Photo: Philippe Grégoire · CC BY-SA 3.0The middle home in Scott is valued at $250,000
The census of 2021 asked 825 owner households what their home was worth. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Quebec; the census value stands in for Scott. Single-family homes are on the 2026 roll at a median $319,800; the roll values them as of July 1, 2024.
Scott’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $270K
- Owners
- 825
- 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 median house in Scott was built in 2002, later than 1981 for Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Scott’s dwellings at 67% in single-family houses, 17% in buildings of six units or more and 7% in plexes. The roll also counts 38 chalets, at a median $137,950.
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.
85% of Scott’s homes are detached houses, where Quebec’s towns have 59%
The 2021 census counted 1,035 occupied homes in Scott. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Scott | 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 | 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.
Scott against Quebec’s towns: 17% under the $300,000 median
The census values of Quebec’s towns, 510 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Scott: Saint-Bernard, Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Hénédine
Next to Scott: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $250K | $270K | 80% | |
| Saint-Bernard | $230K | $244K | 79% | 4.6 |
| Sainte-Marie | $240K | $259K | 71% | 7.4 |
| Saint-Isidore | $246K | $249K | 81% | 7.7 |
| Saint-Elzéar | $220K | $234K | 80% | 11.1 |
| Sainte-Hénédine | $200K | $225K | 84% | 11.4 |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage | $200K | $214K | 78% | 12.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Scott
How many households in Scott are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts under 1% of Scott’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 3% of Quebec’s towns.
Is Scott expensive for Quebec?
On census values, Scott sits among the cheaper of Quebec’s towns (median $300,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · 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).