Living in Montreal · Anjou · 2026 neighbourhood guide
The suburb inside the island, at the crossroads of the highways and soon at the end of the blue line: what it is worth and for whom.
Anjou is east Montreal's crossroads borough: Highways 25 and 40 meet there, the Galeries d'Anjou and the industrial park concentrate shops and jobs, and the residential streets, set apart, line up bungalows, cottages and semi-detached houses from the 1960s to 1980s with garages and gardens. The QPAREB groups it with Saint-Léonard: single-family home at $712,500 (-2 % year over year, +23 % in five years) in 33 days in Q2 2026, condo at $391,000 (-3 %) in 54 days. The future Anjou terminus of the blue line, planned for 2031 near the Galeries, is the change that matters. Seller's market in most ranges.
Anjou has the shape of a 1960s suburb set down in the island's east: curving, quiet streets of brick bungalows, cottages and semi-detached houses, lots with garages and gardens, parks on every corner, and, on the periphery, the big facilities: the Galeries d'Anjou, one of the region's largest shopping centres, the Anjou industrial park and the Highway 25 and 40 interchanges. The north of the borough (Anjou-sur-le-Lac, around Parc Lucie-Bruneau and its artificial lake) is the newest and most sought-after; the centre and south keep the original houses, often enlarged. The population is family-oriented, with a strong Italian, Haitian and Maghrebi presence, and the borough counts among the east's safest and calmest.
Anjou-sur-le-Lac, to the northeast, lines up the most recent houses and condos (1990s to 2010s) around a body of water and parks. The centre, around avenue des Halles, boulevard des Galeries-d'Anjou and the borough hall, concentrates services and condos. The south, toward Mercier and Highway 40, offers the most affordable original bungalows. The west, at the Saint-Léonard limit, is the sector of classic 1960s residential streets.
Anjou has no metro yet: buses on Joseph-Renaud, des Galeries-d'Anjou and Jarry reach Radisson, Langelier and Honoré-Beaugrand stations (green line). The Anjou terminus of the blue line extension, planned for 2031 near the Galeries d'Anjou, will change the equation. By road, Anjou is one of the best-placed boroughs on the island: Highway 25 to Laval and the bridge-tunnel, Highway 40 to the centre and the east.
Parc Lucie-Bruneau and Parc Goncourt are the large green spaces; Parc Roger-Rousseau, with its arena and pool, is the sports centre; the Hydro-Québec corridor bike path crosses the borough. The Galeries d'Anjou, boulevard des Galeries-d'Anjou and boulevard Joseph-Renaud concentrate the shops; the industrial park is a local job pool.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. Hôpital Santa Cabrini and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont are the nearest hospitals; the Anjou CLSC is on site. Jean-Corbeil library, pools, arenas and community centre.
In the QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector, the single-family home sells for $712,500 (Q2 2026 median, -2 % year over year, +23 % in five years) in 33 days; the condo for $391,000 (-3 %, +25 % in five years) in 54 days, with 143 active listings. The market favours sellers in every condo range except between $490,000 and $590,000 (balanced). In Anjou, the Anjou-sur-le-Lac condos and the houses near the future metro are the most requested products.
| APCIQ sector, Q2 2026 | Single-family, median | 1 year | 12 months | 5 years | Days | Condo, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjou/Saint-Léonard | $712,500 | -2 % | $700,000 | 23 % | 33 | $391,000 | -3 % | 25 % | 54 |
| Island of Montreal, all | $834,250 | 4% | $810,000 | 21 % | 41 | $483,000 | 0% | 19 % | 54 |
The balance of power by price range (four months of inventory separates a seller's market from a balanced one; beyond eight, the buyer leads):
| Price range (condo, 12 months to Q2 2026) | Months of inventory | Market |
|---|---|---|
| < 200K | 2.5 months | Seller |
| 200K - 290K | 5.1 months | Seller |
| 290K - 490K | 5.0 months | Seller |
| 490K - 590K | 9.6 months | Balanced |
| >= 590K | 6.9 months | Seller |
In August 2026 the island of Montreal sold single-family homes for $820,000 (+2 %) in 57 days and condos for $475,000, with record listings downtown; the monthly picture is in the island's August 2026 report and the Montreal condo market.
For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. Less so for those who want to walk to the metro (not before 2031) or a neighbourhood shopping street: Anjou is lived by car.
See living in Saint-Léonard, the neighbour to the west, and living in Mercier and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the neighbour to the south.
The sector's median condo was $391,000 in Q2 2026 (-3 % year over year, 25 % in five years), sold in 54 days according to the APCIQ. The actual price depends on the building, the floor and the condition.
The median single-family home was $712,500 in Q2 2026 (-2 % year over year), in 33 days. Plexes (2 to 5 units) make up a large share of the housing stock; their price is documented on closed sales on the street, not on a borough average.
It is one of the east end's calmest boroughs, with houses with garages, parks and neighbourhood schools, at the crossroads of Highways 25 and 40. The trade-off is no metro until 2031 and a neighbourhood life that runs through the Galeries rather than a shopping street.
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Published September 6, 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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