Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Sainte-Claire run 33% lower than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners put the median home at $200,000 at the 2021 census; for Quebec’s towns the median is $300,000. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Sainte-Claire. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $239,200, on July 1, 2023 market values.
Sainte-Claire’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $211K
- Owners
- 1,095
- 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).
Sainte-Claire’s plexes have a median roll value of $277,100, 33% under Quebec’s towns
Sainte-Claire’s roll counts its dwellings 69% in single-family houses, 14% in plexes and 11% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 72 chalets as well, at $112,200 in the middle.
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.
How Sainte-Claire’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 1,585 homes people lived in across Sainte-Claire at the 2021 census, 70% 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
| Sainte-Claire | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 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.
Permits in Sainte-Claire ran at 15.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Some 26 homes a year: 153 in all were permitted in Sainte-Claire from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 48% in single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2019: 42 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.
Sainte-Claire is 33% below 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.
Lower values near Sainte-Claire: Saint-Malachie
The places around Sainte-Claire at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Claire | $200K | $211K | 71% | |
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse | $200K | $191K | 74% | 7.9 |
| Sainte-Hénédine | $200K | $225K | 84% | 8.3 |
| Saint-Anselme | $224K | $226K | 73% | 8.6 |
| Sainte-Marguerite | $200K | $208K | 75% | 10.4 |
| Saint-Malachie | $176K | $189K | 87% | 12 |
| Saint-Gervais | $224K | $227K | 74% | 12.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sainte-Claire
How many households in Sainte-Claire are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Sainte-Claire, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Sainte-Claire expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Sainte-Claire to less.
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).