Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Yamaska are worth 33% less than the median of Quebec’s towns
In figures: $200,000 for the median home in 2021, $300,000 for the middle of Quebec’s towns. For Yamaska there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. For property tax, the 2024 roll sets the median single-family home at $261,800, on July 1, 2022 market values.
Two ways to price a home in Yamaska
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Quebec’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $220K
- Owners
- 590
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2022
- 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).
Yamaska’s houses are older than most: the median dates from 1973 (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
Yamaska’s roll counts its dwellings 61% in single-family houses, 20% in plexes and 2% in buildings of six units or more. It lists 137 chalets as well, at $196,500 in the middle.
Median roll value by kind, 2024 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2024 (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.
12% of Yamaska’s homes need major repairs, against 6% for Quebec’s towns
795 occupied homes stood in Yamaska in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 80% of 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
| Yamaska | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Yamaska permitted 11.1 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Some 8 homes a year: 48 in all were permitted in Yamaska from 2018 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 39% for Quebec’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 23 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.
Yamaska is cheaper than most of Quebec’s towns: 33% under their $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 Yamaska: Saint-François-du-Lac and Pierreville
Next to Yamaska: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaska | $200K | $220K | 75% | |
| Saint-Robert | $200K | $238K | 86% | 4.7 |
| Saint-François-du-Lac | $160K | $194K | 75% | 9.8 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel | $250K | $288K | 85% | 11.3 |
| Pierreville | $160K | $192K | 68% | 11.4 |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | $250K | $289K | 86% | 14.3 |
| Sorel-Tracy | $200K | $240K | 60% | 15.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yamaska
Is Yamaska expensive for Quebec?
No: Yamaska’s census median is below the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Yamaska are in core housing need?
In line with Quebec’s towns (3%): 5% in Yamaska, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).