Pointe-Claire or Saint-Léonard: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Pointe-Claire | Saint-Léonard |
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| Single-family home |
$759,50064 sales · -4% year over year
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last 4 quarters$718,12570 sales · -1% year over year
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| Condo |
$582,50031 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) |
—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).
Pointe-Claire: City of Pointe-Claire, Q3 2026 (July to September), change compared with the same quarter of 2025. Too few plexes sold (4 over four quarters) for a median price to be published. (Centris – Pointe-Claire 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
Pointe-Claire
- Population (2021 census)
- 33,488 residents (+6.7% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 13,313
- Train and REM stations
- 3 exo stations (Valois, Pointe-Claire, Cedar Park) and 2 REM stations (Fairview–Pointe-Claire, Des Sources)
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
Pointe-ClaireTwo REM stations (Anse-à-l’Orme branch) have been in service since May 18, 2026: Fairview–Pointe-Claire and Des Sources. According to the REM, the trip from Des Sources to Gare Centrale takes about 23 minutes. The exo 11 Vaudreuil–Hudson line serves the Valois, Pointe-Claire and Cedar Park stations to Lucien-L’Allier station, downtown. Train departures are concentrated at weekday rush hours. STM buses serve the city, and highways 20 and 40 cross it from east to west.
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
Pointe-ClaireCentre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys for French-language education (including École secondaire Félix-Leclerc) and Lester B. Pearson School Board for English-language education (including John Rennie and St. Thomas high schools). West Island cégeps: Cégep Gérald-Godin (French) and John Abbott College, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (English).
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
Pointe-ClaireLakeshore General Hospital, 160 avenue Stillview, in Pointe-Claire.
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
Pointe-ClairePointe-Claire applies additional brackets: 0.5% up to $62,900, 1% up to $315,000, 1.5% up to $500,000, 2.1% up to $1,000,000, then 2.6% above (2026 rates published by the City, for information only). For a house at the median price of $759,500, that comes to about $11,060, or about $1,560 more than with Québec’s base rates. The amount is payable in a single instalment.
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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