Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes in Saint-Barnabé are worth 50% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
In figures: $150,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. For Saint-Barnabé there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. For property tax, the 2024 roll sets the median single-family home at $202,900, on July 1, 2022 market values.
Two ways to price a home in Saint-Barnabé
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
- $173K
- Owners
- 440
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- 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 plexes in Saint-Barnabé at $206,600, 50% less than across Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Saint-Barnabé’s dwellings on the roll split 83% in single-family houses, 7% in plexes and 6% in buildings of six units or more.
Median roll value by kind, 2024 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2024 (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: 89% of the homes in Saint-Barnabé stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
People lived in 530 homes in Saint-Barnabé at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Barnabé | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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: 1.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Barnabé, against 15.1
Saint-Barnabé issued permits for 6 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 1 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
A peak in 2018: 2 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-Barnabé is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 50% 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.
Saint-Barnabé’s neighbours by home value
The places around Saint-Barnabé at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barnabé | $150K | $173K | 84% | |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | $200K | $229K | 85% | 7.3 |
| Charette | $178K | $190K | 78% | 9.3 |
| Yamachiche | $200K | $209K | 69% | 10.4 |
| Saint-Boniface | $200K | $231K | 83% | 13.1 |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | $150K | $194K | 88% | 13.7 |
| Saint-Paulin | $150K | $176K | 75% | 14.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Barnabé
Is Saint-Barnabé expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Saint-Barnabé sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Saint-Barnabé are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Saint-Barnabé, where Quebec’s towns sit at 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).