Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Sainte-Catherine are valued 45% above the median of Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $348,000, with an average of $362,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Sainte-Catherine.
What Sainte-Catherine’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $362K
- Owners
- 5,075
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2024
- 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-Catherine at $627,900, 52% more than across Quebec’s towns
On Sainte-Catherine’s roll, the dwellings sit 61% in single-family houses, 14% in plexes, 12% in buildings of six units or more and 12% in condos.
Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (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.
31% of Sainte-Catherine lives in apartments, where Quebec’s towns have 22%
People lived in 6,910 homes in Sainte-Catherine at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sainte-Catherine | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 Sainte-Catherine ran at 11.2 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Some 70 homes a year: 420 in all were permitted in Sainte-Catherine from 2018 to 2023. Only 2% went into single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2022: 171 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 19%: 31,370 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Montréal metro area)
Sainte-Catherine is 16% above the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
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.
Sainte-Catherine’s neighbours by home value
The places around Sainte-Catherine at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine | $348K | $362K | 74% | |
| Delson | $352K | $372K | 68% | 1.9 |
| Saint-Constant | $400K | $409K | 77% | 2.5 |
| Candiac | $500K | $605K | 80% | 4.1 |
| Sault-Saint-Louis | $500K | $562K | 44% | 5.7 |
| Desmarchais-Crawford | $650K | $645K | 33% | 5.9 |
| Ville-Émard | $552K | $565K | 36% | 6.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sainte-Catherine
How many households in Sainte-Catherine are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Sainte-Catherine’s households in core housing need, much as for Quebec’s towns (3%).
Is Sainte-Catherine expensive for Quebec?
Yes: Sainte-Catherine’s census median is above the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
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).