Land prices · Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean · 2016-2026
The median price of lots and land sold on Centris in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean every year since 2016, with the number of sales, the 2021 peak, the ten-year increase. Centris aggregates, Land category, nothing estimated.
In the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, the median lot sold on Centris was worth $100,000 in 2026 (Jan. to Sept.), against $33,500 in 2016 and $49,250 in 2021: +199% in ten years, +103% since 2021. 122 lots and parcels sold in 2025, against 52 in 2016; the sales peak is 2021 (181), the year pandemic buyers were looking for space. Within the region, the cities where enough lots sell for a median: Saguenay ($92,500). It is one of the strongest increases among the 30 areas tracked (median +118% for regions). Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 8, 2026.
The short answer
In the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, the median lot sold on Centris was worth $100,000 in 2026 (Jan. to Sept.), against $33,500 in 2016 and $49,250 in 2021: +199% in ten years, +103% since 2021. 122 lots and parcels sold in 2025, against 52 in 2016; the sales peak is 2021 (181), the year pandemic buyers were looking for space. Within the region, the cities where enough lots sell for a median: Saguenay ($92,500). It is one of the strongest increases among the 30 areas tracked (median +118% for regions).
Median price and land sales by year
| Year | Median lot | Lots sold |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $33,500 | 52 |
| 2017 | $49,000 | 71 |
| 2018 | $50,000 | 65 |
| 2019 | $45,500 | 88 |
| 2020 | $49,900 | 120 |
| 2021 | $49,250 | 181 |
| 2022 | $76,000 | 119 |
| 2023 | $53,750 | 96 |
| 2024 | $65,000 | 107 |
| 2025 | $85,500 | 122 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sept.) | $100,000 | 74 |
Land category, all municipalities of the region, median sale price and number of sales by year, Centris (Matrix), October 8, 2026 harvest. 2026: January to September.
What ten years of land sales say in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
- Ten years: +199% (11.6% a year); 2019 to 2021: +8%; 2021 to 2026: +103%. The peak is 2026 ($100,000), the trough 2016 ($33,500); down in 2019, 2021, 2023.
- Sales: 52 in 2016, 181 in 2021, 122 in 2025 (+135% in nine years, -33% since 2021), 74 from January to September 2026; 1,095 lots and parcels sold since 2016 in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
- Across the 15 regions tracked, the median lot went from $55,500 in 2016 to $70,000 in 2021 and $100,000 in 2026 (+118%); land sales went from 2,801 in 2016 to 7,887 at the 2021 peak and 4,889 in 2025. The sales peak falls in 2021 in 11 regions out of 15; the lot doubled in 8; it is at its highest in 2026 in 10.
- 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.
What it changes for buying or selling a lot in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
In the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, land has been the asset that rose the most: +199% in ten years, more than the house in most of the region's cities. The 2020-2021 wave, when 181 lots sold in a single year, drained the stock of ready-to-build lots and recreational land; what has sold since costs twice as much. For a land seller, the price is negotiated on recent sales of the same type, residential, wooded or agricultural, not on the region's median; for a buyer who wants to build, the lot has become a real share of the budget, to check against servicing and construction costs before signing. The region's cities with their own page: Saguenay.
How to read these figures
One price and one number of sales per year for Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean as a whole, all municipalities combined. The number of sales is the reliability benchmark: 74 sales in 2026 and 122 in 2025 give a reliable median; under 20 sales, a few transactions move it. 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. Lots sold without a broker, between neighbours or in bulk by developers, are not in Centris: the statistic describes the brokered market, not every transfer.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a lot in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean in 2026?
$100,000 in median in 2026 (January to September, 74 sales), against $33,500 in 2016 and $49,250 in 2021. Residential lots, farmland and woodlots combined, sold through a broker.
Have land prices risen a lot in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean?
The median lot rose +199% in ten years in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, against +118% in median across regions. Most of the increase came with the 2020-2021 buying wave (181 sales in 2021), which emptied the stock of ready-to-build lots.
Is a lot expensive compared with a house in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean?
The two markets are not in the same series: the lot is Centris's Land category, of every size, the house is the single-family. In the 15 cities where both series exist, the median lot is worth 45% of the median house in 2026. Building new costs that lot plus construction; the comparison is made with recent houses in the area.
Sources: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, October 8, 2026 query, Land category, administrative region Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (all municipalities), median sale price and number of sales by year; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The land prices in 15 regions and 15 cities hub compares the 30 areas.
Land city by city in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and our other series:
- Home prices by city, 50 cities
- Homes for sale and inventory, 50 cities
- Real estate statistics by city, 50 cities
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
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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.