Land prices · 15 regions and 15 cities · 2016-2026
One page per region and per major city, same Centris query: the median price of lots and land sold every year since 2016, the number of sales, the 2021 peak and, for cities, the weight of the lot in the price of a house.
Across the 15 regions tracked (48,761 lots and parcels sold on Centris since 2016), the median lot went from $55,500 in 2016 to $70,000 in 2021 and $100,000 in 2026 (Jan. to Sept.): +118% in ten years (8.1% a year), +47% since 2021. Sales went from 2,801 in 2016 to 7,887 at the 2021 peak, then 4,889 in 2025; the peak falls in 2021 in 11 regions out of 15, the lot doubled in 8 and it is at its highest in 2026 in 10. In the 15 cities where at least 10 lots sell a year, the median lot is worth $199,000 (+192% in ten years against +136% for the house) and weighs 45% of the median house price, against 38% in 2016. Most expensive regions: Island of Montreal ($325,000), Laval ($278,750), Montérégie ($250,000); cheapest: Abitibi-Témiscamingue ($66,075), Bas-Saint-Laurent ($59,901), Côte-Nord ($40,000). Source: Centris (Matrix), Land category, compiled October 8, 2026.
Median price of lots and land sold on Centris in 2016, 2021 and 2026 (January to September), 2016-2026 increase, and number of sales in 2016, 2021 and 2025, all municipalities of the region combined.
| Region | 2016 | 2021 | 2026 | 2016-2026 | Sales 2016 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island of Montreal | $240,000 | $327,500 | $325,000 | +35% | 71 | 123 | 91 |
| Laval | $100,000 | $204,444 | $278,750 | +179% | 64 | 86 | 56 |
| Montérégie | $92,500 | $139,700 | $250,000 | +170% | 441 | 765 | 522 |
| Estrie | $65,000 | $110,000 | $185,000 | +185% | 425 | 1,046 | 605 |
| Centre-du-Québec | $55,500 | $80,000 | $165,000 | +197% | 84 | 174 | 124 |
| Capitale-Nationale | $80,000 | $100,000 | $145,000 | +81% | 219 | 611 | 385 |
| Laurentides | $49,000 | $69,000 | $110,000 | +124% | 548 | 1,999 | 926 |
| Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | $33,500 | $49,250 | $100,000 | +199% | 52 | 181 | 122 |
| Lanaudière | $43,500 | $55,403 | $95,000 | +118% | 260 | 927 | 598 |
| Outaouais | $59,500 | $72,250 | $90,000 | +51% | 265 | 846 | 435 |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | $63,000 | $70,000 | $85,000 | +35% | 137 | 345 | 347 |
| Mauricie | $43,500 | $44,285 | $82,000 | +89% | 96 | 354 | 263 |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | $22,750 | $50,000 | $66,075 | +190% | 64 | 209 | 137 |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | $45,000 | $40,750 | $59,901 | +33% | 65 | 184 | 232 |
| Côte-Nord | $26,468 | $32,000 | $40,000 | +51% | 10 | 37 | 46 |
Median price 2016 and 2026, increase, 2025 sales, median single-family house 2026 and share of the lot in the house price.
| City | 2016 | 2026 | 2016-2026 | Sales 2025 | House 2026 | Lot ÷ house |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrebonne | $98,000 | $450,000 | +359% | 16 | $599,000 | 75% |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | $75,000 | $299,000 | +299% | 30 | $577,000 | 52% |
| Saint-Jérôme | $80,000 | $265,000 | +231% | 23 | $547,500 | 48% |
| Gatineau | $135,000 | $233,925 | +73% | 39 | $490,000 | 48% |
| Quebec City | $120,000 | $227,500 | +90% | 76 | $480,000 | 47% |
| Granby | $69,000 | $220,000 | +219% | 26 | $462,543 | 48% |
| Drummondville | $38,000 | $200,000 | +426% | 19 | $429,900 | 47% |
| Sherbrooke | $71,250 | $199,000 | +179% | 51 | $458,500 | 43% |
| Magog | $65,000 | $190,000 | +192% | 49 | $600,000 | 32% |
| Lévis | $135,000 | $180,000 | +33% | 34 | $440,000 | 41% |
| Trois-Rivières | $41,982 | $142,950 | +241% | 40 | $410,000 | 35% |
| Sainte-Adèle | $48,000 | $125,000 | +160% | 47 | n/a | n/a |
| Saguenay | $75,000 | $92,500 | +23% | 61 | $366,000 | 25% |
| Val-d'Or | $20,000 | $90,000 | +350% | 24 | $400,000 | 22% |
| Rouyn-Noranda | $30,000 | $48,000 | +60% | 36 | $370,000 | 13% |
Land followed the house, with a sales peak the house never had. In 2021, 7,887 lots and parcels sold across the 15 regions, almost three times the 2016 volume: pandemic buyers, pushed out of cities by prices and freed by remote work, bought recreational lots, woodlots and building lots in the Laurentians, the Eastern Townships, Lanaudière and the Outaouais. The stock was not replenished, and the median price kept rising after the wave: $70,000 in 2021, $100,000 in 2026, +47% in five years in median across regions. Gaps between regions run from one to ten: Island of Montreal ($325,000), Laval ($278,750), Montérégie ($250,000) on one side, Abitibi-Témiscamingue ($66,075), Bas-Saint-Laurent ($59,901), Côte-Nord ($40,000) on the other, because the median mixes serviced lots near cities and parcels far from everything. In the cities, the lot weighs 45% of the median house price in 2026 against 38% in 2016, and it rose faster than the house in 9 cities out of 15: building new starts with ground that costs what a house cost ten years ago.
Centris's Land category groups residential lots, woodlots and farmland sold through a broker, of every size: the median says where the middle of what sold sits, not the price per square foot. A region whose median rises may simply have sold more serviced lots that year; a city whose median falls, more farmland. Read three-year trends and the number of sales beside them. The cities retained have at least 10 land sales in at least 9 of 11 years; the others are covered by their region. The house is the median price of single-family houses (home prices by city). Lots sold without a broker or in bulk by developers are not in Centris.
Statistics module of Centris (Matrix), October 8, 2026 query: Land category, median sale price and number of sales by year over ten years, for each administrative region (all municipalities selected) and for 15 cities. Only aggregates are published. The same cities have their home prices, homes for sale and inventory and real estate statistics pages.
Because demand changed in nature within a year. Before 2020, land sold mostly to builders and to households building near their city; in 2020-2021, remote-work and recreational buyers bought 14,000 lots and parcels in two years across the 15 regions, and the ready-to-build, serviced lots near a lake or a highway exit went first. What is left for sale is farther or less serviced, and what is well located trades at the price of a house ten years ago.
We publish the cities where at least 10 lots sell a year on Centris; elsewhere, the region's page gives the trend. A broker from the team can pull comparable land sales for any municipality.
Our other data series, all built from Centris listings:
Each series is recalculated from actual sales or leases, city by city, aggregates only.
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