Le Sud-Ouest

At a glance

A south-west borough of old working-class neighbourhoods, Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, Pointe-Saint-Charles and Ville-Émard, plus the newer Griffintown condo district along the Lachine Canal. Two-thirds of households rent, three-quarters of homes are in apartments, and a third of residents are in their 20s or early 30s.

Median home value

$500K

2021 census, owner estimate · city $500K

Residents

93,980

estimate for mid-2025, up from 84,553 at the 2021 census

Households renting

65%

city 64%

Permits per year

998

2021–2025 average

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $500K in the 2021 census, close to the Montréal median of $500K. Prices have moved since, so treat it as a relative guide.
• 65% of households rent, close to the 64% city-wide.
• 31% of residents are 20 to 34, versus 24% city-wide. It skews young-professional.
• Building activity is in line with the city as a whole, at about 998 permits a year.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, estimate for mid-2025, up from 84,553 at the 2021 census.

Homes

Share of homes by type, estimate for mid-2025, up from 84,553 at the 2021 census.

Daily errands on foot¹

Places within the borough or a 5-minute walk of its edge, compared with the typical borough in Montréal.

Supermarkets

25

city median 22

Cafés and bakeries

93

city median 50

Pharmacies and clinics

34

city median 22

Playgrounds and dog parks

135

city median 103

Upfront closing costs²

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 2021 census home-value estimate, and today's prices are higher, so the real bill will be larger.

Montréal transfer duties (welcome tax)

$5,610

on $500K

Typical apartment rent nearby³

Le Sud-Ouest sits in CMHC's Sud-Ouest/Verdun survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$1,061

+$56 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$1,201

+$70 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,344

−$2 vs metro average

3 bedroom or more

$1,588

−$37 vs metro average

How it's changing

Building permits issued each year, a leading signal of new homes and renovations. Montréal counts every permit type, including renovations and demolitions.

*2026 is year to date.

Safety⁴

Reported incidents in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026), per 1,000 residents, compared with the median of 19 Montréal boroughs.

Reported crime

11.9

per 1,000 · above the 8.3 median

Violent crime

0.9

per 1,000 · median 0.7

Property crime

11.1

per 1,000 · median 7.5

• Reported crime runs about 1.4× the median Montréal borough: 11.9 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, versus 8.3.
• 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, 37% of the total. 93% of incidents are property crime.
• Reported crime has risen since 2020 (754 to 1,024 incidents a year).
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 802 incidents, about the same as 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.