Lorimier

At a glance

Lorimier covers the eastern Plateau with duplexes and triplexes, shops and cafés, and a young renter-heavy population. It is in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal.

Median home value (est.)

$607K^*

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

Residents

19,935

2021 census

Households renting

72%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

95%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $497K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $607K, close to the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 72% of households rent, above the 64% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
• 35% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 24% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
• 95% of homes are apartments (73% city-wide), so a condo is the usual way in.

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)

$7,490

on $607K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Lorimier sits in CMHC's Plateau-Mont-Royal survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,083

+$78 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,298

+$167 vs metro average

2 bedroom

—

not reported

3 bedroom or more

—

not reported

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

7.5

per 1,000 · a little below the 8.7 median

Violent crime

0.5

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

7.1

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs about 14% below the median Montréal neighbourhood: 7.5 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 break-in, 49% of the total. 94% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2020, at about 195 reported incidents a year.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 110 incidents, 25% fewer than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.