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La Minerve | $995,000 Canadian ($735,000)
An A-frame lakefront chalet with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a wraparound balcony and a private dock.
Set on the shore of Lake Chapleau, a popular fishing spot, this peaked-roof chalet is in La Minerve, a municipality in the Laurentians region of Quebec. Mont-Tremblant, with its ski resorts, golf courses, dining and private airport, is about 30 miles southeast. Hiking and snowmobile trails crisscross the wooded terrain around the property. A commercial strip with a supermarket, bakery, hardware store and library is about a mile north. Montreal is about 109 miles southeast.
As a rural area, the Laurentians region is exempt from Canada’s ban on foreign home buyers, enacted last January and recently extended until 2027.
Size: 1,350 square feet
Price per square foot: $545
Indoors: A great room with living, dining and kitchen areas takes up most of the ground floor. Finished with gleaming pine floors, the room features a wall of windows that nearly reaches the 26-foot cathedral ceiling. The kitchen has brick walls, retro-styled Heartland appliances, an antique cast-iron sink and solid pine cabinets. The main floor also features a bedroom with a barn-style door and a tiled bathroom.
On the second floor, the primary bedroom has French doors that open to a large mezzanine, with lake views through the front windows. The bedroom’s floors, walls and sloping ceilings are solid pine, as are the bathroom’s floors and ceilings. In the basement, a paneled family room offers lake views. Laundry and two additional refrigerators are in the basement.
Outdoor space: The house sits on 1.07 wooded acres. Two patio doors open from the living room to a wraparound balcony with panoramic lake views. The property also includes a detached, heated one-car garage with a second floor for storage. A 40-foot private dock on Lake Chapleau is behind the house.
Taxes: $3,680 Canadian a year (2,714)
Contact: Catherine Mills, Royal LePage Excellence, 514-591-8677, royallepageexcellence.com
Mont-Tremblant | $925,000 Canadian ($682,000)
A sunlit, ski-in-ski-out condo with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and access to a pool and hot tub.
Sold fully furnished, this two-bedroom, two-bath condo unit is on the second floor in Etoile du Matin, a 52-unit apartment complex below Mont-Tremblant, the Laurentians’ highest ski resort. Golf courses, including the public Golf Manitou and private Golf Le Maitre de Mont-Tremblant club, are within 10 miles of the property. Tremblant Lake and Mercier Lake, less than five miles away, offer summer watersports. In season, owners at Etoile du Matin get access to a private pool and hot tub. The development allows short-term rentals, which are restricted in parts of the Laurentians.
Chairlifts are less than 100 feet from the front door. Mont-Tremblant’s pedestrian village, with boutiques, restaurants and bars, is about 2.5 miles northwest. The Mont-Tremblant Casino, less than a half-mile west of the complex, operates its own gondola up Mont-Tremblant. Montreal is about 90 miles southeast of Mont-Tremblant.
Size: 1,150 square feet
Price per square foot: $593
Indoors: The apartment’s front door opens to a cedar-paneled vestibule. A small hallway with built-in floor-to-ceiling wood shelves leads to an open-concept space with living, dining and kitchen areas. Except for ceramic kitchen tiles, most of the living space features pale wood-plank floors. A quartz-covered island anchors the kitchen, which also has stainless steel appliances and a glass-tile backsplash. Rough gray stone covers a gas fireplace in the living room. Pendant fixtures light the dining room and kitchen. The main level includes a powder room.
On the second floor, both bedrooms enjoy mountain and valley views. The bedrooms feature pale wood flooring, sloped ceilings and en suite bathrooms. A washer and dryer are tucked into the small hallway between bedrooms. The unit, sold fully furnished, faces southeast and gets ample daytime sunlight.
Outdoor space: A 25-foot balcony runs the length of the apartment and offers mountain and valley views.
Taxes: $9,661 Canadian a year ($7,120), plus monthly maintenance of $806 Canadian ($594)
Contact: Sean Couchman, Mont-Tremblant Real Estate, 819-421-2390, mtre.ca
La Conception | $899,000 Canadian ($663,000)
A three-bedroom, four-bath contemporary home, with short-term rentals permitted, near lakes and the Rouge River.
This boxy, modern house — sold fully furnished — is one of 90 completed custom homes in the 543-acre Bel Air Tremblant development, in the village of La Conception. The complex includes purpose-built vacation rentals as well as residences. Bel Air Tremblant’s clubhouse features a spa, fitness facilities, swimming pool and restaurant. Short-term rentals are permitted throughout the development.
The 100-mile-long Rouge River bisects the 50-square-mile municipality of La Conception, home to more than 80 lakes. The Rouge River’s banks are less than a mile from the house. La Conception is less than 10 miles south of Mont-Tremblant National Park, Quebec’s first national park. A small supermarket is about four miles east in the Old Village section of Mont-Tremblant. The Mont-Tremblant ski resort is seven miles east, and Mont-Tremblant’s airport is about 19 miles north. Montreal is 90 miles southeast.
Size: 1,565 square feet
Price per square foot: $424
Indoors: All the rooms are on one level, with heated concrete floors. An open-concept space includes living, kitchen and dining areas, with the living room featuring 16-foot ceilings and decorative wood beams. An Italian-made Natuzzi leather sectional sofa faces a gas fireplace encased in floor-to-ceiling stone. Sliding glass doors open to a finished patio with valley views. The kitchen includes a large island, stainless-steel appliances and a ceramic backsplash. The dining area, between the living room and kitchen, features a Quebec-made Canadel wood table and eight chairs.
Two of the four bedrooms feature walkouts to the patio. The bedrooms are styled in minimalist white and gray, except for one that has an accent wall decorated in a sliced-tree-trunk motif. Two high-ceilinged bathrooms include glass-enclosed showers. A third is a powder room.
Outdoor space: Aluminum stairs outside lead to a rooftop deck with sweeping views of a wooded valley. A backyard gazebo houses a seven-seater Jacuzzi spa. A squat black shed next to the house was custom built for storing winter sports gear. The home is encircled by trees, and accessed by a driveway from a main road. The owners festooned one pine tree with 6,000 lights that glow in the backyard.
Taxes: $4,966 Canadian a year ($3,660)
Contact: Jennifer McKeown, Mont-Tremblant Real Estate, 819-425-0074, mtre.ca
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