Living · Duel · Anjou or Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier · October 11, 2026
Two neighbouring areas, the pros and cons of each side by side, and the con that most often decides between the two.
Anjou or Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier, the pros and cons side by side. Anjou: pro, A suburban house with garage without leaving the island, next to highways 40 and 25, the Galeries d'Anjou and large parks. Con, No metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier: pro, A house or plex on the island under $700,000, the metro on foot, the Olympic Park, Maisonneuve Market and the Ontario promenade. Con, The neighbourhood is still changing: some streets are renovated, others not, and choosing the street matters as much as the house. For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. For those who want a house or a plex on the island under $700,000, the metro on foot and the Olympic Park as a backyard; for first-time buyers aiming east rather than the South Shore.
Anjou and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier are neighbours, and buyers often hesitate between the two. Here are the pros and cons of each, side by side, written by a team that sells in both; the figures are those published by the APCIQ for the second quarter of 2026, and nothing is embellished.
| Anjou | Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier | |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | Anjou has no metro yet: buses on Joseph-Renaud, des Galeries-d'Anjou and Jarry reach Radisson, Langelier and Honoré-Beaugrand stations (green line). | The green line serves the borough west to east at Pie-IX, Viau, Joliette, Préfontaine, Cadillac, Langelier, Radisson and Honoré-Beaugrand; the Radisson terminus links the South Shore through the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel. |
| Parks and shops | Parc Lucie-Bruneau and Parc Goncourt are the large green spaces; Parc Roger-Rousseau, with its arena and pool, is the sports centre; the Hydro-Québec corridor bike path crosses the borough. | The Olympic Park (Stadium, Biodôme, Planetarium), the Botanical Garden and Parc Maisonneuve form the east's largest leisure complex; Parc Morgan, Parc Champêtre and Mercier's riverside parks complete it, with the Bellerive promenade along the river. |
| Schools and services | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Cégep de Maisonneuve is in the neighbourhood. |
| The market in 2026 | In the QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector, the single-family home sells for $712,500 (Q2 2026 median, -2 % year over year, +23 % in five years) in 33 days; the condo for $391,000 (-3 %, +25 % in five years) in 54 days, with 143 active listings. | It is the island neighbourhood where the single-family home stays most accessible after Montréal-Nord: $627,750 median in Q2 2026, stable year over year (-1 %), up 22 % in five years, sold in 32 days. |
| Who it is for | For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. | For those who want a house or a plex on the island under $700,000, the metro on foot and the Olympic Park as a backyard; for first-time buyers aiming east rather than the South Shore. |
| Not for | Less so for those who want to walk to the metro (not before 2031) or a neighbourhood shopping street: Anjou is lived by car. | Less so for those seeking fully renovated streets or nightlife: Hochelaga is still changing, and Mercier is residential and calm. |
Anjou: For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier: For those who want a house or a plex on the island under $700,000, the metro on foot and the Olympic Park as a backyard; for first-time buyers aiming east rather than the South Shore.
The con that most often decides between the two. On one side, no metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. On the other, the neighbourhood is still changing: some streets are renovated, others not, and choosing the street matters as much as the house. Whichever of the two you accept more easily names your neighbourhood. The detail of each is in Living in Anjou: the pros and cons and Living in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier: the pros and cons.
In the QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector, the single-family home sells for $712,500 (Q2 2026 median, -2 % year over year, +23 % in five years) in 33 days; the condo for $391,000 (-3 %, +25 % in five years) in 54 days, with 143 active listings. It is the island neighbourhood where the single-family home stays most accessible after Montréal-Nord: $627,750 median in Q2 2026, stable year over year (-1 %), up 22 % in five years, sold in 32 days. The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system; our Living in Anjou and Living in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier guides give the benchmark of each sector.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Cégep de Maisonneuve is in the neighbourhood. The exact school catchment varies from one street to the next: check before buying.
Anjou has no metro yet: buses on Joseph-Renaud, des Galeries-d'Anjou and Jarry reach Radisson, Langelier and Honoré-Beaugrand stations (green line). The green line serves the borough west to east at Pie-IX, Viau, Joliette, Préfontaine, Cadillac, Langelier, Radisson and Honoré-Beaugrand; the Radisson terminus links the South Shore through the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel.
Anjou: No metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Mercier: The neighbourhood is still changing: some streets are renovated, others not, and choosing the street matters as much as the house.
The pros and cons are written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our neighbourhood guides and from what buyers tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ. The other neighbouring duels are in pros and cons, neighbourhood against neighbourhood.
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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.
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