Living · Without a car · Ahuntsic-Cartierville · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Ahuntsic-Cartierville, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. 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. 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. Pro: Houses with yards on the island, the Rivière des Prairies, Henri-Bourassa and Sauvé metro, and Laval in five minutes. Con: The Metropolitan and highway 15 cut through the borough: noise and traffic on the streets along them. 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.
Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville without a car: what our neighbourhood guide says about the metro, the train, the bus, the bike lanes and what is done on foot, then a clear verdict, deduced from a rule we write out in full. No commute time is invented: the sentences are the guide's, and the figures are those published by the APCIQ.
The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Ahuntsic-Cartierville: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
"Without a car, yes" when the guide names a metro, a REM or a train serving the neighbourhood, without the guide saying it is lived by car. "With a single car" when the guide names only the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace. "A car is a must" when no metro, REM or train serves the neighbourhood on foot and the guide says it is lived by car. The rule is the same for all 53 neighbourhoods; it does not replace your real commute on a Tuesday morning.
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.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Ahuntsic-Cartierville: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
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. Highways 15, 19 and 40 border or cross it, making it one of the best-placed boroughs for anyone working in Laval or the North Shore. The Gouin path is also a bike path along the river.
The real commute to work on a Tuesday morning, at rush hour, and the walking distance to the grocery store, the school and the daycare from the shortlisted street: two streets in the same neighbourhood are not equal. The median house exceeds $900,000: the entry point is the condo, and detached houses are contested.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Ahuntsic-Cartierville with a family. All 53 neighbourhoods are ranked in living without a car in Greater Montreal.
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Published September 7, 2026 by the Loaa & Manseur team, the number 1 team at RE/MAX Platine in 2024 and 2025, 6th RE/MAX team in Quebec, 15th in Canada and in the global top 50 according to the official RE/MAX ranking. Tell us about your project.
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