Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Saint-Gabriel are worth 37% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
In figures: $188,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Saint-Gabriel’s homes actually sold for. On the 2026 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $220,000, valued as of July 1, 2024.
Two ways to price a home in Saint-Gabriel
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $212K
- Owners
- 680
- 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-Gabriel’s semi-detached and row houses have a median roll value of $156,150, 51% under Quebec’s towns
Saint-Gabriel’s roll counts its dwellings 49% in single-family houses, 30% in plexes, 18% in buildings of six units or more and 1% in condos. Chalets add 49 more entries, valued at a median $149,300.
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.
An older stock than most: 45% of Saint-Gabriel’s homes go back before 1961 (Quebec’s towns: 21%)
At the 2021 census, 54% of Saint-Gabriel’s 1,365 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Gabriel | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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-Gabriel ran at 12 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Building permits added 91 homes in Saint-Gabriel between 2018 and 2023: some 15 a year. Single-unit buildings took 26%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 30 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-Gabriel is 37% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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-Gabriel’s neighbours by home value
The places around Saint-Gabriel at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gabriel | $188K | $212K | 50% | |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | $200K | $231K | 88% | 3 |
| Saint-Norbert | $250K | $254K | 79% | 10.9 |
| Mandeville | $200K | $235K | 86% | 11.8 |
| Saint-Damien | $200K | $236K | 85% | 13.1 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | $250K | $270K | 81% | 14.2 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | $250K | $269K | 69% | 14.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Gabriel
How many households in Saint-Gabriel are in core housing need?
In Saint-Gabriel, 10% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
Is Saint-Gabriel expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Saint-Gabriel to less.
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).