Photo: SaguenayMaville · CC BY-SA 4.0Saguenay sits 27% below Quebec’s towns on home values
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $220,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Saguenay. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $277,100, on July 1, 2023 market values.
What Saguenay’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
- $238K
- Owners
- 41,700
- 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 29% of Saguenay’s dwellings, against 16% for Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Saguenay’s dwellings on the roll split 51% in single-family houses, 29% in plexes, 16% in buildings of six units or more and 2% in condos. It lists 709 chalets as well, at $141,300 in the middle.
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.
The homes of Saguenay, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 67,525 occupied homes in Saguenay; 48% of them are single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saguenay | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 10% | 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.
Building behind Quebec’s towns: 9.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saguenay, against 15.1
Over 2018–2023, 3,915 homes were permitted in Saguenay, close to 653 each year. 37% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 959 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
1,495 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11% on the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Saguenay metro area
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.
Saguenay against Quebec’s towns: 27% 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 Saguenay: Saint-Fulgence
The places around Saguenay at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saguenay | $220K | $238K | 62% | |
| Saint-Fulgence | $200K | $216K | 81% | 13.6 |
| Saint-Honoré | $224K | $240K | 83% | 14 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saguenay
Is Saguenay expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Saguenay to less.
How many households in Saguenay are in core housing need?
3% of Saguenay’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).