Longueuil or Montréal: comparison for buyers

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Median prices

LongueuilMontréal
Single-family home
Vieux-Longueuil$625,000116 sales · stable year over year
Saint-Hubert$587,500129 sales · stable year over year
$812,0001,002 sales · +2% year over year
Condo
Vieux-Longueuil$398,500116 sales · +5% year over year
$477,0001,728 sales · stable year over year
Plex (2 to 5 units)
Vieux-Longueuil$840,00051 sales · +2% year over year
$902,500614 sales · +3% 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).
Longueuil: Centris statistics by borough (no data published for the city as a whole). (Centris – Vieux-Longueuil)
Montréal: Island of Montréal. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Island of Montréal statistics)

At a glance

Longueuil
Population (2021 census)
254,483 residents (+6% since 2016)
Boroughs
Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park
Montréal
Population (2021 census)
1,762,949 residents
Renter households (Island of Montréal)
About 60%
Boroughs
19

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.
MontréalThe metro has 4 lines and 68 stations. The REM serves the South Shore (since 2023), Deux-Montagnes (since November 2025) and the West Island (since May 2026); the airport branch is planned by the end of 2027. Five exo train lines connect Montréal to the suburbs (Vaudreuil–Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Candiac and Mascouche).

Education

LongueuilLongueuil campuses of Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, École nationale d’aérotechnique.
MontréalMcGill University, Université de Montréal, UQAM, Concordia University, HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, ÉTS.

Health

LongueuilHôpital Charles-LeMoyne (Greenfield Park), Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (Vieux-Longueuil).
MontréalCHUM, McGill University Health Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Jewish General Hospital, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.

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).
MontréalMontréal applies additional brackets for properties over $1.1M, up to 4% above $3,113,000.

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