Welcome Tax Calculator Boucherville 2026
The exact amount of your transfer duties based on your city's official rate grid, first-time buyer credit included, and city-to-city comparison.
Calculator 2026
Estimate your real estate transfer taxes
2026 First-Time Buyer Tax Credit
Since April 2026, Quebec offers a refundable tax credit covering up to $5,875 of the welcome tax for eligible first-time buyers. The credit reimburses 100% of the tax on the first $5,000, then 25% of the slice up to $8,500. Three conditions apply: you must not have lived in a dwelling owned by you or your spouse during the year of acquisition or the 4 preceding calendar years, the property must be your principal residence, and the dwelling must be eligible. Retroactive to January 1, 2026; advance payment available from October 2026 for credits exceeding $1,000.
→ Read the full welcome tax credit guideA single-family median that already crosses the top bracket
The typical Boucherville detached home, on a trailing four-quarter basis, now sits above the threshold where the municipal grid jumps to its highest rate. For most single-family transactions in Harmonie, in the Sabrevois sector, or in the established streets around boulevard de Mortagne, that means the bill bites directly into the top bracket with no transition — and it's the detail that most often reshapes the conversation at the notary's office for buyers coming over from Longueuil or Sainte-Julie, where the mechanic plays out differently.
A snapshot of the Boucherville market
According to Centris real-estate statistics for Boucherville for the first quarter of 2026, the single-family median came in at $782,000, up 10% year-over-year, with an average of 35 days on market. Across the last four quarters, the single-family median settles at $761,250 (+6%) and the condominium median at $508,862 (+5%), while residential volume slipped 6% over the same window. Why it matters here: a typical condominium still falls below the top municipal threshold, while the typical detached home clears it with room to spare — so the portion taxed at the top rate becomes the line item that drives most of the bill.
What moves the amount, and how Boucherville stacks up against nearby cities
As elsewhere in Quebec, the welcome tax is computed on the highest of three figures: the price actually paid, the amount listed in the deed, or the uniformized value on the assessment roll. In Boucherville, property assessment is an agglomeration responsibility carried out by Ville de Longueuil; the 2025–2027 roll can be searched by address on the agglomeration's site. At deposit, the new roll posted an average increase of 35.5% across all properties and 37% on single-family homes, so the uniformized value now sits above the negotiated price for many owners and ends up driving the calculation. On the rate side, Longueuil pushes the start of its top bracket further out, and Sainte-Julie slips an intermediate step in before its highest rate — two designs that soften the climb on higher-end homes. Boucherville, by contrast, takes a clean step straight to the top bracket once the standard threshold is crossed. Run the calculator above on the same property under Boucherville, Longueuil and Sainte-Julie to see the gap side by side.
Municipal supports a new owner can stack
Boucherville does not run a general home-access credit, but its Programmes de subvention page gathers a set of supports that land at exactly the moment you move in. The list includes purchase-and-install help for a residential EV charging station — handy if you bring an electric vehicle with the keys — a rebate on cloth diapers, a subsidy for reusable personal-hygiene products, refunds on rain barrels and home composters, and the «Une naissance, un arbre» program that plants a tree on the family lot to mark a newborn's arrival. Buyers landing in the Vieux-Boucherville heritage quarter also have access to a heritage-building restoration grant for cited buildings or buildings of recognized heritage interest. None of these supports is applied automatically against the welcome-tax bill: each one is requested separately.
Payment, timing and the provincial home-access credit
The welcome-tax notice is mailed after the sale is published at the land register and is payable in a single instalment — distinct from the annual property tax bill, which can be split into three instalments (February 12, May 12 and August 12 in 2026) when it sits above the regulatory threshold. To settle the welcome-tax notice, you pay through your financial institution by selecting «Ville de Boucherville» as the biller and entering the 20-digit reference number printed on the notice, by cheque made out to Ville de Boucherville (attach the detachable stubs without stapling them), at your bank's teller, or at the city hall collection counter using debit, cheque or cash. Credit cards are not accepted at the counter. Your notary will confirm whether you qualify for the provincial home-access tax credit, which falls under the Act respecting duties on transfers of immovables (CQLR, c. D-15.1).
Useful resources and contacts
Before paying, cross-check your estimate against the official droits de mutations immobilières page and against the notice received from the City.
- Centre administratif Clovis-Langlois: 500, rue de la Rivière-aux-Pins, Boucherville (Quebec) J4B 7K5.
- Info-taxes line: 450 449-8115 for any question on the welcome-tax notice or the municipal tax bill.
- Info-évaluation line (agglomeration of Longueuil): 450 463-7177 for the uniformized value used in the calculation.
- City hall switchboard: 450 449-8100 or use the «Nous joindre» contact form.
- Programmes de subvention: the dedicated page gathers the residential EV charging-station support, cloth diapers, reusable hygiene products, rain barrels, home composters and «Une naissance, un arbre».
The calculator above gives a working estimate for budgeting; the official notice issued by Ville de Boucherville remains the document of record for final payment.
What is the transfer tax?
Commonly called the "welcome tax", the real estate transfer tax is a mandatory municipal tax collected when a property changes hands in Quebec. It is always paid by the buyer, never the seller, to the municipality where the building is located, in the months following the signing at the notary.
Is the welcome tax paid every year?
No. The transfer duty is paid only once, when the property changes hands. Do not confuse it with municipal and school taxes, which recur every year: the welcome tax is a single bill, sent by the municipality after the sale is registered in the Land Register.
How is the welcome tax calculated?
The calculation is based on the highest amount among the following:
- The purchase price paid for the building;
- The amount of the consideration entered in the deed of sale;
- The market value of the building, meaning the value entered in the municipal assessment roll multiplied by the city's comparative factor.
This amount is then subject to a progressive rate scale that varies by municipality. In 2026, the first bracket (up to $62,900) is taxed at 0.5%, the next ones at 1% and then 1.5%, and several large cities add higher brackets (up to 4% in Montreal).
New construction: the tax base is the price before GST and QST.
Calculation example (2026)
For a property purchased in Montreal at a price of $600,000 (tax base):
- $0 to $62,900 (0.5%) :$314.50
- $62,900 to $315,000 (1%) :$2,521.00
- $315,000 to $552,300 (1.5%) :$3,559.50
- $552,300 to $600,000 (2%) :$954.00
- Total to pay:$7,349.00
Calculated with the official rate grid in force in Montreal. Source: Ville de Montréal
Who is exempt from the welcome tax?
The Act respecting duties on transfers of immovables provides exemptions. The most common cases:
- Transfer between spouses: married, in a civil union, or common-law partners who have lived together for at least 12 months (in case of separation, the transfer must occur within 12 months of the end of the union);
- Transfer in the direct line: between parents and children or grandparents and grandchildren (but not between siblings);
- Tax base under $5,000;
- Transfer to a corporation in which the transferor holds at least 90% of the voting shares.
Even when exempt, the municipality may charge a special duty, generally capped at $200. The exemption must be recorded in the notarized deed: your notary claims it for you.
Not exempt? The 2026 first-time buyer tax credit can still refund up to $5,875 of your tax. See the first-time buyer credit guide
Why is it called the "welcome tax"?
The official name is "duties on transfers of immovables", introduced by a 1976 Quebec law allowing municipalities to collect this duty. The nickname is often attributed to Jean Bienvenue, Minister of Municipal Affairs at the time ("bienvenue" means "welcome" in French), but the expression mostly owes its success to its irony: a "welcome" billed to the new owner. Both terms refer to exactly the same tax.
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Selected year: 2026