Montréal or Pierrefonds-Roxboro: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Montréal | Pierrefonds-Roxboro |
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| Single-family home |
$812,0001,002 sales · +2% year over year
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$635,00095 sales · -2% year over year
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| Condo |
$477,0001,728 sales · stable 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) |
$902,500614 sales · +3% 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).
Montréal: Island of Montréal. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. (Centris – Island of Montréal 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
Montréal
- Population (2021 census)
- 1,762,949 residents
- Renter households (Island of Montréal)
- About 60%
- Boroughs
- 19
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
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).
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
MontréalMcGill University, Université de Montréal, UQAM, Concordia University, HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, ÉTS.
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
MontréalCHUM, McGill University Health Centre, CHU Sainte-Justine, Jewish General Hospital, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
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
MontréalMontréal applies additional brackets for properties over $1.1M, up to 4% above $3,113,000.
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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