Laval or Longueuil: comparison for buyers

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Median prices

LavalLongueuil
Single-family home
$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
Vieux-Longueuil$625,000116 sales · stable year over year
Saint-Hubert$587,500129 sales · stable year over year
Condo
$439,999236 sales · +3% year over year
Vieux-Longueuil$398,500116 sales · +5% year over year
Plex (2 to 5 units)
$890,00065 sales · +2% year over year
Vieux-Longueuil$840,00051 sales · +2% 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).
Laval: City of Laval. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Laval statistics)
Longueuil: Centris statistics by borough (no data published for the city as a whole). (Centris – Vieux-Longueuil)

At a glance

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
Longueuil
Population (2021 census)
254,483 residents (+6% since 2016)
Boroughs
Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park

Transit

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.
LongueuilThe metro’s yellow line runs from Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke station to downtown Montréal, with the RTL bus terminus. The Longueuil–Saint-Hubert exo station is on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire line. The Jacques Cartier Bridge and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel connect the city to Montréal; the nearest REM station is Panama, in Brossard.

Education

LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
LongueuilLongueuil campuses of Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, École nationale d’aérotechnique.

Health

LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
LongueuilHôpital Charles-LeMoyne (Greenfield Park), Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (Vieux-Longueuil).

Welcome tax

LavalSince 2026, Laval applies a 3% rate on the portion of the price above $500,000 (rates as of October 2026, for information only).
LongueuilIn 2026, Longueuil applies 1.5% from $315,000 to $630,100, then 3% above $630,100 (rates as of October 2026, for information only; confirm with the City).

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