Photo: Alchimist · CC BY-SA 3.0Little is being built in Rimouski: 5.6 new homes a year per 1,000, against 15.1 for Quebec’s towns
The middle home was worth $224,000 at the 2021 census, the average $243,600. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, Rimouski included, so owners’ values are the measure. Québec’s 2026 property roll puts single-family homes at a median $329,800, at market values of July 1, 2024.
What Rimouski’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $244K
- Owners
- 14,425
- 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).
Rimouski’s roll values, house to plex
Rimouski’s roll counts its dwellings 56% in single-family houses, 23% in buildings of six units or more, 15% in plexes and 4% in condos. Chalets add 285 more entries, valued at a median $216,800.
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.
33% of Rimouski lives in apartments, where Quebec’s towns have 22%
People lived in 23,470 homes in Rimouski at the 2021 census. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rimouski | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 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.
Rimouski’s busiest year for permits was 2022, with 246 new homes
Rimouski issued permits for 836 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 139 a year. Single-unit buildings took 36%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
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.
Rimouski 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 Rimouski: Sainte-Luce
The places around Rimouski at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rimouski | $224K | $244K | 62% | |
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | $220K | $229K | 81% | 7.3 |
| Sainte-Luce | $200K | $220K | 80% | 17.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rimouski
Is Rimouski expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Rimouski sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Rimouski are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Rimouski’s households in core housing need, much as for Quebec’s towns (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).