Living in Laval · Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau · 2026 neighbourhood guide
The Laval of the metro, the towers and the bungalows: what central Laval offers, what it costs, and who it is for.
Central Laval, as the QPAREB defines it, groups Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau: the only Laval sector with the metro (Montmorency, De la Concorde, Cartier), the Carrefour Laval, the Centropolis, Place Bell, Collège Montmorency and the city's largest condo market. In Q2 2026 the single-family home sold there for $637,500 (+4 % year over year, +32 % in five years) in 32 days, and the condo for $420,000 (flat) in 60 days, with 397 active listings: a seller's market below $530,000 in condos, a buyer's market between $530,000 and $630,000. It is urban Laval, the Laval of towers near the metro and Chomedey's bungalow streets, where our two Laval listings are.
Chomedey is Laval's historic and commercial heart: boulevard Saint-Martin, the Carrefour Laval, the Centropolis, streets of 1950s-to-1970s bungalows and cottages on large lots, and a multicultural population with well-established Greek, Lebanese, Armenian and Haitian communities. Laval-des-Rapides, around Montmorency and De la Concorde stations, became in fifteen years the neighbourhood of condo towers and projects like Urbania, with Collège Montmorency, the Université de Montréal's Laval campus and Place Bell. Pont-Viau, to the south, near Cartier station and the Rivière des Prairies, keeps the sector's most affordable duplexes and post-war houses, one bridge from Ahuntsic.
Southern Chomedey, between Saint-Martin and the river (Souvenir, Cartier West), lines up the sector's finest houses, above the median; northern Chomedey, toward Highway 440, offers the family bungalows at the median. Laval-des-Rapides splits between the towers of the Montmorency area (recent condos, the largest choice) and the older residential streets toward De la Concorde. Pont-Viau, around Cartier station and boulevard des Laurentides, is the entry sector, with duplexes and small houses. Our listing at 1686 avenue Massenet (Chomedey) and our condo at 809 avenue Urbania (Laval-des-Rapides) illustrate the two markets.
Laval's three orange-line stations, Montmorency (terminus), De la Concorde and Cartier, are all in the sector; De la Concorde is also an exo Saint-Jérôme line station. The Montmorency terminus is the STL bus hub. Highways 15, 13 and 440 cross Chomedey; the Viau and Lachapelle bridges lead to Ahuntsic-Cartierville. It is the only Laval sector where you can live without a car.
The Centre de la nature is next door (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul); in the sector, Parc Bernard-Landry, the Centropolis with its restaurants and venues, Place Bell (arena and shows), the Cosmodôme and the Rivière des Prairies banks in Pont-Viau. The Carrefour Laval and boulevard Saint-Martin are the whole city's commercial hub; boulevard des Laurentides and boulevard Cartier have the neighbourhood shops.
The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; Collège Montmorency and the Université de Montréal's Laval campus are in Laval-des-Rapides. The Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital is in Chomedey; the Cité-de-la-Santé hospital, in Vimont, is Laval's general hospital. Central Laval has the Cartier arena, neighbourhood pools and the Multicultural library.
Central Laval is the only sector of the city where the condo dominates: 397 active listings, a $420,000 median flat year over year (+31 % in five years) and 60 days on market, Laval's longest. The market belongs to the seller below $530,000 (1.7 to 5.0 months of inventory) and tips toward the buyer between $530,000 and $630,000 (10.1 months), where the large condos of the Montmorency towers are. The single-family home ($637,500, +4 %, 32 days, 174 listings) remains a seller's market, especially in southern Chomedey.
| QPAREB sector, Q2 2026 | Single-family, median | 1 year | 12 months | 5 years | Days | Condo, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre-Ville de Laval | $637,500 | 4% | $625,000 | 32 % | 32 | $420,000 | 0% | 31 % | 60 |
| Laval, all | $633,500 | 4% | $625,000 | 36 % | 30 | $428,000 | 3% | 37 % | 55 |
The balance of power by price range (four months of inventory separates a seller's market from a balanced one; beyond eight, the buyer leads):
| Price range (condo, 12 months to Q2 2026) | Months of inventory | Market |
|---|---|---|
| < 210K | 1.7 months | Seller |
| 210K - 320K | 3.5 months | Seller |
| 320K - 530K | 5.0 months | Seller |
| 530K - 630K | 10.1 months | Buyer |
| >= 630K | 8.3 months | Balanced |
In August 2026 Laval sold single-family homes for $642,750 (+7 % year over year) and lost its crown for the region's shortest days on market; the monthly picture is in the Laval August 2026 report, and the comparison with the South Shore in Laval or the South Shore.
For those who want the metro on foot, a recent condo with services and the Centropolis downstairs; for families looking for a bungalow with a lot in Chomedey one bridge from Montreal; for first-time buyers targeting Pont-Viau. Less so for those who want calm and nature: central Laval is urban, noisy on its boulevards, and its large condos are negotiable.
See real estate broker in Laval, our building sheets U-Bahn (Urbania) and Marquise, and living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, across the bridge.
The median single-family home was $637,500 in Q2 2026 (4% year over year, 32 % in five years), sold in 32 days according to the QPAREB, with 174 active listings. The actual price depends on the street, the lot and the condition.
The sector's median condo was $420,000 in Q2 2026 (0% year over year, 31 % in five years), sold in 60 days according to the QPAREB. The actual price depends on the building, the floor and the condition.
Chomedey for a house with a lot, the shops and the highways; Laval-des-Rapides for a condo within walking distance of the metro, the CEGEP and Place Bell. Both share the same QPAREB sector, but Chomedey makes the house market and Laval-des-Rapides the condo market.
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Published September 6, 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.
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