Joliette and Lavaltrie Real Estate Market: Q3 2026

In the third quarter of 2026, Centris counts 59 residential sales in Lavaltrie, 31% more than in summer 2025, and 43 in Joliette, 2% more. Lavaltrie gets a quarterly median for single-family homes: $490,000. Joliette does not: 29 houses sold is too few for Centris. The APCIQ barometer, which groups Joliette with three neighbouring municipalities, publishes its own: $452,000.

The Joliette and Lavaltrie real estate market by the numbers

The sector covers the MRC de Joliette (regional county municipality; 10 municipalities, 75,511 residents according to the population decree for 2026) and the MRC de D’Autray (15 municipalities, 47,664 residents). Joliette (22,401) and Lavaltrie (16,016) are the most populous in each. Across 25 municipal pages, Centris gives 12 single-family medians over four quarters, and only one for the quarter.

Single-family homes. “n.p.”: not published; Centris then displays **, “Insufficient number of transactions to produce a reliable statistic.” Each change is compared with the same quarter of 2025.

Source: Centris real estate statistics for Joliette, Saint-Charles-Borromée, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Paul, Crabtree, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Sainte-Mélanie, Lavaltrie, Lanoraie, Berthierville, Mandeville, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon and Lanaudière, third quarter of 2026, meaning July to September.

Condos and plexes of 2 to 5 units. Only Joliette has a published median, and only over four quarters.

Source: Centris real estate statistics for Joliette and for Lanaudière, third quarter of 2026, meaning July to September.

The other 13 municipalities. From Saint-Pierre, with no sales in the quarter, to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, with 10, none has a median, not even over one year. Adding up the 25 pages, the MRC de Joliette totals 145 sales in the quarter and D’Autray 155, including 59 in Lavaltrie.

The sector’s municipalities compared

APCIQ fills Joliette’s gap. Its third-quarter barometer groups Joliette, Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromée and Saint-Paul under the name Joliette agglomeration. It counts 76 single-family homes sold there, the sum of the four Centris pages, for a median of $452,000 (+1%) and 33 days on market. Over 12 months, its medians reach $465,000 (+5%) for single-family homes, $332,500 (+6%) for condos and $515,000 (-4%) for plexes.

Within the agglomeration. Over four quarters, the single-family median ranges from $438,625 in Notre-Dame-des-Prairies to $495,862 in Saint-Charles-Borromée. Joliette has the shortest average selling time in the table: 26 days.

Lavaltrie and the Est de la Rive-Nord (East North Shore). APCIQ places Lavaltrie in the Montreal metropolitan area, in sector 32, along with L’Assomption and its neighbours. The single-family median there is $525,000 (+4%) for the quarter, compared with $490,000 for Lavaltrie alone at Centris.

Northern D’Autray and the region. The lowest medians and the longest selling times are in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon ($346,175, 68 days) and Mandeville ($355,375, 91 days). All 12 medians in the table are below Lanaudière’s, $519,312. They do not compare similar houses: size, age and lot change from one municipality to the next.

What changed in a year

Supply has climbed. Active single-family listings rose to 34 in Joliette (+88%) and 56 in Lavaltrie (+47%), compared with +22% for Lanaudière.

Sales are moving less clearly. Lavaltrie gains 34% in single-family sales for the quarter, but its total over one year is down 1%. Over four quarters, all categories combined, Joliette is up 8% while Saint-Paul (-20%), Berthierville (-21%) and Mandeville (-29%) are down.

Selling times are often shorter. Over four quarters, single-family homes sold stayed on the market 26 days on average in Joliette (30 fewer) and 55 days in Lanoraie (39 fewer).

Medians to read with caution. The largest increases, +32% in Crabtree, +15% in Sainte-Mélanie and +13% in Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, rest on 32 to 35 sales in a year. A change in the median is not the change in value of a given house: the mix of sales shifts from one period to the next, and APCIQ asks that these figures be read “with caution, especially when the number of transactions is low.”

The regional context. Across Lanaudière, Centris counts 1,628 sales in the quarter (-10%) and 22% more active listings. Yet APCIQ’s press release of October 14, 2026 places the Joliette agglomeration among the markets where conditions “nevertheless remain very advantageous for sellers.”

Joliette: the planning overhaul and the new assessment roll

The first overhaul since 1990. The City of Joliette is rewriting all of its planning by-laws, zoning included. The drafts, working documents according to the City, were updated on October 20, 2026; the public consultation takes place on November 4 at 6 p.m., at 1075 boulevard de la Firestone, and adoption is planned for fall 2026. The draft zoning by-law contains an appendix of flood elevations and a framework on landslides: near the water, have the rule in force confirmed before you make an offer.

