Average price · Montreal · Centris 2016-2026
The average sale price of a house in Montreal year by year since 2016, next to the median price and the asking price: why the average is higher, what the gap measures, and which of the three prices to use to set yours. Centris figures, not estimates.
In Montreal, a house sold for an average of $932,302 in 2026 (January to September), against $473,729 in 2016 (+97%). The median price is $755,000: the average sits 23% above, one of the widest gaps among the 50 cities tracked (median 9%), because Montreal has a real tier of expensive homes pulling the average up. Sellers asked $829,000 at the median in 2026 and got $755,000: 9% under the asking price, against 4% under at the 2021 peak. Source: Centris (Matrix), compiled October 2, 2026.
The short answer
In Montreal, a house sold for an average of $932,302 in 2026 (January to September), against $473,729 in 2016 (+97%). The median price is $755,000: the average sits 23% above, one of the widest gaps among the 50 cities tracked (median 9%), because Montreal has a real tier of expensive homes pulling the average up. Sellers asked $829,000 at the median in 2026 and got $755,000: 9% under the asking price, against 4% under at the 2021 peak.
Average price, median price and asking price per year
| Year | Average price | Median price | Mean vs median | Median asking price | Sold vs asking | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $473,729 | $380,000 | +25% | $419,900 | -10% | 3,593 |
| 2017 | $504,282 | $405,004 | +25% | $439,000 | -8% | 3,910 |
| 2018 | $550,356 | $434,700 | +27% | $479,000 | -9% | 3,823 |
| 2019 | $580,224 | $465,000 | +25% | $525,000 | -11% | 3,897 |
| 2020 | $663,162 | $536,500 | +24% | $589,000 | -9% | 3,974 |
| 2021 | $792,673 | $633,500 | +25% | $659,900 | -4% | 3,800 |
| 2022 | $790,925 | $652,000 | +21% | $709,000 | -8% | 3,010 |
| 2023 | $800,563 | $645,000 | +24% | $739,000 | -13% | 2,825 |
| 2024 | $829,556 | $675,000 | +23% | $750,000 | -10% | 3,256 |
| 2025 | $886,017 | $721,750 | +23% | $799,000 | -10% | 3,375 |
| 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) | $932,302 | $755,000 | +23% | $829,000 | -9% | 2,240 |
Single-family category, whole municipality of Montreal, Centris (Matrix). "Mean vs median": gap of the average over the median price. "Sold vs asking": median sale price over median asking price of homes sold. 2026: nine months.
What ten years of average prices say in Montreal
- Four markets in ten years in Montreal: $527,148 average price in 2016-2019, $748,920 during the 2020-2022 frenzy, $815,060 when high rates returned, $909,160 today. The mean-median gap stayed around 26%, 23%, 24% and 23%.
- In ten years, the average did +97% and the median +99%: both rose at the same pace. The first reading applies to 25 of 50 cities.
- Widest mean-median gap: 2018 (27%); narrowest: 2022 (21%). In dollars, the 2026 gap is $177,302 ($93,729 in 2016).
- Asking versus obtained (medians): -10% in 2016, -4% in 2021, -9% in 2026. The sold median never exceeded the asking median, not even in 2021.
- The median asking price did +97% in ten years ($419,900 to $829,000), against +99% for the price obtained: expectations and the market followed the same slope.
- 2026 (Jan. to Sep.) versus 2025: average +5%, median +5%. Peak of the average: 2026 ($932,302); 1 year of decline in the average out of ten: 2022.
What it changes when selling or buying in Montreal
In Montreal, the average price ($932,302) is not the price of a house: the median ($755,000) says what the middle home costs, and the average says how much the expensive 23% weigh. A buyer who trusts the average aims $177,302 too high; a seller of an ordinary home who benchmarks against it lists too high and ends up among the expired listings. The right reflex: start from the median, then look at comparable sales in your own sector. The sale price relative to the asking price, transaction by transaction, is in sold over asking in Montreal.
How to read these figures
Three prices per year for all of Montreal: what buyers paid on average, what the middle buyer paid, and what sellers asked at the middle. The QPAREB and newspapers often quote the average, brokers work with the median; both are right, they do not answer the same question. The median asking price covers only homes that sold: a seller who listed too high and withdrew is not in it, which makes the "sold vs asking" column more flattering than the reality of listings. For the homes that found no buyer, see expired listings in Montreal.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Montreal in 2026?
$932,302 on average for a single-family house sold in Montreal from January to September 2026, against a median price of $755,000. In 2025 the average was $886,017; in 2016, $473,729.
Why is the average price higher than the median price in Montreal?
Because a few expensive homes weigh on the average and not on the median. In Montreal, the gap is 23% in 2026 ($177,302), 25% in 2016. Across the 50 cities tracked, it is 9% at the median and exceeds 5% in 42 cities.
Which figure to use, the average or the median?
The median ($755,000) to know what a typical house costs and to set a price; the average ($932,302) to compare cities or estimate the budget of a whole housing stock. For a specific house, neither: the comparable sales in its sector.
Source: Centris (Matrix), Statistics module, queries of October 2, 2026 for the municipality of Montreal: Single-family category, average sale price and median asking price by year over ten years; median sale price and sales from the September 16, 2026 query; compiled by the Loaa & Manseur team, aggregates only, current year partial. The average house prices in 50 cities hub compares the 50 cities.
Our other data series in Montreal, from the same Centris listings:
- Buyer's or seller's market in Montreal
- How much buyers negotiate in Montreal
- Houses that do not sell in Montreal
- Home prices in Montreal, ten years
Each series is recalculated from actual sales, aggregates only.
And the sales volume in Montreal:
How many dollars change hands each year, and whether price or the number of sales rose, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And house appreciation in Montreal:
What a house bought in each year since 2016 is worth today, ten years from the same Centris listings.
And the jump from condo to house in Montreal:
- From condo to house in Montreal: a $278,900 gap in 2026, and how much of it your condo's gain covers
The gap between house and condo year by year, and how much of it the condo's gain covers, ten years from the same Centris listings.
All the statistics in Montreal at a glance:
Twelve 2026 Centris indicators, the city's rank on each, and a link to ten years of detail.
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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.