Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre

At a glance

Vieux-Lachine–Saint-Pierre covers the old town of Lachine, the Lachine Canal and the Saint-Pierre area, with a mix of apartment buildings, low-rise homes and some of the lowest home values in the borough. It is in the borough of Lachine.

Median home value (est.)

$499K^*

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

Residents

31,113

2021 census

Households renting

66%

city 64%

Homes that are apartments

67%

city 73%

What the numbers mean

• Owners valued the median home at $409K in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Montréal CMA MLS® Home Price Index (+22% since then), that is about $499K, 18% below the Montréal median of $611K. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
• 66% of households rent, close to the 64% city-wide.

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)

$5,600

on $499K

Typical apartment rent nearby²

Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre sits in CMHC's Dorval/Lachine/Saint-Pierre survey zone. October 2025 average rent of purpose-built rental apartments in that zone:

Studio

$880

−$125 vs metro average

1 bedroom

$978

−$153 vs metro average

2 bedroom

$1,138

−$208 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

10.1

per 1,000 · a little above the 8.7 median

Violent crime

0.8

per 1,000 · median 0.8

Property crime

9.3

per 1,000 · median 8.1

• Reported crime runs about 16% above the median Montréal neighbourhood: 10.1 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, 38% of the total. 92% of incidents are property crime.
• Crime has been roughly flat since 2020, at about 293 reported incidents a year.
• So far in 2026 (January to September) there have been 254 incidents, 15% more than the same months of 2025.

Reported crime by year

*2026 is year to date.