Saint-Léonard or Vaudreuil-Dorion: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Saint-Léonard | Vaudreuil-Dorion |
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| Single-family home |
last 4 quarters$718,12570 sales · -1% year over year
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$620,25094 sales · +2% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$422,12593 sales · +2% year over year
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$369,00040 sales · +2% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
last 4 quarters$1,056,875140 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).
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)
Vaudreuil-Dorion: City of Vaudreuil-Dorion. Median prices and change compared with the same quarter of 2025. Too few plexes sold for a median price to be published. (Centris – Vaudreuil-Dorion statistics)
At a glance
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)
Vaudreuil-Dorion
- Population (2021 census)
- 43,268 residents (+13.5% since 2016)
- exo train stations
- Vaudreuil and Dorion (Vaudreuil–Hudson line)
- Highways
- A-20, A-30 and A-40
Transit
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.
Vaudreuil-DorionThe exo Vaudreuil–Hudson line serves the Vaudreuil and Dorion stations to Lucien-L’Allier station, downtown; according to exo, the trip takes about 55 minutes from Dorion. Departures are mostly at weekday rush hours. exo buses leave from the Vaudreuil terminus, including connections to the REM, and highways 20, 30 and 40 meet in the city.
Education
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.
Vaudreuil-DorionCentre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs (including École secondaire de la Cité-des-Jeunes) and Lester B. Pearson School Board for English-language education. Cégep de Valleyfield has a study centre in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Health
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.
Vaudreuil-DorionThe future Hôpital de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (404 beds) is scheduled to open gradually starting in summer 2028. Until then, the region’s hospital is Hôpital du Suroît, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Welcome tax
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.
Vaudreuil-DorionIn 2026, Vaudreuil-Dorion applies 1.5% from $315,000 to $619,300, then 3% on the portion of the price above $619,300 (rates as of October 2026, for information only). The City also offers a free inspection program to reduce the risk of sewer backups for buildings affected since 2023.
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