A median $250,000: what owners say homes in Saint-Norbert are worth
Behind it are the answers of 340 owners at the 2021 census. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Saint-Norbert. Single-family homes are on the 2024 roll at a median $281,000; the roll values them as of July 1, 2022.
Two ways to price a home in Saint-Norbert
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
- $254K
- Owners
- 340
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- 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-Norbert’s houses are older than most: the median dates from 1973 (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
Dwellings on the roll of Saint-Norbert: 75% in single-family houses, 15% in plexes and 3% in buildings of six units or more.
Median roll value by kind, 2024 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2024 (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.
Before 1961: 34% of the homes in Saint-Norbert, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
Of the 460 homes people lived in across Saint-Norbert at the 2021 census, 85% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Norbert | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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-Norbert ran at 8.3 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Saint-Norbert created 21 homes, about 4 a year. The mix: 37% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 8 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-Norbert against Quebec’s towns: 17% 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.
Cheaper next to Saint-Norbert: Saint-Cuthbert, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon and Saint-Gabriel
Next to Saint-Norbert: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Norbert | $250K | $254K | 79% | |
| Saint-Cuthbert | $200K | $227K | 78% | 6.8 |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon | $200K | $231K | 88% | 8 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | $250K | $269K | 69% | 10.1 |
| Saint-Gabriel | $188K | $212K | 50% | 10.9 |
| Sainte-Élisabeth | $250K | $246K | 82% | 11.7 |
| Saint-Barthélemy | $180K | $196K | 78% | 13.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Norbert
How many households in Saint-Norbert are in core housing need?
More than most: 8% of households in Saint-Norbert, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Saint-Norbert expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Saint-Norbert sits below it.
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).