Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0On Québec’s property roll, houses in Shefford are valued 60% above the median of Quebec’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $348,000; the average was $416,000. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Shefford the census value is the measure. Shefford permitted around 47 new homes a year over 2018–2023.
Two ways to price a home in Shefford
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $416K
- Owners
- 2,660
- 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).
The median house in Shefford was built in 1997, later than 1981 for Quebec’s towns
Shefford’s roll counts its dwellings 88% in single-family houses and 4% in plexes. There are 36 chalets on it too, with a median of $317,250.
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: 92% of the homes in Shefford stand alone (Quebec’s towns: 59%)
People lived in 2,910 homes in Shefford at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shefford | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 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.
Shefford permitted 17.8 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Most were houses: 90% went into single-unit buildings, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 70 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.
Shefford is 16% above 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Shefford: Waterloo, Granby and Roxton Pond
Next to Shefford: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shefford | $348K | $416K | 92% | |
| Bromont | $448K | $537K | 76% | 7.3 |
| Waterloo | $234K | $265K | 57% | 8.3 |
| Granby | $270K | $297K | 54% | 9.7 |
| Roxton Pond | $260K | $311K | 82% | 12.4 |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford | $300K | $326K | 83% | 12.5 |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby | $276K | $294K | 89% | 13.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shefford
How many households in Shefford are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 1% of Shefford’s households in core housing need, much as for Quebec’s towns (3%).
Is Shefford expensive for Quebec?
Yes: Shefford’s census median is above 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).