Living in Montreal · Montréal-Nord · 2026 neighbourhood guide
The last borough on the island where a house sells under $550,000: what you find there, what is changing, and for whom it is the right call.
Montréal-Nord is the borough where the single-family home remains the most accessible on the island: a $525,000 median in Q2 2026 (-6 % year over year, but +35 % in five years), sold in 24 days, the shortest delay of any Montreal sector. It is a neighbourhood of plexes and bungalows from the 1950s and 1960s, bordered to the north by the Rivière des Prairies and boulevard Gouin, crossed by Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX, where the Pie-IX bus rapid transit line leads to the metro. The market favours sellers below $460,000 and tips toward buyers above. For a first purchase on the island with a house budget under $600,000, it is one of the last two boroughs possible, with the eastern tip of the island.
Montréal-Nord is a working-class, family neighbourhood built mostly between 1950 and 1970: rows of brick duplexes and triplexes, bungalows on small lots, four-to-eight-unit buildings along the main boulevards. The north of the borough, along boulevard Gouin and the Rivière des Prairies, keeps the quietest streets and the most sought-after houses; the centre, around Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX, concentrates shops, services and rental housing. The borough is one of Montreal's youngest and most multicultural, with well-established Haitian, Maghrebi, Latin American and Italian communities, and a dense community life around its cultural and community centre.
The northern sector, between Gouin and Henri-Bourassa, is that of well-kept bungalows and duplexes near Parc Aimé-Léonard and the river. The western sector, toward boulevard Saint-Michel and Ahuntsic, benefits from the nearby Henri-Bourassa metro. The centre-south, around Pie-IX, Rolland and Lacordaire, offers the most affordable plexes and apartments in a denser fabric. The east, toward boulevard Langelier and Rivière-des-Prairies, is more residential, with 1970s houses.
The Pie-IX bus rapid transit (SRB) links the borough to Pie-IX metro (green line) and to Laval; Henri-Bourassa buses lead to the Henri-Bourassa terminus (orange line), next door in Ahuntsic; Lacordaire and Saint-Michel buses complete the network. Highway 25 and the Pie-IX bridge give access to Laval, Highway 40 to the rest of the island. The blue line extension, under construction to Anjou, will pass south of the borough.
Parc Aimé-Léonard, on the Rivière des Prairies, and the boulevard Gouin path are the most prized spaces; Parc Henri-Bourassa, Parc Pilon and the Garon arena complete the sports offer. Shops line Henri-Bourassa, Pie-IX, Lacordaire and Léger, with ethnic markets and neighbourhood restaurants; the Anjou and Saint-Léonard shopping centres are next door.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île for the French public network and the English Montreal School Board for the English one. The nearest hospitals are Hôpital Fleury and Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont; the Montréal-Nord CLSC and several clinics serve the neighbourhood. Libraries, pools and arenas on site.
Montréal-Nord is the island's fastest and cheapest house market: a $525,000 median in Q2 2026, down 6 % year over year after a 35 % rise in five years, and 24 days on market. Condos are too few for a reliable quarterly median (47 active listings); they gained 35 % in five years. The balance of power is clear: seller below $460,000, buyer above (13 to 20 months of inventory), which mostly concerns renovated plexes and large houses.
| APCIQ sector, Q2 2026 | Single-family, median | 1 year | 12 months | 5 years | Days | Condo, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal-Nord | $525,000 | -6 % | $536,000 | 35 % | 24 | n/a | n/a | 35 % | n/a |
| Island of Montreal, all | $834,250 | 4% | $810,000 | 21 % | 41 | $483,000 | 0% | 19 % | 54 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| < 180K | 0.0 months | Seller |
| 270K - 460K | 5.5 months | Seller |
| 460K - 550K | 13.2 months | Buyer |
| >= 550K | 20.0 months | Buyer |
In August 2026 the island of Montreal sold single-family homes for $820,000 (+2 %) in 57 days and condos for $475,000, with record listings downtown; the monthly picture is in the island's August 2026 report and the Montreal condo market.
For a first-time buyer or a family who wants a house or a plex on the island without exceeding $600,000, next to a rapid bus line and a river; for an investor looking for income plexes in a neighbourhood that is renewing itself. Less so for those who want a metro on foot or an already transformed neighbourhood: Montréal-Nord is won street by street, and a car remains useful.
See living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, the neighbour to the west, and first-time home buyer in Montreal.
The sector's median condo was n/a in Q2 2026 (n/a year over year, 35 % in five years), sold in n/a days according to the APCIQ. The actual price depends on the building, the floor and the condition.
The median single-family home was $525,000 in Q2 2026 (-6 % year over year), in 24 days. Plexes (2 to 5 units) make up a large share of the housing stock; their price is documented on closed sales on the street, not on a borough average.
It is the borough where the house is cheapest on the island ($525,000 median) and sells fastest (24 days): you need a pre-approval in hand. A plex with a rented unit is the most common calculation among first-time buyers in the sector.
Also available in French: version française de ce guide.
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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