Living · Family duel · Ahuntsic-Cartierville or Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville or Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau for a family, side by side. Ahuntsic-Cartierville: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Ahuntsic and Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne are in the borough, along with several private colleges. The median house exceeds $900,000: the entry point is the condo, and detached houses are contested. Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau: 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. Urban and noisy on its boulevards (Saint-Martin, Le Corbusier, highway 15): quiet is found on the inner streets. For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. For those who want the metro on foot, a recent condo with services and the Centropolis downstairs; for families looking for a bungalow with a lot in Chomedey one bridge from Montreal; for first-time buyers targeting Pont-Viau.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville or Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau for a family: two neighbouring areas, the same questions on both sides. Schools, parks, commutes and the compromise each one asks of a family, taken from our neighbourhood guides and from what families tell us after the visits. The figures are those published by the APCIQ for the second quarter of 2026; nothing is embellished.
| Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Ahuntsic and Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne are in the borough, along with several private colleges. | 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. |
| Parks | Île-de-la-Visitation park (river, dam, trails) and the Gouin path are the big spaces; Ahuntsic, Nicolas-Viel and Marcelin-Wilson parks complete them; the Claude-Robillard sports complex is one of the city's major sports centres. | 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. |
| Commutes | The orange line serves the borough at Henri-Bourassa, Sauvé and Crémazie; the Henri-Bourassa bus terminus connects Laval, and the Ahuntsic exo station (Saint-Jérôme line) serves the centre. | 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. |
| The market in 2026 | Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a genuine single-family market (102 active listings in Q2, among the best-supplied on the island): $926,000 median, +7 % year over year, +32 % in five years, at 57 days on market, the longest of the north and east residential neighbourhoods. | 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. |
| For which family | For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. | For those who want the metro on foot, a recent condo with services and the Centropolis downstairs; for families looking for a bungalow with a lot in Chomedey one bridge from Montreal; for first-time buyers targeting Pont-Viau. |
Ahuntsic-Cartierville: For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau: For those who want the metro on foot, a recent condo with services and the Centropolis downstairs; for families looking for a bungalow with a lot in Chomedey one bridge from Montreal; for first-time buyers targeting Pont-Viau.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. On one side, the median house exceeds $900,000: the entry point is the condo, and detached houses are contested. On the other, urban and noisy on its boulevards (Saint-Martin, Le Corbusier, highway 15): quiet is found on the inner streets. The family that accepts one of the two more easily has found its neighbourhood. The full family portrait of each is in Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville with a family and Living in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Ahuntsic-Cartierville or Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau: the pros and cons.
For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. For those who want the metro on foot, a recent condo with services and the Centropolis downstairs; for families looking for a bungalow with a lot in Chomedey one bridge from Montreal; for first-time buyers targeting Pont-Viau. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Ahuntsic and Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne are in the borough, along with several private colleges. 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. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
The orange line serves the borough at Henri-Bourassa, Sauvé and Crémazie; the Henri-Bourassa bus terminus connects Laval, and the Ahuntsic exo station (Saint-Jérôme line) serves the centre. 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. Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Living in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau guides and from what families tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ, and ranking schools is not our trade. The other neighbourhood duels seen with children are in neighbourhood against neighbourhood for a family.
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