Snowdon

At a glance

Snowdon is a diverse, apartment-heavy area on the Blue line, with a large Jewish community and a mix of older houses and mid-rise apartments. It is in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–NDG.

Median home value (est.)

$935K^*

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

Residents

22,511

2021 census

Households renting

71%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

65%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $765K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $935K, 53% above the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 71% of households rent, above the 64% city-wide, so expect a younger, more mobile mix of neighbours.

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)

$14,050

on $935K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Snowdon sits in CMHC's Ct-des-Neiges/Mt-Royal/Outremont survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$976

−$29 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,146

+$15 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,415

+$69 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$1,949

+$324 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

11.5

per 1,000 · above the 8.7 median

Violent crime

1.5

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

10.0

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs about 1.3× the median Montréal neighbourhood: 11.5 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, 36% of the total. 87% of incidents are property crime.
• Reported crime has risen since 2020 (150 to 195 incidents a year).
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 195 incidents, 48% more than the same months of 2025.
• Busy main streets, transit and nightlife bring in visitors, and incidents are counted where they happen, not where people live.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.