Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainRivière-Rouge sits 33% below Quebec’s towns on home values
The census median was $200,000 in 2021, against $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Rivière-Rouge’s homes actually sold for. The municipal roll for 2026 values single-family homes at a median $272,850, at July 1, 2024 prices.
What Rivière-Rouge’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
- $230K
- Owners
- 1,605
- 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 semi-detached and row houses in Rivière-Rouge at $149,450, 53% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Rivière-Rouge’s dwellings on the roll split 54% in single-family houses, 15% in plexes and 9% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 633 chalets, at a median $303,900.
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.
The homes of Rivière-Rouge, by period and type
Of the 2,330 homes people lived in across Rivière-Rouge at the 2021 census, 73% were single-detached houses. 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-Rouge | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 Rivière-Rouge ran at 22 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Over 2018–2023, 274 homes were permitted in Rivière-Rouge, close to 46 each year. Most were houses: 61% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 90 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-Rouge is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% under their $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.
Rivière-Rouge’s neighbours by home value
The places around Rivière-Rouge at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Rouge | $200K | $230K | 69% | |
| Nominingue | $250K | $310K | 80% | 10.5 |
| La Macaza | $200K | $247K | 87% | 11.7 |
| La Minerve | $278K | $336K | 86% | 18.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rivière-Rouge
Is Rivière-Rouge expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Rivière-Rouge sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Rivière-Rouge are in core housing need?
4% of Rivière-Rouge’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).