Grenet

At a glance

Grenet is a mix of apartment buildings and some detached houses in Saint-Laurent, with more families than the borough average. It is in the borough of Saint-Laurent.

Median home value (est.)

$494K^*

* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $611K

Residents

12,580

2021 census

Households renting

68%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

76%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $404K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $494K, 19% below the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 68% of households rent, close to the 64% city-wide.
• 22% of residents are under 15, versus 15% city-wide. Expect busy schools, parks and playgrounds.
• 10% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 7% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2021 census.

Upfront closing costs¹

Quebec buyers pay a tiered transfer duty (the welcome tax) to the municipality, set by each city. Montréal's rate rises from 0.5% to 4%. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

Montréal transfer duties (welcome tax)

$5,520

on $494K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Grenet sits in CMHC's Saint-Laurent survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$903

−$102 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,163

+$32 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,365

+$19 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$2,125

+$500 vs metro average

How it's changing

Montréal doesn't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety³

Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 77 Montréal neighbourhoods.

Reported crime

5.2

per 1,000 · below the 8.7 median

Violent crime

1.0

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

4.3

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs about 40% below the median Montréal neighbourhood: 5.2 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 8.7.
• Montréal police don't publish assaults in their open data, so the violent figure here only covers robbery and offences causing death.
• The most common reported crime is vehicle theft, 33% of the total. 82% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2020, at about 75 reported incidents a year.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 50 incidents, 14% fewer than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.