Living · Family duel · Fabreville or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Fabreville and Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil.
Fabreville or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil for a family, side by side. Fabreville: The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Functional, with no old village or shopping street: shops are on the boulevards and you get around by car. 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 first-time buyers and families who want a house with a lot in Laval under $600,000, near the highways and the river; for investors who renovate bungalows. 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.
Fabreville 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.
| Fabreville | Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. | The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. |
| Parks | The Rivière des Mille Îles banks and the Bois de l'Équerre, at the Sainte-Rose limit, are the large spaces; neighbourhood parks, the arena and the pool complete the offer. | 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 | Fabreville has no station of its own: Sainte-Rose station (exo Saint-Jérôme line) is at the eastern limit, and STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus. | 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 | Fabreville is Laval's cheapest and fastest house market: a $547,500 median in Q2 2026 (flat year over year, +36 % in five years), 24 days on market, 137 active listings, and a seller's market in every range (1.0 to 4.9 months of inventory). | 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 first-time buyers and families who want a house with a lot in Laval under $600,000, near the highways and the river; for investors who renovate bungalows. | 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. |
Fabreville: For first-time buyers and families who want a house with a lot in Laval under $600,000, near the highways and the river; for investors who renovate bungalows. 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, functional, with no old village or shopping street: shops are on the boulevards and you get around by car. 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 Fabreville with a family and Living in Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Fabreville or Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: the pros and cons.
For first-time buyers and families who want a house with a lot in Laval under $600,000, near the highways and the river; for investors who renovate bungalows. 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. 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.
Fabreville has no station of its own: Sainte-Rose station (exo Saint-Jérôme line) is at the eastern limit, and STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus. 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 Fabreville 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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