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Property prices in Roberval · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Owners in Roberval value their homes 42% below the median of Quebec’s towns

At the 2021 census the median home was worth $174,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Roberval the census value is the measure. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $230,400; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.

Median home value
$174K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $196K
Property roll value
$230K
single-family homes, roll 2026
market at July 1, 2024
New homes a year
35
permits, 2018–2023
8.1 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
3,050
census 2021
68% of households
What homes are worth

Roberval’s homes, by two sources

Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.

Census 2021$174K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$196K
Owners
3,050
Quebec’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Property roll 2026$230K

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 by kind

In Roberval, plexes are on the roll at a median $224,950, 46% below Quebec’s towns

On Roberval’s roll, the dwellings sit 54% in single-family houses, 27% in plexes and 11% in buildings of six units or more. There are 116 chalets on it too, with a median of $93,900.

Value by kind

Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Detached houses$232K
Semi-detached and row$214K
Condos$158K
Plexes (2–5 units), a building$225K
Chalets$94K
Mobile homes$139K
Dwellings on the roll

Dwellings by kind of building

Single-family houses54%
Plexes27%
Buildings of 6+ units11%
1977
year the median house was built (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
3%
of dwellings built since 2016
4,817
dwellings on the roll

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

The homes of Roberval, by period and type

At the 2021 census, 54% of Roberval’s 4,520 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Before 196123%
1961–198039%
1981–200027%
2001–20158%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses54%
Semi-detached houses5%
Row houses1%
Flats in a duplex10%
Apartments, under 5 storeys25%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings3%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
RobervalQuebecCanada
Condominiums6%8%8%
Needing major repairs5%6%6%
Too small for the household1%2%3%
Households in core housing need3%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.

New homes

Permits in Roberval ran at 8.1 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1

From 2018 to 2023, permits in Roberval created 212 homes, about 35 a year. 48% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2023: 84 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
020406080100201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Roberval8.1
Quebec’s towns15.1
The typical Canadian town13.8
$8.06M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Quebec

Roberval against Quebec’s towns: 42% under the $300,000 median

510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Roberval’s neighbours by home value

Next to Roberval: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

MashteuiatshSaint-PrimeChambordMashteuiatshSaint-PrimeChambordRoberval
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Roberval$174K$196K68%
Mashteuiatsh––75%6.9
Saint-Prime$184K$206K80%12.6
Chambord$200K$222K75%17.2

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Roberval

Is Roberval expensive for Quebec?

Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Roberval to less.

How many households in Roberval are in core housing need?

Statistics Canada puts 3% of Roberval’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).