Dollard-Des Ormeaux or Pierrefonds-Roxboro: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | Pierrefonds-Roxboro |
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| Single-family home |
$797,00065 sales · +6% year over year
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$635,00095 sales · -2% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$446,887171 sales · -2% year over year
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last 4 quarters$380,625147 sales · +2% 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).
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)
Pierrefonds-Roxboro: Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, 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 (17 over four quarters) is too low for Centris to publish a median price. (Centris – Pierrefonds-Roxboro 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)
Pierrefonds-Roxboro
- Population (2021 census)
- About 70,000 residents
- Owner households (2021)
- About 68%
- Area
- 27.1 km², with 27 km of shoreline on the Rivière des Prairies
- Language status
- Montréal’s only bilingual borough (recognized by the OQLF)
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.
Pierrefonds-RoxboroSince November 17, 2025, the Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Sunnybrooke stations have been served by the REM (Deux-Montagnes branch), which runs downtown (McGill and Gare Centrale stations). Sunnybrooke station has about 500 parking spaces. Several STM bus lines go to the stations. South of the borough, the REM’s Anse-à-l’Orme branch (including the Des Sources and Kirkland stations) has also served the West Island since May 2026. Boulevards Gouin, Pierrefonds, Saint-Charles, Saint-Jean and Des Sources are the main roads; Highway 13 crosses the eastern end.
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).
Pierrefonds-RoxboroCentre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys for French-language education (including École secondaire de l’Altitude) and Lester B. Pearson School Board for English-language education (including Pierrefonds Community High School). Nearby cégeps: Cégep Gérald-Godin, in Sainte-Geneviève, and John Abbott College, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Health
Dollard-Des OrmeauxThe nearest hospital is Lakeshore General Hospital, on avenue Stillview, in Pointe-Claire.
Pierrefonds-RoxboroCLSC de Pierrefonds, on boulevard Gouin Ouest. The nearest hospital is Lakeshore General Hospital, in Pointe-Claire (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal).
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.
Pierrefonds-RoxboroPierrefonds-Roxboro is part of the City of Montréal, so Montréal’s rates apply: 0.5% up to $62,900; 1% up to $315,000; 1.5% up to $552,300; 2% up to $1,104,700; then additional brackets up to 4% above $3,113,000 (2026 rates, for information only). For a house at the median price of $635,000, that comes to about $8,049.
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