Photo: abdallahh · CC BY 2.0Westmount’s home values run 6 times those of the middle of Quebec’s towns
At the 2021 census the median home was worth $1,800,000, where Quebec’s towns sit at $300,000. For Westmount there is no published sale price, as for every town in Quebec. For property tax, the 2026 roll sets the median single-family home at $2,218,650, on July 1, 2024 market values.
Two ways to price a home in Westmount
Each source sits beside its own median for Quebec’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $2.05M
- Owners
- 4,630
- 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).
The median house in Westmount was built in 1912, against 1981 for Quebec’s towns
Dwellings on the roll of Westmount: 42% in buildings of six units or more, 39% in single-family houses, 11% in condos and 9% 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.
Before 1961: 65% of the homes in Westmount, where Quebec’s towns have 21%
At the 2021 census, 37% of Westmount’s 8,590 occupied homes were apartments in buildings of five storeys or more.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Quebec’s towns
Homes by kind
| Westmount | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 8% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Westmount permitted 3.7 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 15.1 of Quebec’s towns
Some 27 homes a year: 161 in all were permitted in Westmount from 2018 to 2023. Very few were houses: 1% in single-unit buildings (Quebec’s towns: 39%).
The busiest year: 2019, with 130 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 19%: 31,370 new homes in the year to August 2026
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. · Data for monthly permits covers the Montréal metro area
Westmount against Quebec’s towns: 500% over the $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.
Lower values near Westmount: Saint-Henri, Montagne and Côte-Saint-Antoine
The places around Westmount at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | $1.8M | $2.05M | 54% | |
| Saint-Henri | $448K | $531K | 29% | 1.4 |
| Montagne | $850K | $1.14M | 20% | 1.9 |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine | $850K | $931K | 47% | 2 |
| Édouard-Montpetit | $700K | $636K | 12% | 2.2 |
| Snowdon | $650K | $805K | 29% | 2.4 |
| Upper Lachine | $548K | $593K | 20% | 2.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westmount
Is Westmount expensive for Quebec?
Yes: Westmount’s census median is above the $300,000 of Quebec’s towns.
How many households in Westmount are in core housing need?
In Westmount, 6% of households are in core housing need, against 3% for Quebec’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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).