Montréal-Nord (centre)

At a glance

Central Montréal-Nord is a dense area of low-rise apartments with the borough's main commercial streets. It is in the borough of Montréal-Nord.

Median home value (est.)

$520K^*

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

Residents

20,584

2021 census

Households renting

70%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

63%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $425K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $520K, 15% below the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 70% of households rent, above the 64% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.
• 21% of residents are under 15, versus 15% city-wide. Expect busy schools, parks and playgrounds.

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)

$5,910

on $520K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Montréal-Nord (centre) sits in CMHC's Montréal-Nord survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$801

−$204 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,050

−$81 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,126

−$220 vs metro average

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

8.5

per 1,000 · close to the 8.7 median

Violent crime

0.8

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

7.6

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs close to the median Montréal neighbourhood: 8.5 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 vehicle theft, 37% of the total. 90% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2020, at about 199 reported incidents a year.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 137 incidents, 13% fewer than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.