Pay a balance to end the tax sale process

Last updated August 8, 2024
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Is your building for sale due to defaulted payment of property taxes or property transfer duties? Find out how to pay your balance and end the process.



A building is withdrawn from the sale process when the amounts due for the previous year are paid in full.

Paying your balance

If there is a delay caused by the method of payment you have chosen, please plan accordingly so that we receive your payment on time and the sale process can be stopped. 

After August 1 of the year after your tax account invoice is issued, personal cheques are no longer accepted.

Online payment

Participating financial institutions:

  • CIBC Bank
  • Laurentian Bank
  • National Bank of Canada
  • Scotia Bank
  • BMO Financial Group
  • Desjardins (AccèsD) 
  • TD Bank Financial Group
  • RBC Royal Bank

Communication channels

Go to an Accès Montréal office with the detachable stub from your notice and your payment.

Only the following methods of payment are accepted:

  • Debit card
  • Cheque payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars, drawn on a Canadian bank account
  • Postal money order payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars
  • Cash (check the authorized limit at the point of service) 

You can also pay at your financial institution’s counter or automated teller machine.

Ville de Montréal

Service des finances

P.O. Box 11043, downtown station

Montréal, Québec

H3C 4X8

Send us your payment and the detachable stub. Enter the amount of your payment in the appropriate box.

Only the following methods of payment are accepted:

  • Cheque payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars, drawn on a Canadian bank account
  • Postal money order payable to “Ville de Montréal,” in Canadian dollars

Please allow sufficient time for us to receive your payment.