Living · Family · Ahuntsic-Cartierville · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Ahuntsic-Cartierville offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville with a family. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Ahuntsic and Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne are in the borough, along with several private colleges. Île-de-la-Visitation park (river, dam, trails) and the Gouin path are the big spaces; Ahuntsic, Nicolas-Viel and Marcelin-Wilson parks complete them; the Claude-Robillard sports complex is one of the city's major sports centres. The orange line serves the borough at Henri-Bourassa, Sauvé and Crémazie; the Henri-Bourassa bus terminus connects Laval, and the Ahuntsic exo station (Saint-Jérôme line) serves the centre. Pro: Houses with yards on the island, the Rivière des Prairies, Henri-Bourassa and Sauvé metro, and Laval in five minutes. Con: The median house exceeds $900,000: the entry point is the condo, and detached houses are contested. For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. Less so for those who want density, bars and nightlife: the borough is residential and calm, and Fleury closes early.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville for a family: what really matters, schools, parks, commutes, space and price, taken from our neighbourhood guide 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.
The school catchment of a specific address cannot be guessed: it is checked with the school service centre before offering, and subsidized daycare spots are requested early, everywhere in the region.
For a family, the commute is measured at rush hour, with the detour by the daycare or the school: do it once on a Tuesday morning before deciding.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a genuine single-family market (102 active listings in Q2, among the best-supplied on the island): $926,000 median, +7 % year over year, +32 % in five years, at 57 days on market, the longest of the north and east residential neighbourhoods. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, down payment to buy in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, salary to buy in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and first-time home buyer in Ahuntsic-Cartierville give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Ahuntsic-Cartierville.
For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb. Less so for those who want density, bars and nightlife: the borough is residential and calm, and Fleury closes early. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Villeray Montreal Or Ahuntsic Cartierville and Saint Laurent Montreal Or Ahuntsic Cartierville. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, Montreal.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board; Collège Ahuntsic and Cégep de Bois-de-Boulogne are in the borough, along with several private colleges. Île-de-la-Visitation park (river, dam, trails) and the Gouin path are the big spaces; Ahuntsic, Nicolas-Viel and Marcelin-Wilson parks complete them; the Claude-Robillard sports complex is one of the city's major sports centres. For families who want a house with a yard on the island, a river at the end of the street, the metro and quick access to Laval and the highways: Ahuntsic is the compromise between city and suburb.
The median house exceeds $900,000: the entry point is the condo, and detached houses are contested. Less so for those who want density, bars and nightlife: the borough is residential and calm, and Fleury closes early.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville is a genuine single-family market (102 active listings in Q2, among the best-supplied on the island): $926,000 median, +7 % year over year, +32 % in five years, at 57 days on market, the longest of the north and east residential neighbourhoods. The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville guide and from what families tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ. All 53 neighbourhoods are gathered in living with a family in Greater Montreal.
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