Châteauguay or Terrebonne: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Châteauguay | Terrebonne |
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| Single-family home |
$540,00092 sales · +2% year over year
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Terrebonne sector$632,500107 sales · +5% year over year
Lachenaie$695,00063 sales · +4% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$383,45063 sales · +5% year over year
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Terrebonne sector$442,00042 sales · +4% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
—No published median
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—No published median
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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)
Terrebonne: Centris statistics by sector (no data published for the city as a whole). Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Terrebonne sector)
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
Terrebonne
- Population (2021 census)
- 119,944 residents (+7.5% since 2016)
- Population by sector
- Terrebonne 59,378 · Lachenaie 35,860 · La Plaine 24,706
- Detached single-family homes
- About 62% of dwellings (Ville de Terrebonne)
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.
TerrebonneThe exo 15 Mascouche line stops at Terrebonne station; since January 12, 2026, its Montréal terminus has been Côte-de-Liesse station, with a connection to the REM. The Terminus Terrebonne connects the city by exo bus to the metro (Radisson, Henri-Bourassa, Montmorency) and to the Pie-IX BRT. Highways 25, 40 and 640 serve the city.
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.
TerrebonneCollège de Terrebonne of the Cégep régional de Lanaudière (the other colleges are in L’Assomption and Joliette).
Health
ChâteauguayHôpital Anna-Laberge, on boulevard Brisebois (Santé Québec – Montérégie-Ouest): emergency department open 24 hours a day, birthing centre, pediatrics, surgery and oncology.
TerrebonneHôpital Pierre-Le Gardeur (Lachenaie sector), which serves southern Lanaudière.
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.
TerrebonneIn 2026, Terrebonne 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). The City also offers assistance for restoring recognized heritage buildings.
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