Living · Family duel · Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil · 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil.
Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. No metro: the Saint-Jérôme train has limited schedules, and downtown Montreal requires the car or train plus metro. 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 an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé.
Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles park (canoes, trails, islands), the Berge des Baigneurs and the Bois de l'Équerre are the large natural spaces; neighbourhood parks, arenas and pools complete the offer. |
| 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-Rose and Vimont stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the metro. |
| 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil is Laval's fastest sector: 27 days for a house ($649,500 median in Q2 2026, +4 % year over year, +38 % in five years) and 29 days for a condo ($420,000, +5 %, +45 % in five years), with 234 houses and 61 condos active. |
| 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 an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé. |
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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: For families who want an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé.
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, no metro: the Saint-Jérôme train has limited schedules, and downtown Montreal requires the car or train plus metro. 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Chomedey, Laval-des-Rapides and Pont-Viau or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: 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 an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé. 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. 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-Rose and Vimont stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the metro. 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-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil 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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