Photo: Miguel Tremblay · CC0Rivière-Ouelle’s average home value sits 45% above the median
Census values for 2021: a median of $170,000 and an average of $247,000. No sales are published for towns in Quebec, Rivière-Ouelle included, so owners’ values are the measure. The municipal roll for 2024 values single-family homes at a median $178,500, at July 1, 2022 prices.
Rivière-Ouelle’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $247K
- Owners
- 370
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- 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).
In Rivière-Ouelle, plexes are on the roll at a median $223,800, 46% below Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Rivière-Ouelle’s dwellings at 66% in single-family houses and 6% in plexes. There are 157 chalets on it too, with a median of $259,600.
Median roll value by kind, 2024 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2024 (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.
A town of houses: 92% of the homes in Rivière-Ouelle stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
The 2021 census counted 445 occupied homes in Rivière-Ouelle. More than half were built before 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rivière-Ouelle | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 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.
Rivière-Ouelle against Quebec’s towns: 43% 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.
Lower values near Rivière-Ouelle: Mont-Carmel
Next to Rivière-Ouelle: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Ouelle | $170K | $247K | 87% | |
| Saint-Pacôme | $174K | $192K | 79% | 6.6 |
| La Pocatière | $180K | $191K | 54% | 10.4 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | $200K | $203K | 86% | 11.1 |
| Mont-Carmel | $150K | $157K | 84% | 13.7 |
| Saint-Pascal | $180K | $188K | 69% | 17.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rivière-Ouelle
How many households in Rivière-Ouelle are in core housing need?
In Rivière-Ouelle, 7% 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.
Is Rivière-Ouelle expensive for Quebec?
No: Rivière-Ouelle’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
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).