Welcome Tax Calculator Brossard 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 standard rate grid, with a more flexible payment schedule
Unlike most Quebec municipalities — which require the welcome tax to be settled in a single instalment once the sale is published — Ville de Brossard lets new owners spread the bill across three equal instalments when the amount reaches the threshold set out in by-law 493. The first instalment is due within thirty days of the account mailing date, and the next two follow at thirty-day intervals — a detail that reshapes the cash-flow plan in the weeks after the notary visit, especially for buyers landing in Solar Uniquartier or elsewhere in Sector O around the REM stations.
A snapshot of the Brossard market
According to Centris real-estate statistics for Brossard for the first quarter of 2026, the single-family median came in at $738,000, up 10% year-over-year, with an average of 49 days on market. On a trailing four-quarter basis, detached homes show a median of $713,111 (+4%), while the condominium segment — the dominant product on offer around Quartier DIX30 and the new REM stations — settles at $417,750 (+2%) over the same window. Overall residential volume for the quarter slipped 15% versus the same period a year earlier, a sign the market is rebalancing. Why it matters here: a typical condominium still sits comfortably below the top municipal threshold, while the typical detached home clears it with a wide margin — so the portion taxed at the top rate becomes the line item that opens up the gap between the two product types.
What moves the amount, and how Brossard 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 property's market value. For the market value, the City multiplies the value entered on the assessment roll by the comparative factor of the current roll — both searchable online by address through the ImmoNet service. On the rate side, Brossard shares its design with Candiac — a clean step straight to the top municipal bracket once the standard threshold is crossed, with no intermediate step — while Longueuil pushes the start of its own top bracket further out. For the same property in Sector A's older streets or near boulevard Lapinière, it's the portion taxed at the top rate that opens up the gap with Longueuil. Run the calculator above on the same value under Brossard, Candiac and Longueuil to see the difference materialize side by side.
Municipal programs and the Bciti citizen portal
Brossard does not run a general home-access credit, but its Programs and Subsidies page gathers a set of environmental supports that often land at exactly the moment you move in. The list includes a rebate on cloth diapers — reserved for pregnant residents or families with a child under 18 months — and a subsidy for sustainable hygiene products. None of these is applied automatically to the welcome-tax notice: each request is filed separately, most often through the Bciti citizen portal, which also centralizes permits, address confirmations and the online tax account.
Payment, timing and the provincial home-access credit
The welcome-tax notice is mailed once the sale is published at the Quebec land register. Above the threshold set in by-law 493, you can spread the bill across three equal instalments at thirty-day intervals; below that threshold, it is a single instalment due within thirty days of the account being mailed. The balance becomes immediately payable if the property is transferred again before the sequence ends. You can pay through your financial institution, by cheque made out to Ville de Brossard, or at the Services Brossard counter at 2001 boulevard de Rome. 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 transfer-duties page and against the notice received from the City.
- Services Brossard: 2001 boulevard de Rome, Brossard (Quebec) J4W 3K5.
- City switchboard: 450 923-6311 for any question on the welcome-tax notice, the property tax bill or the assessment value.
- Bciti citizen portal: brossard.bciti.com for service requests, your online tax account and request tracking.
- Online assessment roll: search by address on the ImmoNet service.
- Programs and subsidies: the dedicated page gathers environmental supports — cloth diapers, sustainable hygiene products and other measures recently relaunched by the City.
The calculator above gives a working estimate for budgeting; the official notice issued by Ville de Brossard 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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