Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainA median $250,000: what owners say homes in Sainte-Mélanie are worth
Behind it are the answers of 1,130 owners at the 2021 census. Sale prices aren’t published in Quebec: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Sainte-Mélanie. The town’s assessors, on the 2025 roll, put the median house at $339,750 (market of July 1, 2023).
What Sainte-Mélanie’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $285K
- Owners
- 1,130
- 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-Mélanie on the property roll, kind by kind
On Sainte-Mélanie’s roll, the dwellings sit 79% in single-family houses, 13% in plexes and 4% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 54 chalets as well, at $146,150 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.
A town of houses: 88% of the homes in Sainte-Mélanie stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
Sainte-Mélanie had 1,390 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sainte-Mélanie | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 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.
Permits in Sainte-Mélanie ran at 15.7 homes a year per 1,000, near the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 118 homes were permitted in Sainte-Mélanie, close to 20 each year. Most were houses: 79% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2022: 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.
Sainte-Mélanie 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.
Sainte-Mélanie’s neighbours by home value
Next to Sainte-Mélanie: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Mélanie | $250K | $285K | 81% | |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes | $250K | $264K | 77% | 4.7 |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare | $276K | $295K | 76% | 5.5 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois | $250K | $269K | 69% | 6.8 |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare | $250K | $275K | 82% | 7.2 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | $300K | $323K | 47% | 9.1 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies | $250K | $284K | 69% | 9.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sainte-Mélanie
How many households in Sainte-Mélanie are in core housing need?
In Sainte-Mélanie, under 1% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Sainte-Mélanie expensive for Quebec?
Less than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Sainte-Mélanie sits below it.
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).