Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Since 2001, Shannon has built 54% of the homes it has today; Quebec’s towns, 21%
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $380,000; the average was $384,800. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. For Shannon there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. Single-family homes are on the 2025 roll at a median $461,100; the roll values them as of July 1, 2023.
Shannon’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $385K
- Owners
- 1,710
- 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).
Built in 2008: the median house in Shannon, where Quebec’s towns sit at 1981
The roll puts Shannon’s dwellings at 64% in single-family houses, 23% in buildings of six units or more and 12% in plexes.
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 Shannon’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 2,330 occupied homes in Shannon; 72% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shannon | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 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.
Shannon against Quebec’s towns: 27% over 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 Shannon: Fossambault-sur-le-Lac, Val-Bélair and Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
Next to Shannon: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | $380K | $385K | 73% | |
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | $340K | $381K | 91% | 7.5 |
| Val-Bélair | $290K | $293K | 74% | 8.1 |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | $300K | $310K | 85% | 8.2 |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | $274K | $279K | 89% | 10.6 |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | $348K | $363K | 80% | 11.5 |
| Loretteville | $284K | $290K | 60% | 12 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shannon
How many households in Shannon are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Shannon, where Quebec’s towns sit at 3%.
Is Shannon expensive for Quebec?
Above the norm for Quebec’s towns, whose median home is worth $300,000; Shannon’s is worth more.
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).