Laval or Mirabel: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Laval | Mirabel |
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| Single-family home |
$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
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$650,000112 sales · +11% year over year
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| Condo |
$439,999236 sales · +3% year over year
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$462,00047 sales · +4% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
$890,00065 sales · +2% year over year
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last 4 quarters$841,31272 sales · +14% 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).
Laval: City of Laval. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Laval statistics)
Mirabel: City of Mirabel, Q3 2026 (July to September), change compared with the same quarter of 2025. For plexes, Centris does not publish a quarterly price due to too few transactions: the figures cover the last four quarters. (Centris – Mirabel statistics)
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
Mirabel
- Population (2021 census)
- 61,108 residents (+21% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 24,795
- Average value of a single-family home (2026 budget, new assessment roll)
- $595,686
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.
MirabelMirabel station, on rue Victor in the Saint-Janvier sector, is on the exo 12 Saint-Jérôme line; it offers 333 parking spaces and a bus loop. Highway 15 (Autoroute des Laurentides) and Highway 50, which serves the airport and leads toward Gatineau, cross the territory, as do routes 117, 148 and 158.
Education
LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
MirabelDepending on the sector, schools fall under the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles or the Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord; Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board offers English-language education. Nearest cégeps: Collège Lionel-Groulx (Sainte-Thérèse) and Cégep de Saint-Jérôme.
Health
LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
MirabelMirabel is served by the Saint-Jérôme and Saint-Eustache hospitals, located just outside the city. A CLSC is located in the Saint-Augustin sector.
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).
MirabelMirabel applies an additional bracket: 0.5% up to $62,900, 1% up to $315,000, 1.5% up to $500,000, then 3% on the portion above $500,000 (rates in effect since January 1, 2026, for information only). For a house at the median price of $650,000, that comes to about $10,111, or about $2,250 more than with Québec’s base rates. Since 2025, the City has allowed this amount to be paid in two instalments if it is at least $300.
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