Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0Half the owned homes in Saint-Alexandre are valued above $300,000
The census of 2021 asked 815 owner households what their home was worth. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Saint-Alexandre. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $448,900; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
Saint-Alexandre’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $308K
- Owners
- 815
- 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).
Saint-Alexandre’s semi-detached and row houses have a median roll value of $416,650, 30% over Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Saint-Alexandre’s dwellings at 86% in single-family houses, 9% in plexes and 4% in buildings of six units or more.
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.
A town of houses: 91% of the homes in Saint-Alexandre stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
The 2021 census counted 1,000 occupied homes in Saint-Alexandre. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Alexandre | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
8.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Alexandre: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Building permits added 44 homes in Saint-Alexandre between 2018 and 2023: some 7 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 95% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2019, with 13 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.
Saint-Alexandre sits near the middle of Quebec’s towns ($300,000)
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 Saint-Alexandre: Henryville and Farnham
Next to Saint-Alexandre: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | $300K | $308K | 86% | |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois | $300K | $318K | 88% | 8.6 |
| Sainte-Sabine | $300K | $332K | 85% | 8.9 |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville | $300K | $336K | 83% | 10.4 |
| Henryville | $274K | $282K | 76% | 11.2 |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire | $352K | $403K | 87% | 12.3 |
| Farnham | $270K | $286K | 59% | 13 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Alexandre
How many households in Saint-Alexandre are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Saint-Alexandre, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Saint-Alexandre expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Saint-Alexandre sits mid-table among Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
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).