Pierrefonds-Roxboro or Saint-Léonard: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Pierrefonds-Roxboro | Saint-Léonard |
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| Single-family home |
$635,00095 sales · -2% year over year
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last 4 quarters$718,12570 sales · -1% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$380,625147 sales · +2% 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) |
—No published median
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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).
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)
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
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)
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
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.
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
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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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