Living · Without a car · Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire, and a clear verdict: with a single car.
Living in Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire without a car. Verdict: With a single car. The exo Mont-Saint-Hilaire line stops at McMasterville station (for Beloeil) and at Mont-Saint-Hilaire station, the terminus, with Central Station at the end; exo Vallée-du-Richelieu buses reach the Longueuil terminus. The Gault nature reserve on Mont Saint-Hilaire (trails, Lake Hertel, summits) is the large space; the Richelieu riverbanks, the orchards and the neighbourhood parks complete the offer, with the arenas, the pool and Beloeil's cultural centre. Pro: The mountain, the Richelieu River, two old villages and a train to downtown, in a calm, artistic valley. Con: The valley is lived by car and train: no metro, and the Mont-Saint-Hilaire train runs at peak hours only. For families and couples who want nature, the mountain, the river, two old villages and a train downtown, in a calm, artistic valley; for those working in Saint-Hyacinthe or Longueuil via the 20.
Living in Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire 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 the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
"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 and couples who want nature, the mountain, the river, two old villages and a train downtown, in a calm, artistic valley; for those working in Saint-Hyacinthe or Longueuil via the 20. Less so for those who want the metro or a dense town: the valley is lived by car and train, and Mont-Saint-Hilaire is expensive at the foot of the mountain.
With a single car. The guide names the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
The exo Mont-Saint-Hilaire line stops at McMasterville station (for Beloeil) and at Mont-Saint-Hilaire station, the terminus, with Central Station at the end; exo Vallée-du-Richelieu buses reach the Longueuil terminus. Highway 20 crosses the sector toward Boucherville, the bridge-tunnel and Quebec City; Route 116 leads to Saint-Bruno and Longueuil, Route 133 runs along the Richelieu. The car is the norm, the train the alternative for downtown.
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 valley is lived by car and train: no metro, and the Mont-Saint-Hilaire train runs at peak hours only.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Beloeil and Mont-Saint-Hilaire 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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