10 reasons to live in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau in 2026, taken from our neighbourhood guide

Living · Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau · September 14, 2026

Transit, shops, nature, schools, character and prices: ten concrete reasons to choose Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau, and where to read the reasons not to.

Ten reasons to live in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau, taken from our neighbourhood guide and published figures: Laval-des-Rapides, around Montmorency and De la Concorde stations, became in fifteen years the neighbourhood of condo towers and projects like Urbania, with Collège Montmorency, the Université de Montréal's Laval campus and Place Bell. Pont-Viau, to the south, near Cartier station and the Rivière des Prairies, keeps the sector's most affordable duplexes and post-war houses, one bridge from Ahuntsic. Southern Chomedey, between Saint-Martin and the river (Souvenir, Cartier West), lines up the sector's finest houses, above the median; northern Chomedey, toward Highway 440, offers the family bungalows at the median. Laval-des-Rapides splits between the towers of the Montmorency area (recent condos, the largest choice) and the older residential streets toward De la Concorde. Every reason is a sentence already published in our Living in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau guide, written by a team that sells there all year; the reasons not to live there (entry price, distance, school catchment, noise) are there too.

The 10 reasons, taken from our neighbourhood guide

1. 1. The character. Laval-des-Rapides, around Montmorency and De la Concorde stations, became in fifteen years the neighbourhood of condo towers and projects like Urbania, with Collège Montmorency, the Université de Montréal's Laval campus and Place Bell.
2. 2. The character. Pont-Viau, to the south, near Cartier station and the Rivière des Prairies, keeps the sector's most affordable duplexes and post-war houses, one bridge from Ahuntsic.
3. 3. The neighbourhoods. Southern Chomedey, between Saint-Martin and the river (Souvenir, Cartier West), lines up the sector's finest houses, above the median; northern Chomedey, toward Highway 440, offers the family bungalows at the median.
4. 4. The neighbourhoods. Laval-des-Rapides splits between the towers of the Montmorency area (recent condos, the largest choice) and the older residential streets toward De la Concorde.
5. 5. Getting around. Laval's three orange-line stations, Montmorency (terminus), De la Concorde and Cartier, are all in the sector; De la Concorde is also an exo Saint-Jérôme line station.
6. 6. Getting around. Highways 15, 13 and 440 cross Chomedey; the Viau and Lachapelle bridges lead to Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
7. 7. Parks, leisure and shopping. The Centre de la nature is next door (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul); in the sector, Parc Bernard-Landry, the Centropolis with its restaurants and venues, Place Bell (arena and shows), the Cosmodôme and the Rivière des Prairies banks in Pont-Viau.
8. 8. Parks, leisure and shopping. The Carrefour Laval and boulevard Saint-Martin are the whole city's commercial hub; boulevard des Laurentides and boulevard Cartier have the neighbourhood shops.
9. 9. Schools and services. The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; Collège Montmorency and the Université de Montréal's Laval campus are in Laval-des-Rapides.
10. 10. The real estate market. Central Laval is the only sector of the city where the condo dominates: 397 active listings, a $420,000 median flat year over year (+31 % in five years) and 60 days on market, Laval's longest.

Every reason is a sentence from our Living in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau guide, written by a team that sells there all year, and the figures are those published by the APCIQ; nothing is added to make it look good. What the city does less well is also in the guide, in the "who it does not suit" section.

And the reasons not to live there

No city suits everyone: the entry price, the distance to work, the exact school catchment of the street, the noise of a highway or a rail line, parking. The neighbourhood guide says who Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau suits and who it does not; our method is to say it before the visit, not after.

Buying there, selling there

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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.