10 reasons to live in Saint-Léonard in 2026, taken from our neighbourhood guide

Living · Saint-Léonard · September 14, 2026

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

Ten reasons to live in Saint-Léonard, taken from our neighbourhood guide and published figures: Jean-Talon East is its artery: cafés, pastry shops, grocers and Italian restaurants, then, more recently, Maghrebi and Latin American ones. Boulevard Lacordaire and boulevard Langelier structure the north-south; the Metropolitan (Highway 40) borders the south. The north of the borough, between Jean-Talon and the Montréal-Nord limit, keeps the largest cottages and the most sought-after streets, around Parc Wilfrid-Bastien. The centre, around Lacordaire and Jean-Talon, concentrates shops and duplexes. Every reason is a sentence already published in our Living in Saint-Léonard 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. Jean-Talon East is its artery: cafés, pastry shops, grocers and Italian restaurants, then, more recently, Maghrebi and Latin American ones.
2. 2. The character. Boulevard Lacordaire and boulevard Langelier structure the north-south; the Metropolitan (Highway 40) borders the south.
3. 3. The neighbourhoods. The north of the borough, between Jean-Talon and the Montréal-Nord limit, keeps the largest cottages and the most sought-after streets, around Parc Wilfrid-Bastien.
4. 4. The neighbourhoods. The centre, around Lacordaire and Jean-Talon, concentrates shops and duplexes.
5. 5. Getting around. The borough has no metro yet: Jean-Talon, Lacordaire, Langelier and Viau buses reach the green and blue lines (Saint-Michel, Viau, Cadillac stations).
6. 6. Getting around. The blue line extension, under construction, will add Pie-IX, Viau, Lacordaire, Langelier and Anjou stations; the STM is aiming for 2031.
7. 7. Parks, leisure and shopping. Parc Wilfrid-Bastien (aquatic complex, Martin-Brodeur arena, library) is the borough's leisure heart; Ladauversière, Ferland and Giuseppe-Garibaldi parks complete the offer.
8. 8. Parks, leisure and shopping. Jean-Talon East is the shopping street; boulevard Langelier and boulevard Lacordaire line up service businesses, and the Galeries d'Anjou are next door.
9. 9. Schools and services. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board.
10. 10. The real estate market. The QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector is a genuine house market: a $712,500 median in Q2 2026, slightly down (-2 %) after +23 % in five years, sold in 33 days.

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

Buying there, selling there

The market benchmark from the guide: APCIQ sector, Q2 2026Single-family, median1 year12 months5 yearsDaysCondo, median1 year5 yearsDaysAnjou/Saint-Léonard$712,500-2 %$700,00023 %33$391,000-3 %25 %54Island of Montreal, all$834,2504%$810,00021 %41$483,0000%19 %54 Our pages house for sale in Saint-Léonard, Centris Saint-Léonard, average selling price of homes in Saint-Léonard, is it a good time to sell in Saint-Léonard and real estate broker in Saint-Léonard 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.