Laval or Pierrefonds-Roxboro: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Laval | Pierrefonds-Roxboro |
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| Single-family home |
$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
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$635,00095 sales · -2% year over year
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| Condo |
$439,999236 sales · +3% 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) |
$890,00065 sales · +2% year over year
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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).
Laval: City of Laval. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Laval 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
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
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
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.
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
LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
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
LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
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
LavalSince 2026, Laval applies a 3% rate on the portion of the price above $500,000 (rates as of October 2026, for information only).
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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