Photo: Coastal Elite from Halifax, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Home values in Upper Lachine run 83% higher than the median of Quebec’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $548,000 in 2021, where the median of Quebec’s towns was $300,000. What homes sold for in Upper Lachine isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Quebec. On the 2026 property roll, single-family homes have a median of $676,100, valued as of July 1, 2024. Behind property-roll values and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Montréal, with Upper Lachine one part of it.
Upper Lachine’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $593K
- Owners
- 2,095
- 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).
In Montréal, plexes are on the roll at a median $852,300, 106% above Quebec’s towns
The roll puts Montréal’s dwellings at 36% in plexes, 34% in buildings of six units or more, 17% in condos and 13% in single-family houses. It lists 33 chalets as well, at $181,500 in the middle.
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.
More apartments than most: 75% of the homes in Upper Lachine (Quebec’s towns: 22%)
The 2021 census counted 10,865 occupied homes in Upper Lachine. Half or more were standing by 1980. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Upper Lachine | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 11% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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.
11.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Montréal: fewer than Quebec’s towns (15.1)
Over 2018–2023, 60,325 homes were permitted in Montréal, close to 10,054 each year. Very few were houses: 1% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
Most in 2018: 14,125 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 19%: 31,370 new homes in the year to August 2026
Shared with the rest of the Montréal metro area: monthly permits
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Upper Lachine is dearer than most of Quebec’s towns: 83% above their $300,000 median
510 of Quebec’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Upper Lachine
Next to Upper Lachine: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Lachine | $548K | $593K | 20% | |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | $850K | $931K | 47% | 0.9 |
| Loyola | $700K | $672K | 39% | 1.7 |
| Snowdon | $650K | $805K | 29% | 2.2 |
| Hampstead | $1.51M | $1.77M | 68% | 2.3 |
| Ville-Émard | $552K | $565K | 36% | 2.4 |
| Westmount | $1.8M | $2.05M | 54% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Upper Lachine
How many households in Upper Lachine are in core housing need?
15% of Upper Lachine’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 Upper Lachine expensive for Quebec?
Dearer than the middle: Quebec’s towns come to $300,000, Upper Lachine to more.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292) · 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).