Brossard or Laval: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Brossard | Laval |
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| Single-family home |
$739,500134 sales · +2% year over year
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$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
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| Condo |
$410,000153 sales · -2% year over year
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$439,999236 sales · +3% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
—No published median
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$890,00065 sales · +2% year over year
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Median price = half of the properties sold for less, the other half for more. The price of a specific property varies.
Source: Centris, Q3 2026 (July to September).
Brossard: City of Brossard. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. Too few plexes sold for a median price to be published (4 sales). (Centris – Brossard statistics)
Laval: City of Laval. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Laval statistics)
At a glance
Brossard
- Population (2021 census)
- 91,525 residents (+6.8% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 37,275
- REM stations
- Panama, Du Quartier and Brossard
Laval
- Population (2021 census)
- 438,366 residents (+4% since 2016)
- Owner households
- 66.6% (compared with about 60% in Québec)
- Median household income (2020)
- $85,000 before tax
- Sectors
- Created by the merger of 14 municipalities in 1965
Transit
BrossardSince July 2023, the REM has connected the Brossard, Du Quartier and Panama stations to Gare Centrale, downtown, in about 15, 13 and less than 10 minutes respectively. Brossard station has a bus terminus and a large park-and-ride lot. Buses are operated by the Réseau de transport de l’agglomération de Longueuil (RTL). The Samuel-De Champlain Bridge and highways 10 and 30 complete the network.
LavalThe metro’s orange line has three stations in Laval: Cartier, De la Concorde and Montmorency. The exo Saint-Jérôme train line stops at the Vimont, De La Concorde and Sainte-Rose stations. Since November 2025, the REM has served the Île-Bigras and Sainte-Dorothée stations. Highways 15 and 440 cross the island.
Education
BrossardCentre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin (including École secondaire Antoine-Brossard, with an international education program) and Riverside School Board for English-language education. Nearest cégep: Champlain College Saint-Lambert.
LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
Health
BrossardCLSC Samuel-de-Champlain (boulevard Taschereau, Brossard); Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne, in Greenfield Park.
LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
Welcome tax
BrossardIn 2026, Brossard applies 1.5% from $315,000 to $500,000, then 3% on the portion of the price above $500,000 (rates as of October 2026, for information only). For a house at the median price of $739,500, that comes to about $12,796.
LavalSince 2026, Laval applies a 3% rate on the portion of the price above $500,000 (rates as of October 2026, for information only).
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