Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac are valued 57% above the median of Quebec’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $400,000; averaged, their homes came to $410,000. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s homes actually sold for.
What Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’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
- $410K
- Owners
- 2,090
- 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).
The roll values plexes in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac at $687,600, 67% more than across Quebec’s towns
Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s roll counts its dwellings 60% in single-family houses, 23% in plexes, 10% in condos and 5% 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.
Since 2001: 42% of the homes in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
At the 2021 census, 75% of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s 2,740 occupied homes were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 14% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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 at the pace of Quebec’s towns: 15.8 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, against 15.1
Building permits added 238 homes in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac between 2018 and 2023: some 40 a year. 27% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 39% for Quebec’s towns. Saint-Joseph-du-Lac doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Montréal metro area.
Most in 2021: 63 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 19%: 31,370 new homes in the year to August 2026
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-du-Lac is 33% above 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.
Lower values near Saint-Joseph-du-Lac: Pointe-Calumet, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and Oka
The places around Saint-Joseph-du-Lac at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac | $400K | $410K | 78% | |
| Pointe-Calumet | $260K | $280K | 77% | 2.8 |
| Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac | $344K | $357K | 89% | 4.4 |
| Oka | $376K | $404K | 82% | 6.7 |
| Deux-Montagnes | $300K | $336K | 71% | 7.8 |
| L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève | $548K | $591K | 74% | 9.2 |
| Saint-Eustache | $348K | $354K | 69% | 9.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac
How many households in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac are in core housing need?
5% of Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Saint-Joseph-du-Lac expensive for Quebec?
Above the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Saint-Joseph-du-Lac’s is worth more.
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).