Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainThe middle home in Rouyn-Noranda is valued at $276,000
That figure comes from 12,135 owner households at the 2021 census. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Rouyn-Noranda. On the 2025 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $327,300, valued as of July 1, 2023.
Rouyn-Noranda’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $282K
- Owners
- 12,135
- 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).
Plexes hold 28% of Rouyn-Noranda’s dwellings, against 16% for Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Rouyn-Noranda’s dwellings at 49% in single-family houses, 28% in plexes and 16% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 902 chalets, at a median $95,350.
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.
An older stock than most: 31% of Rouyn-Noranda’s homes go back before 1961 (Quebec’s towns: 21%)
Rouyn-Noranda had 19,280 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 53% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Rouyn-Noranda | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Permits in Rouyn-Noranda ran at 9.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Some 172 homes a year: 1,030 in all were permitted in Rouyn-Noranda from 2018 to 2023. About 39% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
Most in 2023: 192 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.
Rouyn-Noranda against Quebec’s towns: 8% under the $300,000 median
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 Rouyn-Noranda: Palmarolle, Macamic and Rivière-Héva
The places around Rouyn-Noranda at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 49–67 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Rouyn-Noranda.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouyn-Noranda | $276K | $282K | 63% | |
| Palmarolle | $200K | $205K | 84% | 49.3 |
| Macamic | $180K | $192K | 77% | 58.5 |
| Rivière-Héva | $250K | $259K | 94% | 62 |
| La Sarre | $190K | $204K | 63% | 65.4 |
| Malartic | $200K | $196K | 58% | 67.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Rouyn-Noranda
Is Rouyn-Noranda expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Rouyn-Noranda sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Rouyn-Noranda are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 3% in Rouyn-Noranda, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).