Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHomes from 2001 on make up 47% of Saint-René, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $200,000; the average was $222,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Saint-René’s homes actually sold for. On the 2025 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $243,500, valued as of July 1, 2023.
What Saint-René’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $222K
- Owners
- 315
- 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-René’s houses are newer than most: the median dates from 1995 (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
The roll puts Saint-René’s dwellings at 87% in single-family houses, 5% in buildings of six units or more and 4% in plexes.
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.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Saint-René stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
At the 2021 census, Saint-René had 350 homes with someone living in them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-René | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | under 1% | 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.
Saint-René is 33% below the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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-René: Saint-Côme--Linière, Saint-Martin and Saint-Benoît-Labre
The places around Saint-René at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-René | $200K | $222K | 93% | |
| Saint-Côme--Linière | $150K | $172K | 84% | 7.9 |
| Saint-Martin | $150K | $159K | 74% | 8.2 |
| Saint-Georges | $200K | $218K | 62% | 10.7 |
| Saint-Benoît-Labre | $174K | $197K | 81% | 13.4 |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley | $150K | $161K | 84% | 17 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Pins | $200K | $221K | 71% | 18.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-René
How many households in Saint-René are in core housing need?
In Saint-René, under 1% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for 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.
Is Saint-René expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Saint-René to less.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).