Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0The middle home in Val-d'Or is valued at $280,000
Behind it are the answers of 9,190 owners at the 2021 census. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. For Val-d'Or there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. For property tax, the 2025 roll sets the median single-family home at $338,500, on July 1, 2023 market values.
Two ways to price a home in Val-d'Or
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
- $302K
- Owners
- 9,190
- 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).
Duplexes to fiveplexes house 28% of Val-d'Or, beside 16% for Quebec’s towns
By kind of building, Val-d'Or’s dwellings on the roll split 49% in single-family houses, 28% in plexes and 15% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 552 chalets as well, at $84,000 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.
30% of Val-d'Or lives in apartments, where Quebec’s towns have 22%
At the 2021 census, Val-d'Or had 15,035 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Val-d'Or | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Building behind Quebec’s towns: 10.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Val-d'Or, against 15.1
Building permits added 924 homes in Val-d'Or between 2018 and 2023: some 154 a year. About 34% went into single-unit buildings, where Quebec’s towns built 39%.
A peak in 2021: 238 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.
Val-d'Or against Quebec’s towns: about level with 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.
Lower values near Val-d'Or: Malartic, Rivière-Héva and Barraute
The places around Val-d'Or at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. No closer places have figures: these lie 25–39 km from Val-d'Or.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-d'Or | $280K | $302K | 61% | |
| Malartic | $200K | $196K | 58% | 24.7 |
| Rivière-Héva | $250K | $259K | 94% | 30.6 |
| Barraute | $150K | $169K | 77% | 38.8 |
| Senneterre | $192K | $210K | 89% | 38.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Val-d'Or
How many households in Val-d'Or are in core housing need?
3% of Val-d'Or’s households, near the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Is Val-d'Or expensive for Quebec?
In the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, and so, near enough, does Val-d'Or.
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).