Living · Family duel · Anjou or Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Anjou and Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles.
Anjou or Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles for a family, side by side. Anjou: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. No metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Marie-Victorin (CEGEP) is in Rivière-des-Prairies. Far from downtown: without a car, trips are long and the Mascouche train has limited schedules. 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 families who want a house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal.
Anjou or Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles 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.
| Anjou | Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 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 la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Marie-Victorin (CEGEP) is in Rivière-des-Prairies. |
| Parks | 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 Pointe-aux-Prairies nature park (marshes, woods, trails) and the Ruisseau-De Montigny nature park are the large spaces; the Bellerive promenade and Pointe-aux-Trembles's riverside parks give the St. |
| Commutes | 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 exo Mascouche train serves Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles stations to Central Station; buses on Maurice-Duplessis, Perras, Henri-Bourassa East and rue Notre-Dame reach Honoré-Beaugrand and Radisson stations (green line). |
| 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. | The QPAREB's Pointe Est de l'Île sector is Montreal's most affordable and one of its most dynamic markets: house at $577,500 (+4 % year over year, +37 % in five years) in 31 days, with 179 active listings, the largest choice of houses of any east-end borough; condo at $345,000 (+2 %, +43 % in five years, the island's strongest rise) in 36 days. |
| For which family | 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 families who want a house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal. |
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. Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: For families who want a house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. 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, far from downtown: without a car, trips are long and the Mascouche train has limited schedules. The family that accepts one of the two more easily has found its neighbourhood. The full family portrait of each is in Living in Anjou with a family and Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Anjou or Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: the pros and cons.
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 families who want a house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
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 la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Marie-Victorin (CEGEP) is in Rivière-des-Prairies. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
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 exo Mascouche train serves Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles stations to Central Station; buses on Maurice-Duplessis, Perras, Henri-Bourassa East and rue Notre-Dame reach Honoré-Beaugrand and Radisson stations (green line). Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Anjou and Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles 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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