Blainville or Pointe-Claire: comparison for buyers
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Median prices
| Blainville | Pointe-Claire |
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| Single-family home |
$835,000148 sales · +11% year over year
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$759,50064 sales · -4% year over year
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| Condo |
last 4 quarters$432,425159 sales · +1% year over year
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$582,50031 sales · -5% year over year
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| Plex (2 to 5 units) |
last 4 quarters$821,56244 sales · +10% 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).
Blainville: City of Blainville. For condos and plexes, Centris does not publish a quarterly price due to too few transactions: the figures cover the last four quarters. (Centris – Blainville statistics)
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)
At a glance
Blainville
- Population (2021 census)
- 59,819 residents (+5.2% since 2016)
- Occupied private dwellings (2021)
- 22,424
- Average home value (2026 budget)
- $710,200
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)
Transit
BlainvilleBlainville station is on the exo 12 Saint-Jérôme line; according to exo, the trip to Lucien-L’Allier station, downtown, takes about 1 h 15 min. On weekends, trains end at De la Concorde station in Laval (connection to the metro). exo buses serve the station and neighbourhoods. Highway 15, Route 117 and Highway 640 cross the city.
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.
Education
BlainvilleCentre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles (including the Henri-Dunant and Lucille-Teasdale secondary schools) and Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board for English-language education. Nearest cégep: Collège Lionel-Groulx, in Sainte-Thérèse.
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).
Health
BlainvilleHôpital de Saint-Eustache, which serves the MRC de Thérèse-De Blainville.
Pointe-ClaireLakeshore General Hospital, 160 avenue Stillview, in Pointe-Claire.
Welcome tax
BlainvilleSince the 2026 budget, Blainville applies 1.5% from $315,000 to $750,000, then 3% on the portion above $750,000 (rates as of October 2026, for information only). For a house at the median price of $835,000, that comes to about $11,911.
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.
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