Photo: Nicolas Gagnon · Public domainHome values in Rivière-Bleue run 70% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
In figures: $90,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Rivière-Bleue. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $101,200, on July 1, 2023 market values.
What Rivière-Bleue’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $123K
- Owners
- 425
- 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 plexes in Rivière-Bleue at $128,450, 69% less than across Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Rivière-Bleue’s dwellings at 64% in single-family houses, 12% in plexes and 10% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 87 more entries, valued at a median $137,000.
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.
43% of Rivière-Bleue’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
Of the 610 homes people lived in across Rivière-Bleue at the 2021 census, 76% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rivière-Bleue | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Rivière-Bleue against Quebec’s towns: 70% under the $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.
Home values around Rivière-Bleue
The places around Rivière-Bleue at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Rivière-Bleue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Bleue | $90K | $123K | 71% | |
| Pohénégamook | $125K | $164K | 79% | 17.5 |
| Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | $150K | $167K | 76% | 25.1 |
| Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac | $174K | $198K | 70% | 27.7 |
| Dégelis | $139K | $152K | 65% | 29.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rivière-Bleue
Is Rivière-Bleue expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Rivière-Bleue to less.
How many households in Rivière-Bleue are in core housing need?
In Rivière-Bleue, 8% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).