Longueuil or Saint-Léonard: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Longueuil | Saint-Léonard |
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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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last 4 quarters$718,12570 sales · -1% year over year
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| Condo |
Vieux-Longueuil$398,500116 sales · +5% year over year
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last 4 quarters$422,12593 sales · +2% 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$1,056,875140 sales · +3% 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)
Saint-Léonard: Borough of Saint-Léonard. Centris does not publish a median price for Q3 2026 due to too few transactions: the figures cover the last four quarters, with the change over one year. The plex is the most frequently sold property type in the borough. (Centris – Saint-Léonard statistics)
At a glance
Longueuil
- Population (2021 census)
- 254,483 residents (+6% since 2016)
- Boroughs
- Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert, Greenfield Park
Saint-Léonard
- Population (2021 census)
- 79,495 residents (+2% since 2016)
- Owner households (2021)
- About 35% (about 65% renters)
- Area
- 13.5 km² (about 5,900 residents per km²)
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.
Saint-LéonardThere is no metro station in the borough yet. The 141 Jean-Talon Est bus connects Saint-Léonard to the Saint-Michel (blue line) and Honoré-Beaugrand (green line) stations. The blue line extension will add five stations between Saint-Michel and Anjou, three of them on rue Jean-Talon Est, in Saint-Léonard or at its boundary; according to the STM, it is scheduled to open in 2031. To the north, the Saint-Léonard–Montréal-Nord exo station (Mascouche line) leads to Côte-de-Liesse station, where you can take the REM downtown. Highway 40 crosses the borough.
Education
LongueuilLongueuil campuses of Université de Sherbrooke and Université de Montréal, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, École nationale d’aérotechnique.
Saint-LéonardCentre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île for French-language education (including École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry) and English Montreal School Board for English-language education (including Laurier Macdonald High School, on boulevard Viau). There is no cégep in the borough; Collège de Rosemont and Cégep Marie-Victorin, in eastern Montréal, are accessible by public transit.
Health
LongueuilHôpital Charles-LeMoyne (Greenfield Park), Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (Vieux-Longueuil).
Saint-LéonardCLSC de Saint-Léonard and Hôpital Santa Cabrini (emergency), on rue Saint-Zotique Est, near the borough. Both are part of the CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, as is 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).
Saint-LéonardSaint-Léonard 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 plex at the median price of $1,056,875, that comes to about $16,487; for a house at the median price of $718,125, about $9,712.
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