Photo: Sacré Marmotte · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners in Saint-Fabien value their homes 50% below the median of Quebec’s towns
That is a median of $150,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $300,000 for Quebec’s towns. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. For Saint-Fabien there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2025 roll at a median $193,700; the roll values them as of July 1, 2023.
Two ways to price a home in Saint-Fabien
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
- $169K
- Owners
- 705
- 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).
In Saint-Fabien, plexes are on the roll at a median $183,200, 56% below Quebec’s towns
On Saint-Fabien’s roll, the dwellings sit 56% in single-family houses, 9% in plexes and 4% in buildings of six units or more. The roll also counts 347 chalets, at a median $148,500.
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.
12% of Saint-Fabien’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Quebec’s towns
865 occupied homes stood in Saint-Fabien in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them. 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-Fabien | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 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.
Permits in Saint-Fabien ran at 5.5 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Building permits added 27 homes in Saint-Fabien between 2018 and 2023: some 5 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 96% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
A peak in 2020: 7 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-Fabien is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 50% under their $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 Saint-Fabien: Saint-Jean-de-Dieu
Next to Saint-Fabien: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 29–35 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Fabien.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Fabien | $150K | $169K | 83% | |
| Rimouski | $224K | $244K | 62% | 29.2 |
| Trois-Pistoles | $150K | $172K | 60% | 29.7 |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Rimouski | $200K | $204K | 81% | 30.2 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Neiges | $174K | $191K | 93% | 32.3 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Dieu | $105K | $123K | 75% | 35.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Fabien
Is Saint-Fabien expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Saint-Fabien to less.
How many households in Saint-Fabien are in core housing need?
In Saint-Fabien, 3% of households are in core housing need, close to the 3% of Quebec’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).