Longueuil or Mirabel: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Longueuil | Mirabel |
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| Single-family home |
Vieux-Longueuil$625,000116 sales · stable year over year
Saint-Hubert$587,500129 sales · stable year over year
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$650,000112 sales · +11% year over year
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| Condo |
Vieux-Longueuil$398,500116 sales · +5% year over year
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$462,00047 sales · +4% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
Vieux-Longueuil$840,00051 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).
Longueuil: Centris statistics by borough (no data published for the city as a whole). (Centris – Vieux-Longueuil)
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
Longueuil
- Population (2021 census)
- 254,483 residents (+6% since 2016)
- Boroughs
- Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park
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
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.
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
LongueuilLongueuil campuses of Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, École nationale d’aérotechnique.
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
LongueuilHôpital Charles-LeMoyne (Greenfield Park), Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (Vieux-Longueuil).
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
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).
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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