Dollard-Des Ormeaux or Montréal: comparison for buyers

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Median prices

Dollard-Des OrmeauxMontréal
Single-family home
$797,00065 sales · +6% year over year
$812,0001,002 sales · +2% year over year
Condo
last 4 quarters$446,887171 sales · -2% year over year
$477,0001,728 sales · stable year over year
Plex (2 to 5 units) —No published median
$902,500614 sales · +3% year over year

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).
Dollard-Des Ormeaux: City of Dollard-Des Ormeaux, 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. Too few plexes sold (3 over four quarters) for a median price to be published. (Centris – Dollard-Des Ormeaux statistics)
Montréal: Island of Montréal. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Island of Montréal statistics)

At a glance

Dollard-Des Ormeaux
Population (2021 census)
48,403 residents (-1% since 2016)
Occupied private dwellings (2021)
17,383
Language status
Recognized bilingual municipality (Charter of the French Language)
Montréal
Population (2021 census)
1,762,949 residents
Renter households (Island of Montréal)
About 60%
Boroughs
19

Transit

Dollard-Des OrmeauxThe Des Sources REM station (Anse-à-l’Orme branch, in service since May 18, 2026) is on boulevard des Sources, just south of Highway 40, in Pointe-Claire. According to the REM, the trip to Gare Centrale takes about 23 minutes; the station has about 500 park-and-ride spaces. To the north, Sunnybrooke station (Deux-Montagnes branch, since November 2025) is another option. STM buses serve the city; the bus network was redesigned when the branch opened, in May 2026.
MontréalThe metro has 4 lines and 68 stations. The REM serves the South Shore (since 2023), Deux-Montagnes (since November 2025) and the West Island (since May 2026); the airport branch is planned by the end of 2027. Five exo train lines connect Montréal to the suburbs (Vaudreuil–Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Candiac and Mascouche).

Education

Dollard-Des OrmeauxCentre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys for French-language education (including École secondaire des Sources) and Lester B. Pearson School Board for English-language education. West Island cégeps: Cégep Gérald-Godin (French) and John Abbott College, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (English).
MontréalMcGill University, Université de Montréal, UQAM, Concordia University, HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, ÉTS.

Health

Dollard-Des OrmeauxThe nearest hospital is Lakeshore General Hospital, on avenue Stillview, in Pointe-Claire.
MontréalCHUM, McGill University Health Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Jewish General Hospital, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.

Welcome tax

Dollard-Des OrmeauxDollard-Des Ormeaux applies additional brackets: 0.5% up to $62,900, 1% up to $315,000, 1.5% up to $500,000, 2.5% up to $750,000, then 3% above (rates in effect since January 1, 2026, published by the City, for information only). For a house at the median price of $797,000, that comes to about $13,271, or about $3,205 more than with Québec’s base rates. According to the City, a special $200 duty is added to every transfer. The amount is payable in a single instalment, within 30 days of the bill being sent.
MontréalMontréal applies additional brackets for properties over $1.1M, up to 4% above $3,113,000.

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