Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Rivière-du-Loup are worth 25% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners put the median home at $224,000 at the 2021 census; for Quebec’s towns the median is $300,000. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Rivière-du-Loup. The municipal roll for 2026 values single-family homes at a median $302,550, at July 1, 2024 prices.
What Rivière-du-Loup’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $239K
- Owners
- 5,115
- 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).
Plexes hold 22% of Rivière-du-Loup’s dwellings, against 16% for Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Rivière-du-Loup’s dwellings on the roll split 45% in single-family houses, 27% in buildings of six units or more, 22% in plexes and 3% in condos. The roll also counts 76 chalets, at a median $227,100.
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: 41% of the homes in Rivière-du-Loup (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
Rivière-du-Loup had 9,485 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rivière-du-Loup | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 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.
Rivière-du-Loup permitted 11.3 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Rivière-du-Loup created 570 homes, about 95 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 16%, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 233 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.
Rivière-du-Loup is 25% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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 Rivière-du-Loup: Saint-Antonin, Cacouna and Saint-Modeste
Next to Rivière-du-Loup: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-du-Loup | $224K | $239K | 54% | |
| Saint-Antonin | $200K | $218K | 78% | 7.7 |
| Cacouna | $200K | $232K | 73% | 8.8 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | $300K | $354K | 91% | 9.7 |
| Saint-Modeste | $180K | $192K | 90% | 10.7 |
| Saint-Arsène | $200K | $211K | 76% | 13.2 |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska | $200K | $207K | 74% | 17.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rivière-du-Loup
Is Rivière-du-Loup expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Rivière-du-Loup to less.
How many households in Rivière-du-Loup are in core housing need?
In Rivière-du-Loup, 3% of households are in core housing need, close to the 3% of Quebec’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).