Laval or Pointe-Claire: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Laval | Pointe-Claire |
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| Single-family home |
$630,000547 sales · +5% year over year
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$759,50064 sales · -4% year over year
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| Condo |
$439,999236 sales · +3% year over year
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$582,50031 sales · -5% 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)
Pointe-Claire: City of Pointe-Claire, Q3 2026 (July to September), change compared with the same quarter of 2025. Too few plexes sold (4 over four quarters) for a median price to be published. (Centris – Pointe-Claire 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
Pointe-Claire
- Population (2021 census)
- 33,488 residents (+6.7% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 13,313
- Train and REM stations
- 3 exo stations (Valois, Pointe-Claire, Cedar Park) and 2 REM stations (Fairview–Pointe-Claire, Des Sources)
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.
Pointe-ClaireTwo REM stations (Anse-à-l’Orme branch) have been in service since May 18, 2026: Fairview–Pointe-Claire and Des Sources. According to the REM, the trip from Des Sources to Gare Centrale takes about 23 minutes. The exo 11 Vaudreuil–Hudson line serves the Valois, Pointe-Claire and Cedar Park stations to Lucien-L’Allier station, downtown. Train departures are concentrated at weekday rush hours. STM buses serve the city, and highways 20 and 40 cross it from east to west.
Education
LavalCégep Montmorency, Université de Montréal’s Laval campus, INRS – Centre Armand-Frappier.
Pointe-ClaireCentre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys for French-language education (including École secondaire Félix-Leclerc) and Lester B. Pearson School Board for English-language education (including John Rennie and St. Thomas high schools). West Island cégeps: Cégep Gérald-Godin (French) and John Abbott College, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (English).
Health
LavalHôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé, Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital.
Pointe-ClaireLakeshore General Hospital, 160 avenue Stillview, in Pointe-Claire.
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).
Pointe-ClairePointe-Claire applies additional brackets: 0.5% up to $62,900, 1% up to $315,000, 1.5% up to $500,000, 2.1% up to $1,000,000, then 2.6% above (2026 rates published by the City, for information only). For a house at the median price of $759,500, that comes to about $11,060, or about $1,560 more than with Québec’s base rates. The amount is payable in a single instalment.
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