Home-buying guides: cities and boroughs of Greater Montréal

MontréalMontréal has about 1.76 million residents spread across 19 very different boroughs. Most purchases are condos and plexes: single-family home...Read the guide → LavalQuébec’s third-largest city with about 438,000 residents, Laval offers more space than Montréal at lower prices, while staying connected to...Read the guide → LongueuilThe South Shore’s main city with about 254,000 residents, Longueuil is a few minutes from downtown Montréal by metro or the Jacques Cartier...Read the guide → BrossardA South Shore city of 91,525 residents, Brossard is connected to downtown Montréal by the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge and three REM stations....Read the guide → TerrebonneWith nearly 120,000 residents, Terrebonne is the largest city in Lanaudière. It brings together three sectors with very different markets: T...Read the guide → RepentignyLocated 24 km northeast of Montréal, where the Rivière L’Assomption meets the St. Lawrence, Repentigny has about 86,000 residents. A mostly...Read the guide → BlainvilleOn Montréal’s North Shore, Blainville has nearly 60,000 residents. A mostly residential city, it is served by the exo Saint-Jérôme train and...Read the guide → Vaudreuil-DorionJust west of the island of Montréal, at the junction of highways 20, 30 and 40, Vaudreuil-Dorion grew by 13.5% in population between 2016 an...Read the guide → Saint-LaurentA borough in northwestern Montréal, Saint-Laurent had 102,104 residents at the 2021 census. It is the region’s second-largest employment hub...Read the guide → Ahuntsic-CartiervilleIn the north of the island, along the Rivière des Prairies, Ahuntsic-Cartierville had 135,336 residents at the 2021 census. The borough offe...Read the guide → Saint-LéonardIn eastern Montréal, the borough of Saint-Léonard has nearly 80,000 residents on 13.5 km². A former city that became a Montréal borough in 2...Read the guide → Pierrefonds-RoxboroIn the northwest of the island of Montréal, the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro has about 70,000 residents. It runs along the Rivière des Pra...Read the guide → Dollard-Des OrmeauxIn Montréal’s West Island, Dollard-Des Ormeaux has just over 48,000 residents. It is a mostly residential city, made up largely of single-fa...Read the guide → Pointe-ClaireIn Montréal’s West Island, on the shores of Lac Saint-Louis, Pointe-Claire has more than 33,000 residents. The city is recognized as a bilin...Read the guide → MirabelIn the Laurentians, north of Laval, Mirabel has more than 61,000 residents, a population that grew by 21% between 2016 and 2021. Much of its...Read the guide → ChâteauguayIn Montérégie, on Montréal’s South Shore, Châteauguay has more than 50,000 residents. The city runs along the Rivière Châteauguay and Lac Sa...Read the guide →