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Property prices in Sainte-Sophie · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes from 2001 on make up 55% of Sainte-Sophie, where Quebec’s towns have 21%

Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $300,000, the average one $324,400. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Quebec, so nothing here says what Sainte-Sophie’s homes actually sold for. The municipal roll for 2026 values single-family homes at a median $429,450, at July 1, 2024 prices.

Median home value
$300K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $324K
Property roll value
$429K
single-family homes, roll 2026
market at July 1, 2024
New homes a year
152
permits, 2018–2023
20.6 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
5,655
census 2021
79% of households
What homes are worth

Sainte-Sophie’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.

Census 2021$300K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$324K
Owners
5,655
Quebec’s towns
$300K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Property roll 2026$429K

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 by kind

Sainte-Sophie’s houses are newer than most: the median dates from 2000 (Quebec’s towns: 1981)

By kind of building, Sainte-Sophie’s dwellings on the roll split 68% in single-family houses, 27% in plexes and 2% in buildings of six units or more. There are 124 chalets on it too, with a median of $174,650.

Value by kind

Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Detached houses$430K
Semi-detached and row$316K
Plexes (2–5 units), a building$504K
Chalets$175K
Mobile homes$91K
Dwellings on the roll

Dwellings by kind of building

Single-family houses68%
Plexes27%
Buildings of 6+ units2%
2000
year the median house was built (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
18%
of dwellings built since 2016
7,907
dwellings on the roll

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.

The homes

How Sainte-Sophie’s homes break down, by age and kind

Of the 7,210 homes people lived in across Sainte-Sophie at the 2021 census, 76% were single-detached houses.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns

Before 19618%
1961–198020%
1981–200017%
2001–201542%
2016–202113%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses76%
Semi-detached houses4%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplex17%
Apartments, under 5 storeys3%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Sainte-SophieQuebecCanada
Condominiums4%8%8%
Needing major repairs5%6%6%
Too small for the household4%2%3%
Households in core housing need4%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.

New homes

Permits in Sainte-Sophie ran at 20.6 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1

Sainte-Sophie issued permits for 910 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 152 a year. 61% were single-unit buildings, beside 39% for Quebec’s towns.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2020: 242 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0100200300201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Sainte-Sophie20.6
Quebec’s towns15.1
The typical Canadian town13.8
$31M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Quebec

Sainte-Sophie sits close to 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Sainte-Sophie: Saint-Lin--Laurentides

Next to Sainte-Sophie: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

Saint-JérômeSaint-HippolytePrévostSainte-Anne-des-PlainesSainte-Anne-des-LacsSaint-Lin--LaurentidesSaint-JérômeSaint-HippolytePrévostSainte-Anne-des-PlainesSainte-Anne-des-LacsSaint-Lin--LaurentidesSainte-Sophie
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Sainte-Sophie$300K$324K79%
Saint-Jérôme$300K$311K51%7.2
Saint-Hippolyte$324K$374K85%9.7
Prévost$348K$384K85%9.8
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines$300K$306K68%11.9
Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs$420K$528K86%14.2
Saint-Lin--Laurentides$280K$290K71%14.4

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Sainte-Sophie

How many households in Sainte-Sophie are in core housing need?

In Sainte-Sophie, 4% of households are in core housing need, close to the 3% of 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-Sophie expensive for Quebec?

About average: Sainte-Sophie’s census median is close to 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).