Basement, fireplace, heating · 52 cities · Centris 2016-2026
One page per city, same definitions, same source: the median price of houses sold with a fully finished basement, with a fireplace or stove and with forced air, against all houses, from 2016 to 2026.
Across the 52 cities tracked, at the median in 2026: fully finished basement +5% on the median house price, fireplace or stove +7%, forced-air heating +8%. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 21, 2026.
At the median across the 52 cities tracked, a house with a fully finished basement sells for +5% against the median house in 2026 ($28,875 more), a house with a fireplace or stove for +7% ($40,750 more) and a house heated by forced air for +8% ($55,000 more). The fully finished basement is already the norm: 67% of houses sold (median of the cities), against 5% with an unfinished basement.
| City | Median house 2026 | Finished basement premium | Share | Finished vs unfinished | Fireplace premium | Share | Forced air premium | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept-Îles | $285,000 | +36% | 42.0% | +21% | +25% | 22.7% | n/a | 1.1% |
| Sainte-Adèle | $552,500 | +21% | 44.9% | +53% | +3% | 84.3% | +21% | 21.7% |
| Rouyn-Noranda | $372,000 | +15% | 47.4% | +56% | +3% | 29.5% | -6% | 12.3% |
| Val-d'Or | $393,000 | +15% | 47.3% | +37% | +13% | 26.1% | n/a | 3.6% |
| Granby | $462,500 | +12% | 53.0% | +24% | +9% | 33.8% | -4% | 20.6% |
| Beaconsfield | $990,000 | +11% | 70.7% | +16% | +9% | 59.2% | +8% | 79.3% |
| Drummondville | $429,900 | +11% | 51.8% | +37% | +4% | 28.5% | +10% | 17.5% |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | $577,000 | +9% | 62.8% | +30% | +5% | 38.2% | +18% | 30.9% |
| Joliette | $454,000 | +8% | 52.4% | +17% | +1% | 43.8% | 0% | 17.1% |
| Pointe-Claire | $740,444 | +8% | 60.8% | +18% | +9% | 35.9% | +9% | 52.7% |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | $502,500 | +8% | 59.3% | +22% | +6% | 41.7% | +8% | 26.0% |
| Sorel-Tracy | $386,000 | +8% | 42.8% | +57% | +5% | 33.5% | -3% | 22.7% |
| Trois-Rivières | $405,000 | +8% | 52.4% | +45% | +8% | 34.5% | -7% | 23.8% |
| Victoriaville | $361,250 | +8% | 55.1% | +32% | +2% | 39.6% | -9% | 16.7% |
| Sainte-Thérèse | $650,000 | +7% | 71.6% | +42% | +11% | 55.2% | +8% | 41.4% |
| Quebec City | $480,000 | +7% | 56.6% | +19% | +15% | 34.4% | +1% | 22.1% |
| Lévis | $444,900 | +6% | 56.6% | +15% | +8% | 38.4% | +4% | 18.8% |
| Mirabel | $650,000 | +6% | 65.9% | +11% | +13% | 38.7% | +28% | 28.7% |
| Rimouski | $394,000 | +6% | 51.0% | +33% | +5% | 42.3% | +2% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Lambert | $1,120,000 | +6% | 71.3% | +22% | +6% | 67.6% | +6% | 57.4% |
| Terrebonne | $595,500 | +6% | 72.2% | +9% | +7% | 47.8% | +24% | 30.2% |
| Brossard | $734,200 | +5% | 78.4% | +7% | +10% | 36.0% | +9% | 54.6% |
| Candiac | $860,000 | +5% | 78.5% | +30% | +22% | 50.6% | +16% | 60.5% |
| Chambly | $685,000 | +5% | 74.4% | +16% | +11% | 44.0% | +19% | 48.3% |
| Châteauguay | $520,000 | +5% | 66.8% | +21% | +3% | 33.0% | -2% | 40.2% |
| Dorval | $720,000 | +5% | 63.6% | +25% | +4% | 36.4% | +4% | 59.6% |
| Gatineau | $489,500 | +5% | 68.8% | +8% | +14% | 27.7% | +8% | 56.2% |
| L'Île-Perrot | $580,000 | +5% | 64.1% | n/a | +1% | 31.2% | +10% | 39.1% |
| Rosemère | $845,000 | +5% | 59.6% | +37% | +4% | 69.3% | +8% | 58.8% |
| Saguenay | $366,000 | +5% | 58.1% | +45% | +7% | 36.7% | -8% | 14.4% |
| Beloeil | $625,000 | +4% | 73.4% | +19% | +2% | 37.5% | +6% | 48.4% |
| Blainville | $772,500 | +4% | 82.2% | +7% | +18% | 63.3% | +39% | 46.9% |
