Montreal's most prestigious residential enclave. A self-governing city within the city, Westmount delivers estate homes on hillside streets, exceptional English schools, and a community character that has remained largely unchanged for over a century. The highest price points on the island, with some of the lowest volatility.
Source: Centris, last 4 quarters. Data is for guidance purposes; individual properties vary.
Westmount is the destination for Montreal's most financially established families. Corporate executives, senior partners, successful entrepreneurs, and multi-generational families who value the schools, the privacy, and the prestige that no other Montreal neighbourhood can replicate.
Primary buyer segmentBuyers from around the world who are relocating to Montreal and identify Westmount as the optimal address for English-language schooling. The school system draws international families who might otherwise consider Outremont or NDG, but who want the prestige address and the specific school options that Westmount uniquely provides.
International relocation segmentProfessionals and downsizers who want the Westmount address and school access at a more accessible price point. Lower Westmount condos and smaller homes offer a genuine entry into the neighbourhood at $800K–$1.2M, still premium by Montreal standards but a fraction of the Upper Westmount estate market.
Entry-level segmentThe most coveted streets in Montreal. Large stone and brick mansions on generous hillside lots with sweeping views of the city. The price range here runs from $3M to $10M+, a different category from most of the island. Turnover is extremely low; buyers sometimes wait years for the right property.
The commercial and transitional spine of Westmount. Boutiques, restaurants, and services along Sherbrooke form the neighbourhood's accessible core. Condos and smaller homes near Sherbrooke offer the most accessible price entry point, with the bonus of excellent walkability.
Victoria Avenue and the surrounding streets form the residential heart of central Westmount. Semi-detached homes, well-maintained gardens, and a community atmosphere focused on school access. Proximity to Westmount Park and the library reinforces the family orientation.
Greene Avenue is Westmount's upscale commercial strip: independent boutiques, high-end restaurants, and specialty services that cater to the neighbourhood's affluent demographic. Properties near Greene offer walkability and lifestyle access within Lower Westmount's more diverse housing stock.
The $2.14M median masks enormous internal variation. Upper Westmount estate homes start where most of Montreal's market ends. Lower Westmount condos can come in under $700K. Applying a single 'Westmount' lens to any purchasing or selling decision without distinguishing the two sub-markets leads to miscalibrated expectations.
Westmount has maintained its relative premium over comparable Montreal markets for over 100 years. This is not cyclical resilience. It is structural. The combination of extremely limited supply, strong and self-reinforcing school access, and the self-governing city status that prevents density creep creates conditions for permanent above-market stability.
Westmount sees relatively few transactions per year compared to NDG or CDN. This means that a well-prepared listing that reaches all qualified buyers at the right moment captures the entire buyer pool. A poorly executed sale misses it. The gap between a good and a great broker outcome is proportionally larger here than in higher-volume markets.
The current medians, how long houses are sitting, and how much is listed right now. The numbers a buyer needs before making an offer, and a seller needs before setting a price.
Here it is
Centris figures for the Westmount sector. A median covers everything from a Victoria Village semi to a house above The Boulevard, so treat it as the market's temperature, not as your property's value.
Buyers watch the median. The median tells you what a market did. Days on market tells you what it is doing.
Look at the days-on-market figure above and compare it to the change beside it. When houses at this price point take that long to sell, most sellers have already had at least one conversation with their broker about price before you walk in. That conversation is your negotiating position, and it does not appear anywhere on the listing.
The same figure read from the other side: if you are selling, days on market is what your price will be judged against. A Westmount house that passes the sector average without an offer stops being a new listing and starts being a question.
The two medians above are not two prices for the same thing. They are two different markets that happen to share a postal code.
The house market in Westmount is supply-constrained, slow-moving and driven by families competing for a small number of properties in specific school and street catchments. The condo market answers to downsizers and to buyers priced out of houses, and it moves closer to the rest of the island. Watch the two change figures above separately. They routinely move in opposite directions.
Thinking about selling in Westmount? Start with a valuation.