K | $436K | 74% | 4.3 |
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu | $348K | $370K | 79% | 4.8 |
| Marieville | $324K | $347K | 67% | 5.9 |
| Carignan | $500K | $587K | 91% | 6.8 |
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | $400K | $412K | 87% | 10.2 |
| Bienville | $380K | $447K | 85% | 11.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Richelieu
How many households in Richelieu are in core housing need?
7% of Richelieu’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Richelieu expensive for Quebec?
Dearer than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Richelieu to more.
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).