Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0A median $280,000: what owners say homes in Saint-Thomas are worth
That figure comes from 1,055 owner households at the 2021 census. For Saint-Thomas there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2024 roll at a median $335,900; the roll values them as of July 1, 2022.
Saint-Thomas’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $290K
- Owners
- 1,055
- 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).
Duplexes to fiveplexes house 22% of Saint-Thomas, beside 16% for Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Saint-Thomas’s dwellings at 70% in single-family houses, 22% in plexes and 6% 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.
The homes of Saint-Thomas, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 74% of Saint-Thomas’s 1,475 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Thomas | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
10.2 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Thomas: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Building permits added 84 homes in Saint-Thomas between 2018 and 2023: some 14 a year. About 27% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
Most in 2020: 34 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-Thomas sits near the middle of Quebec’s towns ($300,000)
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-Thomas: Joliette, Saint-Paul and Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
The places around Saint-Thomas at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Thomas | $280K | $290K | 74% | |
| Joliette | $250K | $279K | 37% | 7.2 |
| Saint-Paul | $260K | $284K | 82% | 7.3 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | $250K | $284K | 69% | 7.9 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | $300K | $323K | 47% | 9.8 |
| Sainte-Élisabeth | $250K | $246K | 82% | 10.5 |
| Lanoraie | $286K | $334K | 77% | 10.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Thomas
How many households in Saint-Thomas are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Saint-Thomas, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Saint-Thomas expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Saint-Thomas sits mid-table among Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
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).