Photo: Fairchild Aviation Limited (d'après l'inscription dans le coin inférieur droit de la photo) · Public domainShawinigan sits 50% below Quebec’s towns on home values
In figures: $150,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. There is no public record of sale prices in Quebec, which leaves the census value as the guide for Shawinigan. On the 2025 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $237,300, valued as of July 1, 2023.
Shawinigan’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $181K
- Owners
- 14,130
- 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).
Shawinigan’s plexes have a median roll value of $206,300, 50% under Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Shawinigan’s dwellings at 48% in single-family houses, 30% in plexes and 20% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 500 chalets as well, at $281,000 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.
42% of Shawinigan’s homes predate 1961, against 21% for Quebec’s towns
The 2021 census counted 25,060 occupied homes in Shawinigan; 50% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shawinigan | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 Shawinigan ran at 8.8 homes a year per 1,000, where Quebec’s towns ran at 15.1
Some 264 homes a year: 1,583 in all were permitted in Shawinigan from 2018 to 2023. 38% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
Most in 2018: 477 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.
Shawinigan against Quebec’s towns: 50% 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.
Home values around Shawinigan
The places around Shawinigan at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawinigan | $150K | $181K | 56% | |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | $180K | $205K | 88% | 10.6 |
| Saint-Boniface | $200K | $231K | 83% | 11.5 |
| Hérouxville | $155K | $186K | 92% | 12.5 |
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | $200K | $231K | 92% | 13 |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | $200K | $229K | 85% | 16.3 |
| Saint-Narcisse | $174K | $186K | 75% | 19.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shawinigan
Is Shawinigan expensive for Quebec?
No: Shawinigan’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Shawinigan are in core housing need?
In Shawinigan, 3% 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.
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).