Welcome Tax Calculator Mont-Tremblant 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.

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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 guide

Saint-Jovite and Le Village reset by a new triennial roll

In the largest resort municipality of the Laurentians, October 8, 2025 will be remembered as the day the welcome-tax base was rewritten for three years. That is when the firm mandated by MRC des Laurentides filed the new triennial assessment roll, which reports an average 39% jump in property value across the territory and pushes standardized property wealth from $7 billion to $9.7 billion. Market conditions are anchored to the July 1, 2024 reference date, and the roll has been in force since January 1, 2026 across the two main residential sectors — Saint-Jovite and Le Village. The direct consequence for a buyer: the roll value, which acts as the floor in the welcome-tax taxable base, sits markedly higher until the end of the cycle.

A single-family market accelerating into the new roll

According to Centris real-estate statistics for Mont-Tremblant, on the four trailing quarters through the first quarter of 2026, the agglomeration logged 412 residential sales (up 20%) for $285 million in dollar volume (up 24%). The single-family segment posted 151 transactions (up 30%) at a median price of $618,963 (down 4%), with an average 84 days on the market. Condominium activity, tightly linked to the resort village, recorded 244 sales (up 16%) at a $452,250 median (up 18%), averaging 157 days before closing. On a population of barely 11,000 per the Statistics Canada community profile, the pace feeds the lift baked into the new roll, and the taxable base of a typical single-family home now sits just below the transitional step built into Mont-Tremblant's grid.

What moves the amount, and where Mont-Tremblant sits in the Laurentians

The taxable base is the greater of the price paid, the consideration stated in the deed and the market value — the value entered on the new roll multiplied by the comparative factor set for the year (1.00 for 2026). The ACCEO ImmoNet platform supports free searches by civic address, matricule or cadastre, and the MRC des Laurentides public cartography covers the entire territory. On the grid side, Mont-Tremblant differs from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts a little further south — which jumps straight from the intermediate bracket to its top rate with no transitional step — by slipping in a transitional step that softens the climb on the upper tier. Morin-Heights, further down the Laurentian chain, also builds in a transitional step, but with a steeper slope and a higher trigger point. Run the calculator across the three cities for the same property value: the spread shows up on the high end — exactly where a typical Mont-Tremblant home now lands under the new roll.

Municipal programs and provincial levers worth knowing

The City runs no direct rebate on the duty itself but maintains a catalogue of municipal programs and subsidies that can ease the post-purchase budget: programs for babies for new families, programs for youth and students, eco-responsible practice grants and the financial support for sports and cultural excellence. For older buyers whose annual bill rises above the average under the new roll, the provincial grant tied to a sharp rise in municipal taxes can offset, under income and length-of-ownership conditions, part of the increase. Buying a home intended for short-term tourist rental triggers a specific framework under the City's résidence de tourisme bylaw: confirm the zoning and the certificate of occupancy before the notary's office. The supplementary duty (droit supplétif), set out in Bylaw (2023)-221, applies whenever a transfer is exempted under the Act respecting duties on transfers of immovables (CQLR, c. D-15.1).

Payment, timing and the provincial home-access credit

Once the sale is published at the Quebec land register, the Finance Service issues the welcome-tax notice. The City offers several payment channels: the ACCEO payment platform, which supports both debit and credit cards (a fee applies on the latter) and allows scheduled instalments; the Mont-Tremblant Voilà! portal to view the account and switch to electronic billing; payment through your financial institution using your eighteen-digit matricule as reference; the City Hall counter for cash or INTERAC debit; and cheques made out to Ville de Mont-Tremblant. The annual municipal tax bill spreads across four instalments due March 31, June 1, July 31 and September 30, 2026, while the welcome-tax notice follows its own schedule printed on the bill. Your notary will confirm whether you qualify for the provincial home-access tax credit framed by the same Act.

Useful resources and contacts

Before paying, cross-check your estimate against the Taxes and welcome-tax page and the official notice issued by the Finance Service.

The calculator above provides an estimate to build your budget; the official notice issued by Mont-Tremblant's Finance Service 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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