Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0Dorval’s single-family homes are on the roll at 84% more than the median of Quebec’s towns
The middle home was worth $500,000 at the 2021 census, the average $590,500. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. No open sale prices are published in Quebec, so for Dorval the census value is the measure.
Dorval’s homes, by two sources
Two sources, each set against Quebec’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $591K
- Owners
- 5,205
- Quebec’s towns
- $300K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
single-family, market at July 1, 2024
- Quebec’s towns
- $353K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Dorval’s houses are older than most: the median dates from 1954 (Quebec’s towns: 1981)
On Dorval’s roll, the dwellings sit 47% in single-family houses, 33% in buildings of six units or more, 15% in condos and 6% in plexes.
Median roll value by kind, 2026 the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Dwellings by kind of building
Rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH): a kind’s median needs 10 units or more; plexes are valued per building; each municipality’s roll has its own market date. The ticks are the median of Québec’s municipalities with their own roll.
46% of Dorval lives in apartments, where Quebec’s towns have 22%
People lived in 8,715 homes in Dorval at the 2021 census. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dorval | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 3% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Dorval is 67% above the $300,000 median of Quebec’s towns
The census values of Quebec’s towns, 510 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Dorval: Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre
Next to Dorval: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorval | $500K | $591K | 60% | |
| Lachine-Ouest | $600K | $597K | 59% | 3.8 |
| Pointe-Claire | $600K | $628K | 69% | 4.9 |
| Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre | $424K | $436K | 34% | 6.1 |
| Dollard-Des Ormeaux | $552K | $603K | 75% | 6.9 |
| Côte-Saint-Luc | $685K | $733K | 46% | 7.4 |
| Bois-Francs | $750K | $754K | 63% | 7.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Dorval
How many households in Dorval are in core housing need?
8% of Dorval’s households, above the 3% of Quebec’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Dorval expensive for Quebec?
More than most: Quebec’s towns have a median of $300,000, and Dorval sits above it.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation, rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).