Welcome Tax Calculator Longueuil 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 30-day instalment that reshapes the closing budget
One detail to plan for early: in Longueuil, the welcome-tax notice is payable in a single instalment within 30 days of the billing date, not spread across multiple instalments the way the annual property tax account is. The City's welcome-tax page sets out the obligation, anchored in the Act respecting duties on transfers of immovables (CQLR, c. D-15.1). Longueuil also flags that it does not reissue a property tax bill when ownership changes, so a buyer keeps the schedule already on the matricule. The calculator above gives the working estimate to set aside before the notice arrives.
A market straddling the top-bracket threshold
According to Centris real-estate statistics for Longueuil and the South Shore for the first quarter of 2026, the median single-family price in Longueuil sits at $540,000, up 5.9% year over year. Borough-level numbers add useful texture: the single-family median rises to $570,000 in Vieux-Longueuil, comes in at $520,000 in Saint-Hubert, and stays more accessible at $490,000 in Greenfield Park. The practical takeaway for a buyer: depending on the borough, the typical home falls just below or just above the entry point of the top municipal bracket, which is worth weighing when comparing two or three addresses before locking the offer.
What moves the amount, and how Longueuil stacks up against agglomeration neighbours
The taxable base is the greater of the price paid, the consideration stated in the deed, or the standardized value — the roll value multiplied by the year's comparative factor. Verify the roll entry for an address, matricule or cadastre through the City's 2025-2026-2027 assessment-roll consultation service, run by the Direction de l'évaluation foncière. Because the roll is shared across the agglomeration, comparing Longueuil with Boucherville and Brossard is unusually clean: at the same property value, the top bracket triggers earlier in those two neighbours, whose grids stick to the standard provincial design. Further west on the South Shore, the Châteauguay grid follows a structure very close to Longueuil's — a clean jump from the intermediate step straight to the top bracket, with no transitional step in between. Run the calculator above on the same property value across the three cities; the spread shows up mostly above the top-bracket entry point.
Municipal programs and the supplementary duty to know about
Longueuil does not run a welcome-tax rebate, but the City's programs, policies and plans page lists several housing supports that fit a buyer taking over an older home: the Programme rénovation Longueuil (PRL), the Programme Rénovation Québec de la Ville de Longueuil (PRQ), the Programme d'amélioration de l'isolation (PAI), and the Programme d'adaptation de domicile (PAD). None is applied automatically on the City's notice — each one runs through its own form once the buyer is settled. A buyer whose transaction is exempt from welcome tax still owes the supplementary duty (droit supplétif) collected under the by-law adopted in December 2002 in Longueuil — the notary confirms which exemption applies and the amount to enter in the deed.
Payment, timing and the provincial home-access credit
The welcome-tax notice is mailed once the sale is published at the Quebec land register and the Direction des finances has updated the matricule. Payment flows through the Mon portail citoyen and the Voilà! platform that now handles taxation documents, or through your financial institution from the City's online payment by financial institution page. The annual property tax account can be split into several instalments through the same portal, but the welcome-tax invoice stays on the single-instalment rule. Your notary will confirm whether you qualify for the provincial home-access tax credit framed by the Act respecting duties on transfers of immovables (CQLR, c. D-15.1), which can soften the real net cost for a first-time buyer.
Useful resources and contacts
Before paying, cross-check your estimate against the official notice and the documentation published by the Direction des finances of the Ville de Longueuil.
- 311 customer service: 311 from inside Longueuil or 450 463-7311 from outside the territory, for any question on the welcome-tax notice, the tax account or the Portail citoyen.
- Direction de l'évaluation foncière: info-évaluation line 450 463-7177; email evaluation@longueuil.quebec; online administrative review request.
- City Hall: 4250 chemin de la Savane, Longueuil (Québec) J3Y 9G4 — home of the Direction des finances and the Direction de l'évaluation foncière.
- Online assessment roll: 2025-2026-2027 roll search by address, matricule or cadastre.
- Payment and portal: Mon portail citoyen, the Voilà! platform, and online payment by financial institution.
- Housing programs: full list on the City's Programs, policies and plans page.
The calculator above gives a working estimate for budgeting; the official notice issued by Ville de Longueuil 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