10 reasons to live in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in 2026, taken from our neighbourhood guide

Living · Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul · September 14, 2026

Transit, shops, nature, schools, character and prices: ten concrete reasons to choose Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, and where to read the reasons not to.

Ten reasons to live in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, taken from our neighbourhood guide and published figures: Saint-François, farther east, is rural Laval: farmland, rangs, country houses and, since the 1990s, neighbourhoods of new houses around montée Masson and boulevard des Mille-Îles, up to the island's tip where the two rivers meet. The sector is calm, family-oriented, sparsely built, and draws those who want space at Laval's lowest price. Old Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and boulevard Lévesque, near the Rivière des Prairies and the Pie-IX bridge, line up the old houses and the waterfront properties, above the median, in a sector that approaches Duvernay. Central Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, around the Centre de la nature and boulevard de la Concorde East, offers the post-war bungalows that make the volume. Every reason is a sentence already published in our Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 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. Saint-François, farther east, is rural Laval: farmland, rangs, country houses and, since the 1990s, neighbourhoods of new houses around montée Masson and boulevard des Mille-Îles, up to the island's tip where the two rivers meet.
2. 2. The character. The sector is calm, family-oriented, sparsely built, and draws those who want space at Laval's lowest price.
3. 3. The neighbourhoods. Old Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and boulevard Lévesque, near the Rivière des Prairies and the Pie-IX bridge, line up the old houses and the waterfront properties, above the median, in a sector that approaches Duvernay.
4. 4. The neighbourhoods. Central Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, around the Centre de la nature and boulevard de la Concorde East, offers the post-war bungalows that make the volume.
5. 5. Getting around. The sector has neither metro nor station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro.
6. 6. Getting around. The Pie-IX bridge leads to Montréal-Nord and the Pie-IX bus rapid transit; Highway 25 and the tolled Olivier-Charbonneau bridge lead to Anjou, eastern Montreal, Terrebonne and Mascouche; Highway 440 reaches the rest of Laval.
7. 7. Parks, leisure and shopping. The Centre de la nature (lake, farm, trails, winter sliding) is Laval's great park and the east's leisure heart; the banks of both rivers and neighbourhood parks complete the offer.
8. 8. Parks, leisure and shopping. Shops are on boulevard de la Concorde East, boulevard Lévesque and montée Masson; big-box stores are toward Highway 25 and in Duvernay.
9. 9. Schools and services. The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board.
10. 10. The real estate market. Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is the Laval sector that rose most in five years for houses (+43 %), for a median still among the city's lowest: $552,944 in Q2 2026 (+2 % year over year), 33 days on market, 88 active listings.

Every reason is a sentence from our Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 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 Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul suits and who it does not; our method is to say it before the visit, not after.

Buying there, selling there

Our pages house for sale in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Centris Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, average selling price of homes in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, is it a good time to sell in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and real estate broker in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul complete this list. For the buyer, our services are paid by the seller's commission; for the seller, 5% all inclusive, payable only at the sale.

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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.