Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC0Homes in Saint-Nazaire are worth 37% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
The census median was $188,000 in 2021, against $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-Nazaire there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. Québec’s 2025 property roll puts single-family homes at a median $218,200, at market values of July 1, 2023.
Saint-Nazaire’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $200K
- Owners
- 655
- 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).
Saint-Nazaire’s plexes have a median roll value of $202,700, 51% under Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Saint-Nazaire’s dwellings at 73% in single-family houses, 18% in plexes and 3% in buildings of six units or more. Chalets add 45 more entries, valued at a median $104,200.
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.
The homes of Saint-Nazaire, by period and type
835 occupied homes stood in Saint-Nazaire in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 77% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Nazaire | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
16.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Nazaire: in step with Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Some 12 homes a year: 71 in all were permitted in Saint-Nazaire from 2018 to 2023. 51% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2022: 16 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-Nazaire against Quebec’s towns: 37% under the $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.
Lower values near Saint-Nazaire: Labrecque and L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur
The places around Saint-Nazaire at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Nazaire | $188K | $200K | 80% | |
| Alma | $200K | $222K | 66% | 6.7 |
| Labrecque | $174K | $190K | 91% | 11 |
| Saint-Bruno | $200K | $206K | 73% | 13.4 |
| L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur | $166K | $177K | 84% | 14.8 |
| Larouche | $200K | $227K | 83% | 15.7 |
| Saint-Gédéon | $250K | $311K | 87% | 16.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Nazaire
Is Saint-Nazaire expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Saint-Nazaire sits below it.
How many households in Saint-Nazaire are in core housing need?
In Saint-Nazaire, 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).