The 2026-2027-2028 roll. In force since January 1, 2026, it raises the average residential value by 45%. The property tax rate drops from $0.73 to $0.549 per $100; for an average house assessed at just over $427,000, the City announces $200 more per year. A roll value reflects a past reference date, not this summer’s prices.

Rental housing. In the Joliette census agglomeration, CMHC measured a vacancy rate of 1.5% in October 2025, with a reliability rating of a (“excellent”), compared with 3.3% a year earlier, rated c. From January to September 2026, it counted 281 housing starts there, 261 of them apartments, compared with 397 in the same period of 2025. For a plex, this is an agglomeration benchmark, not a promise that a unit will rent.

Lavaltrie and D’Autray: downtown, Highway 40 and the river

Downtown Lavaltrie is getting new rules. On September 14, 2026, council adopted three draft by-laws covering downtown and zone U-186, on rue Notre-Dame: a new land use designation in the programme particulier d’urbanisme (special planning program), height and facade standards, and PIIA (site planning and architectural integration) criteria. A building of more than 50 dwellings would have to put at least 70% of its parking spaces underground. The public consultation was set for October 19, 2026, and the draft zoning by-law is subject to approval by referendum: nothing is final.

Lavaltrie’s roll is expiring. The 2024-2025-2026 roll, based on the market as of July 1, 2022, ends on December 31, 2026. The average value of a single-family home rose from $252,500 to $415,000 (+64%) between July 2019 and July 2022. As of October 21, 2026, neither the City’s public notices nor the assessment page of the MRC de D’Autray announce the next roll.

Highway 40. The ministère des Transports announced culvert replacements under the highway starting the week of October 19, 2026, including two weeks between kilometres 116 and 121 in Lavaltrie: one lane in each direction, 70 km/h, and the Point-du-Jour service area closed. Its 2026-2028 list also plans to rebuild the Highway 31 overpass above Highway 40, in Lavaltrie ($10 million to $25 million). No source consulted measures the effect of this work on prices.

The river. The modernized regulatory framework for water environments has applied since March 1, 2026. On September 8, 2025, Lavaltrie’s council asked Quebec to fund the mapping of flood zones in the Lac Saint-Pierre sector, to be entrusted to the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal. For a waterfront address, follow the checks before buying in a flood zone.

Selling or buying in the Joliette and Lavaltrie real estate market

For a seller. Buyers have more choice. Yet APCIQ classifies every single-family price range in the Joliette agglomeration as “Vendeur” (seller’s), with at most 4.6 months of inventory; balance starts at 8 months. No median sets your price: it is built on dated comparable sales from your neighbourhood, as the audit of your neighbour’s comparables shows.

For a buyer. In 2026, Joliette and Lavaltrie charge 3% on the portion of the tax base above $500,000, instead of 1.5%. Below that threshold, the provincial brackets apply: on $490,000, Lavaltrie’s median, the duties come to $5,460.50. The base is the highest of the price paid, the consideration stated in the deed and the roll value; Joliette specifies that the roll value is multiplied by a comparative factor. The welcome tax calculator redoes the math with the “Ville de Laval” option, which uses the same rates; your notary confirms the amount. Joliette accepts three instalments for duties of $300 or more; Lavaltrie bills them 1 to 3 months after the sale.

Frequently asked questions

Why does Centris show no quarterly median price for Joliette? With 29 single-family homes sold, Centris considers the number of transactions insufficient. Use the total for the last four quarters, $449,250, or the APCIQ median, $452,000, noting that it covers four municipalities. Do not reconstruct a median.

Does my Joliette tax bill follow the 45% increase in the roll? No, because the rate went down. According to the City, 57% of single-family owners see their 2026 bill go down, stay the same or rise by $120 or less; the others pay an increase of more than $120.

Does the market favour sellers across the whole sector? APCIQ only gives a verdict where it publishes. In the Joliette agglomeration, every range is “Vendeur” (seller’s). In the Est de la Rive-Nord, which includes Lavaltrie, the ranges below $790,000 are too, but the top range is “Équilibré” (balanced), at 8.5 months. Lanoraie, Berthierville and northern D’Autray have no page in the barometer.

To go further, read the Lanaudière real estate market, sector by sector, how the welcome tax is calculated in Quebec and how to contest your municipal assessment.

Thinking of selling in Joliette, Lavaltrie or a neighbouring municipality? Write to me. I will give you the dated comparable sales for your area, with service in French, English or Arabic.

Georges Matar

Residential Real Estate Broker · RE/MAX DU CARTIER INC.

Contact Georges