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Montreal real estate: neighbourhoods, buying guides, and tools

Everything we publish about Montreal property in one place: a page for each of 25 neighbourhoods, the buying guides, the calculators preloaded with Montreal rates, building profiles, market data, and the agents who work here.

Benchmark price

$649,000

APCIQ, June 2026

Detached

$649,000

Condo

$435,000

One bedroom rent

$1,600/mo

Prices moved +3.5% over the last twelve months.

Montreal neighbourhoods

Each neighbourhood below has its own page with prices, rent by unit size, a living guide, buildings, nearby areas, and the questions people ask about it.

Ahuntsic

Riverside parks and quiet family streets in the north end

House $820K · Condo $440K· Walk 80

FamiliesBest value

Côte-des-Neiges

The most internationally mixed square kilometre in Quebec

House $1.05M · Condo $420K· Walk 87

StudentsBest valueFirst time buyers

Downtown Montreal

The only Canadian downtown that still feels like a neighbourhood at night

House $1.4M · Condo $620K· Walk 96

StudentsYoung professionalsCar free living

Griffintown

New condo towers on former industrial land beside the canal

House $900K · Condo $510K· Walk 91

Young professionalsFirst time buyersInvestors

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Olympic Park, Ontario Street, and the east end on the way up

House $690K · Condo $400K· Walk 87

Best valueFirst time buyersInvestors

La Petite-Patrie

Jean-Talon Market, Little Italy, and Beaubien's cafés

House $860K · Condo $475K· Walk 93

FamiliesCar free livingBest value

Lachine

Waterfront parks and canal frontage at the west end of the island

House $690K · Condo $390K· Walk 68

Best valueFamiliesFirst time buyers

LaSalle

Riverfront green space and metro access, at south-west island prices

House $700K · Condo $395K· Walk 70

FamiliesBest valueFirst time buyers

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Spiral staircases, murals, and the coolest neighbourhood in the world

House $1.15M · Condo $585K· Walk 92

Young professionalsCar free livingStudents

Le Village

North America's largest gay village, and the cheapest central rent in the city

House $720K · Condo $430K· Walk 96

StudentsBest valueCar free living

Little Burgundy

Jazz history, canal frontage, and the Sud-Ouest's best food strip

House $950K · Condo $540K· Walk 90

Young professionalsCar free livingFirst time buyers

Mile End

Bagels, bookshops, and the city's densest creative economy

House $1.25M · Condo $620K· Walk 94

Young professionalsCar free livingStudents

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

The anglophone west end, leafy and family oriented

House $950K · Condo $470K· Walk 85

FamiliesBest valueStudents

Nuns' Island

A green island suburb, five minutes from downtown and nothing like it

House $1.45M · Condo $620K· Walk 55

FamiliesYoung professionalsLuxury

Old Montreal

Cobblestones, seventeenth century stone, and the Old Port

House $1.6M · Condo $760K· Walk 95

LuxuryCar free livingYoung professionals

Outremont

Francophone counterpart to Westmount, elegant and residential

House $1.9M · Condo $700K· Walk 86

LuxuryFamilies

Parc-Extension

Canada's densest square kilometre, and its most contested gentrification story

House $800K · Condo $400K· Walk 88

Best valueFirst time buyersStudents

Pointe-Saint-Charles

Working class roots, canal access, and the last central bargain

House $720K · Condo $425K· Walk 84

Best valueFirst time buyersInvestors

Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie

Green spaces, local shops, and unhurried joie de vivre

House $880K · Condo $480K· Walk 90

FamiliesBest valueCar free living

Saint-Henri

Canal-side lofts, Notre-Dame Street antiques, and rapid change

House $800K · Condo $460K· Walk 90

Young professionalsBest valueInvestors

Saint-Laurent

A working borough with the island's best value family housing

House $830K · Condo $430K· Walk 63

FamiliesBest valueFirst time buyers

Town of Mount Royal

A 1912 garden city that is still its own municipality

House $1.85M · Condo $620K· Walk 62

FamiliesLuxury

Verdun

River beach, Wellington Street, and the best value near downtown

House $780K · Condo $445K· Walk 88

Best valueFirst time buyersFamilies

Villeray

Family friendly, francophone, and still genuinely affordable

House $850K · Condo $465K· Walk 89

FamiliesBest valueFirst time buyers

Westmount

An independent city of mansions on the mountain's south slope

House $2.4M · Condo $780K· Walk 80

LuxuryFamilies

Want them ranked and filtered instead? The best neighbourhoods in Montreal guide compares all 25 by budget, unit size, and household.

Buying a home in Montreal

Start here if you are buying. In reading order, from budget to keys.

Montreal condo and rental buildings

Building by building: fees, reviews, transit and what owners and tenants say.

Montreal market data

Prices, rents and the numbers behind them.

Montreal calculators

Every calculator preloaded with this city's tax rates and rents.

Compare Montreal with other cities

Side by side on price, tax, rent and what the money actually buys.

Living in Montreal

Day to day

Montreal is North America's largest French speaking city and Canada's cultural capital, where triplex stoops, bagel ovens, and a globally ranked food scene coexist with AI labs and aerospace plants. It remains the most affordable major metro in the country relative to what it offers.

Getting around

Montreal is Canada's most car optional big city after Toronto: the Metro, BIXI bikes, and dense walkable boroughs carry daily life.

Cost of living

Montreal averages about $620,000 with two bedroom rents near $2,050, far below Toronto or Vancouver, though Quebec's welcome tax and distinct civil law purchase process surprise newcomers at closing. Build a monthly budget with our cost of living in Montreal guide, including rent, food, transport and utilities.

Work

Montreal's economy stacks aerospace, AI research, gaming, and universities: Mila's machine learning cluster, Ubisoft's mega studio, and Bombardier's plants employ a workforce that four universities keep replenishing. Unemployment fell below the national average through 2026.

Climate

Montreal does winter theatrically: cold, snowy months with January highs near minus 5, then humid festival summers in the mid 20s. The city is engineered for both, from the Underground City to Mount Royal's toboggan runs.

Sources: APCIQ Quebec Market Statistics (2026); Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (2026); Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile; Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Normals; CMHC Rental Market Report.

Find a Montreal real estate agent

Compare every verified agent working in Montreal, or start from the area you are buying in. Use our Montreal agent interview guide to compare local experience, services and written fees.

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