Cities / Montréal

Suburban · East End, Montréal

Pointe-aux-Trembles

The east tip of the island: a historic village, the river and affordable homes

  • Owners on a budget
  • Families with kids
  • Commuters
Map of Pointe-aux-Trembles and the neighbouring areas around it AnjouSault-au-RécolletSaint-SulpiceLa VisitationSainte-LucieRené-GoupilGabriel-SagardFrançois-PerraultÉtienne-DesmarteauxVieux-RosemontMarie-VictorinLouis-RielDupéréTétreaultvilleBeaurivageGuybourgLongue-PointeMaisonneuveMarc-Aurèle-FortinRivière-des-PrairiesMontréal-Nord (west)Montréal-Nord (north-central)Montréal-Nord (centre)Montréal-Nord (east)Port-MauriceGrande-PrairiePointe-aux-TremblesAnjouMarc-Aurèle-FortinGrande-Prairie5 km
Pointe-aux-Trembles in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: Ville de Montréal.

At a glance

Pointe-aux-Trembles is the largest area in the east end, with a historic village near the river, a mix of detached houses and apartments, and some of the lowest median home values on the island. It is in the borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles.

Median home value (est.)
$400K*
* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $611K
Residents
49,237
2021 census
Households renting
44%
city 64%
Homes that are apartments
54%
city 73%

What the numbers mean

  • Owners valued the median home at $327K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $400K, 35% below the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
  • 44% of households rent, well below the 64% city-wide.
  • 22% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 7% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, 2021 census.

0-1416%
15-195%
20-245%
25-3411%
35-4413%
45-5413%
55-6418%
65+20%

Homes

Share of homes by type, 2021 census.

Single-detached22%
Semi-detached8%
Row house11%
Duplex flat6%
Apartment under 5 storeys51%
Apartment 5+ storeys2%

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)
$4,110
on $400K

Typical apartment rent nearby2

Pointe-aux-Trembles sits in CMHC's Pte-aux-Trembles/Montréal-E etc. survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio
$763
−$242 vs metro average
1 bedroom
$977
−$154 vs metro average
2 bedroom
$1,179
−$167 vs metro average
3 bedroom or more
$1,629
+$4 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
5.9
per 1,000 · below the 8.7 median
Violent crime
0.5
per 1,000 · median 0.8
Property crime
5.4
per 1,000 · median 8.1
  • Reported crime runs about 32% below the median Montréal neighbourhood: 5.9 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 theft from vehicles, 37% of the total. 92% of incidents are property crime.
  • Crime has fallen since 2020: 386 reported incidents in 2025 versus 461 in 2020.
  • So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 203 incidents, 32% fewer than the same months of 2025.

What gets reported

Top crime types in the rate, same period.

Theft from vehicles37%
Break-in30%
Vehicle theft25%
Robbery8%

Other reported incidents

Counted by police but left out of the rate, same period.

Mischief and vandalism
108

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Ville de Montréal, How property transfer duties are calculated. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median census home value, indexed to September 2026 with the MLS® HPI. Brackets are Montréal's for 2026 and are adjusted every year. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩
  2. Source: CMHC Rental Market Survey, Housing Market Information Portal. These are zone averages across all units in apartment buildings of three or more units, not a figure for Pointe-aux-Trembles alone, and they are not asking rents. Houses, basement suites and condos rented out by owners are not included. Zones are large, so neighbouring communities can share one figure. ↩
  3. Source: Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), Actes criminels open data (2020 to 2026). Rates use 2021 census population. Incidents are counted where they occur. Police services count crime differently, so compare with the local median rather than across cities. How we calculate this. ↩