Living in Montreal · the Sud-Ouest · 2026 neighbourhood guide
The canal, the towers, the plexes and the old working-class neighbourhoods: Montreal's most contrasted borough, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, with the numbers.
The Sud-Ouest is the borough that changed most in Montreal in twenty years: Griffintown went from warehouses to condo towers, Saint-Henri and Little Burgundy became neighbourhoods of restaurants and renovated plexes along the Lachine Canal, while Pointe-Saint-Charles, Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul keep more accessible prices. In Q2 2026 condos sold for $508,500 (+3 %) in 48 days, with 903 active listings, the island's largest condo supply after downtown: a balanced market between $250,000 and $760,000. The rare single-family home sold for $1,050,000 (+11 %). Lionel-Groulx, Charlevoix, Place-Saint-Henri, Monk and Jolicoeur metro.
The Sud-Ouest grew along the Lachine Canal, cradle of Canadian industry, and keeps its fabric: factories turned into lofts, silos, locks, a bike path and linear parks. Griffintown, south of downtown, is the neighbourhood of new condo towers, restaurants and young professionals; Saint-Henri and Little Burgundy, around Atwater Market and rue Notre-Dame, mix renovated plexes, condos and row houses; Pointe-Saint-Charles remains a village in the city, with its workers' houses and canal frontage; Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul, to the west, offer duplexes and bungalows from the 1920s to 1950s at more accessible prices.
Griffintown is the newest and densest, almost entirely condos, with the largest supply and the longest delays. Saint-Henri and Little Burgundy are the most sought-after for neighbourhood life: Atwater Market, rue Notre-Dame, the canal. Pointe-Saint-Charles combines old row houses and new projects by the canal. Ville-Émard and Côte-Saint-Paul, served by Monk and Jolicoeur stations, are where you still find a duplex or a house under a million; our listing at 5600 rue Briand ($265,000) shows where the condo entry point starts.
The orange line serves the borough at Lionel-Groulx (transfer to the green line), Place-Saint-Henri and Charlevoix (Pointe-Saint-Charles), then the green line at Monk, Jolicoeur and Verdun westward. Griffintown is walking distance from downtown and Central Station. The Lachine Canal path links the borough to the Old Port and Lachine; Highways 15 and 20 and the Turcot interchange border it.
The Lachine Canal, with its bike path and riverside parks, is the borough's leisure axis; Parc Angrignon, to the west, is one of the island's large parks; Atwater Market is one of Montreal's public markets. Rue Notre-Dame West (Saint-Henri), rue Wellington (Griffintown and Pointe-Saint-Charles) and boulevard Monk (Ville-Émard) are the shopping streets; ÉTS and Griffintown's technology companies also make it a job hub.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) is in Griffintown. The MUHC (Glen site) and Hôpital de Verdun are the nearest hospitals. Libraries, pools and sports centres are spread across the five neighbourhoods.
The Sud-Ouest is a two-speed market. Condos ($508,500, +3 %, 48 days) are in a balanced market between $250,000 and $760,000, because Griffintown produced thousands of units in ten years and 903 were active in Q2: the buyer has time to compare. The single-family home is rare and expensive ($1,050,000, +11 %, 31 days), carried by Saint-Henri and Little Burgundy. In the APCIQ's breakdown, the sector includes Verdun (excluding Nuns' Island).
| APCIQ sector, Q2 2026 | Single-family, median | 1 year | 12 months | 5 years | Days | Condo, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Sud-Ouest | $1,050,000 | 11 % | $1,032,000 | 32 % | 31 | $508,500 | 3% | 21 % | 48 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| < 250K | 6.9 months | Seller |
| 250K - 380K | 9.2 months | Balanced |
| 380K - 640K | 8.2 months | Balanced |
| 640K - 760K | 8.8 months | Balanced |
| >= 760K | 7.2 months | Seller |
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 those who want downtown on foot with a new condo and services (Griffintown), or a plex and a restaurant street by the canal (Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy), or an affordable house near a metro station (Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul). Less so for those seeking tree-lined streets and detached houses: the Sud-Ouest is urban, industrial in memory, and its quiet residential streets are earned.
See the Montreal condo market, living in Verdun and Nuns' Island and moving from Toronto to Montreal.
The sector's median condo was $508,500 in Q2 2026 (3% year over year, 21 % in five years), sold in 48 days according to the APCIQ. The actual price depends on the building, the floor and the condition.
The median single-family home was $1,050,000 in Q2 2026 (11 % year over year), in 31 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 island sector where the buyer has the most choice and time (balanced market, 903 listings in the sector in Q2). The price is negotiable; what counts is the building (reserve fund, share of tenants) more than the neighbourhood.
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Published September 5, 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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