Photo: Bertrand Latour - Groupe Facebook : Je viens de Saint-Joseph · Public domainHome values in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel run 57% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $130,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. What homes sold for in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $207,600; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
What Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $157K
- Owners
- 320
- 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).
56% of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel’s dwellings are in plexes, where Quebec’s towns have 16%
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel’s roll counts its dwellings 56% in plexes, 36% in single-family houses and 8% 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.
Major repairs needed: 13% of the homes in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, where Quebec’s towns have 6%
At the 2021 census, 36% of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel’s 860 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Most of them predate 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
1.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel issued permits for 3 new homes from 2021 to 2023, or about 1 a year. About 33% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
A peak in 2022: 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-Joseph-de-Sorel against Quebec’s towns: 57% under the $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.
Home values around Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
Next to Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | $130K | $157K | 38% | |
| Sorel-Tracy | $200K | $240K | 60% | 2.1 |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | $278K | $299K | 74% | 2.3 |
| Berthierville | $224K | $250K | 40% | 6 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | $250K | $288K | 85% | 6.3 |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | $250K | $289K | 86% | 8.5 |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | $250K | $288K | 81% | 9.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
Is Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
How many households in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel are in core housing need?
7% of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
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).