Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0New building in Sainte-Barbe runs at 71.2 homes a year per 1,000, beside 15.1 for Quebec’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $348,000 and an average of $390,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Sainte-Barbe. On the 2024 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $415,100, valued as of July 1, 2022.
Two ways to price a home in Sainte-Barbe
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $390K
- Owners
- 540
- 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).
The roll values plexes in Sainte-Barbe at $573,700, 39% more than across Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of Sainte-Barbe: 63% in single-family houses, 12% in plexes and 9% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 136 chalets as well, at $366,500 in the middle.
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.
How Sainte-Barbe’s homes break down, by age and kind
730 occupied homes stood in Sainte-Barbe in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 85% of them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sainte-Barbe | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
The peak came in 2021, when Sainte-Barbe permitted 86 new homes
Sainte-Barbe issued permits for 282 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 47 a year. About 29% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
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.
Sainte-Barbe against Quebec’s towns: 16% over 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 Sainte-Barbe: Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Godmanchester and Les Coteaux
The places around Sainte-Barbe at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Barbe | $348K | $390K | 76% | |
| Saint-Zotique | $348K | $371K | 73% | 7.6 |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | $300K | $345K | 86% | 8.5 |
| Godmanchester | $250K | $272K | 78% | 8.7 |
| Les Coteaux | $302K | $330K | 67% | 10.1 |
| Huntingdon | $184K | $198K | 55% | 10.9 |
| Rivière-Beaudette | $376K | $390K | 89% | 11.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sainte-Barbe
How many households in Sainte-Barbe are in core housing need?
under 1% of Sainte-Barbe’s households, under 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 Sainte-Barbe expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Sainte-Barbe ranks among the dearer of 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).