Châteauguay or Laval: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Châteauguay | Laval |
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| Single-family home |
$540,00092 sales · +2% year over year
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$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$383,45063 sales · +5% 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).
Châteauguay: City of Châteauguay, Q3 2026 (July to September), change compared with the same quarter of 2025. For condos, Centris does not publish a quarterly price due to too few transactions: the figures cover the last four quarters. For plexes, the number of sales (22 over four quarters) is too low for Centris to publish a median price. (Centris – Châteauguay statistics)
Laval: City of Laval. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Laval statistics)
At a glance
Châteauguay
- Population (2021 census)
- 50,815 residents (+6.1% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 19,917
- Average home value (2026 budget)
- $495,043
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
Châteauguayexo buses leave from the Châteauguay terminus for Angrignon metro station and, at rush hour, for downtown Montréal (Terminus Centre-ville). Highway 30 crosses the city. To reach Montréal, Route 138 leads to the Honoré-Mercier Bridge; an eastbound reserved lane helps avoid part of the congestion on the approach to the bridge.
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
ChâteauguayCentre de services scolaire des Grandes-Seigneuries for French-language education and New Frontiers School Board for English-language education (including Howard S. Billings Regional High School, in Châteauguay). There is no cégep in Châteauguay; an exo bus line (90) serves Cégep André-Laurendeau, in LaSalle, at weekday rush hours.
LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
Health
ChâteauguayHôpital Anna-Laberge, on boulevard Brisebois (Santé Québec – Montérégie-Ouest): emergency department open 24 hours a day, birthing centre, pediatrics, surgery and oncology.
LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
Welcome tax
ChâteauguayChâteauguay applies an additional bracket: 0.5% up to $62,900, 1% up to $315,000, 1.5% up to $615,600, then 3% on the portion above $615,600 (rates in effect since January 1, 2026, for information only). For a house at the median price of $540,000, below this threshold, that comes to about $6,211, the same as with Québec’s base rates. The City requires payment in a single instalment, within 30 days of the bill.
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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