Living · Family duel · Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau and Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac.
Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac for a family, side by side. 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. Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac: The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, with schools in both networks. The Laval of wide-open spaces, not of services: everything is by car, and shops are far from residential streets. 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. For families who want a large lot, a river and the commuter train, and accept the car for everything else; for those looking for a waterfront property or the prestige of Laval-sur-le-Lac.
Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac 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.
| Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau | Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | 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. | The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, with schools in both networks. |
| Parks | 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. | The banks of the Rivière des Prairies, Parc des Cageux and the river accesses, the Bois de l'Équerre at the Sainte-Rose limit and the Laval-sur-le-Lac golf course (private) make up the sector's nature. |
| Commutes | 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 exo Saint-Jérôme line stops at Sainte-Dorothée and Île-Bigras stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the Carrefour Laval. |
| The market in 2026 | 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. | Sainte-Dorothée is Laval's most expensive sector for houses: a $775,500 median in Q2 2026 (+4 % year over year, +31 % in five years), 48 days on market, the longest of the six sectors for single-family homes, and 111 active listings. |
| For which family | 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. | For families who want a large lot, a river and the commuter train, and accept the car for everything else; for those looking for a waterfront property or the prestige of Laval-sur-le-Lac. |
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. Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac: For families who want a large lot, a river and the commuter train, and accept the car for everything else; for those looking for a waterfront property or the prestige of Laval-sur-le-Lac.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. On one side, urban and noisy on its boulevards (Saint-Martin, Le Corbusier, highway 15): quiet is found on the inner streets. On the other, the Laval of wide-open spaces, not of services: everything is by car, and shops are far from residential 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 Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau with a family and Living in Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac: the pros and cons.
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. For families who want a large lot, a river and the commuter train, and accept the car for everything else; for those looking for a waterfront property or the prestige of Laval-sur-le-Lac. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
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. The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, with schools in both networks. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
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 exo Saint-Jérôme line stops at Sainte-Dorothée and Île-Bigras stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the Carrefour Laval. Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau and Living in Sainte-Dorothée, Laval-Ouest and Laval-sur-le-Lac 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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