Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Little is being built in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier: 2.9 new homes a year per 1,000, against 15.1 for Quebec’s towns
The middle home was worth $250,000 at the 2021 census, the average $288,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier. For property tax, the 2024 roll sets the median single-family home at $309,900, on July 1, 2022 market values.
What Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $288K
- Owners
- 755
- 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).
What each kind of home in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier is worth on the roll
By kind of building, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier’s dwellings on the roll split 79% in single-family houses, 13% in plexes and 4% 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.
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 960 occupied homes in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier; 81% of them are single-detached houses. 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-Geneviève-de-Berthier | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
2023 was the year Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier built most: 4 new homes permitted
Over 2018–2023, 17 homes were permitted in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, close to 3 each year. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
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-Geneviève-de-Berthier against Quebec’s towns: 17% under 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-Geneviève-de-Berthier: Berthierville, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel and Saint-Cuthbert
Next to Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | $250K | $288K | 81% | |
| Berthierville | $224K | $250K | 40% | 4.1 |
| Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola | $278K | $299K | 74% | 8.4 |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel | $130K | $157K | 38% | 9.1 |
| Saint-Cuthbert | $200K | $227K | 78% | 9.8 |
| Sorel-Tracy | $200K | $240K | 60% | 10.4 |
| Sainte-Élisabeth | $250K | $246K | 82% | 11.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier
How many households in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Quebec’s towns (3%): under 1% in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier expensive for Quebec?
Cheaper than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier 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).