| Longueuil | $602,000 | +4% | 64.5% | +13% | +5% | 30.2% | +3% | 31.4% |
| Sherbrooke | $457,000 | +4% | 69.1% | +27% | +13% | 34.6% | +3% | 12.5% |
| Westmount | $2,298,750 | +4% | 71.7% | +75% | +9% | 53.1% | +14% | 26.9% |
| Boucherville | $810,000 | +3% | 71.2% | +8% | +10% | 61.0% | +9% | 59.3% |
| Laval | $632,250 | +3% | 70.2% | +20% | +11% | 36.4% | +8% | 40.1% |
| Magog | $594,500 | +3% | 50.7% | +43% | +18% | 65.2% | +41% | 18.4% |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | $825,000 | +3% | 79.3% | +18% | +7% | 59.6% | +6% | 59.1% |
| Saint-Jérôme | $545,000 | +3% | 67.4% | +16% | +6% | 44.8% | +10% | 25.6% |
| Varennes | $636,000 | +3% | 75.0% | n/a | +18% | 50.8% | +23% | 37.1% |
| Kirkland | $965,000 | +2% | 70.5% | -2% | +2% | 57.4% | +4% | 70.5% |
| Mascouche | $612,500 | +2% | 69.5% | +18% | +5% | 42.4% | +17% | 33.9% |
| Repentigny | $589,000 | +2% | 74.0% | +18% | +4% | 48.1% | +4% | 34.3% |
| Saint-Constant | $616,000 | +2% | 71.8% | +11% | -1% | 35.0% | +10% | 21.8% |
| Sainte-Julie | $669,000 | +2% | 73.8% | n/a | +3% | 52.8% | +22% | 27.7% |
| Boisbriand | $630,000 | +1% | 70.7% | n/a | +6% | 41.4% | +15% | 27.8% |
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux | $790,000 | +1% | 80.0% | 0% | +10% | 45.5% | +1% | 79.6% |
| La Prairie | $733,000 | +1% | 82.5% | +16% | +13% | 35.6% | +18% | 33.9% |
| Montreal | $750,000 | +1% | 63.5% | +17% | +13% | 27.9% | +11% | 33.8% |
| Saint-Zotique | $564,500 | +1% | 57.8% | +3% | +8% | 26.5% | +20% | 18.6% |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | $609,454 | +1% | 70.9% | +2% | -1% | 27.7% | +7% | 38.3% |
Highest finished-basement premiums: Sept-Îles (+36%), Sainte-Adèle (+21%), Rouyn-Noranda (+15%); never negative. Fireplace or stove: Sept-Îles (+25%), Candiac (+22%), Blainville (+18%) at the top, negative in 2 cities. Forced air: Magog (+41%), Blainville (+39%), Mirabel (+28%) at the top, negative in 7 cities.
The most telling comparison is direct: in the 48 cities out of 52 where houses with an unfinished basement are numerous enough, the median gap between a fully finished and an unfinished basement is +19%. The gap against all houses is smaller because a finished basement is already the norm: 67% of houses sold have one (median of the cities).
The premium compares the median price of houses with the feature with the median price of all houses sold in the city the same year. It measures the typical house with that feature, not the value of a renovation: a house with a fireplace or forced air may also be larger or from another era. Centris has no "heat pump" field: forced air (ducts) is the system a central heat pump connects to.
Centris (Matrix) Statistics module, queried on October 21, 2026 with the same parameters for each city: Single-family category, closed sales, median sale price and number of sales per year from 2016 to 2026 (2026 from January to September), with no criterion and then with "Basement" fully finished, "Basement" unfinished, "Fireplace-Stove" (8 types) and "Heating (mode)" forced air. Fewer than 10 sales: median left blank. Aggregates only. Past results do not guarantee the future.
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Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
In general, a chartered appraiser separates above-grade rooms from the basement, even finished: a square foot of basement does not count like a square foot on the main floor. That is why a comparison with real sales is useful.
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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.
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