Living in Blainville with a family: schools, parks, commutes and prices in 2026

Living · Family · Blainville · October 12, 2026

Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Blainville offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.

Living in Blainville with a family. The city falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; Cégep Lionel-Groulx (Sainte-Thérèse) is a neighbour. Blainville's equestrian park, the woods and the bike path network are the large spaces; the recreational aquatic centre, the arenas and the Fontainebleau and Chambéry parks complete the offer. Blainville station, on the exo Saint-Jérôme line, leads to Central Station; exo Laurentides buses reach Montmorency metro. Pro: Large recent houses in planned neighbourhoods, parks, bike paths, a well-off city and highway 15. Con: No entry price: the affordable house has become rare, and so have condos. For families who want a large recent house in a planned neighbourhood, parks, bike paths and an affluent city, and who have the budget; for those working in Laval or the Laurentians via the 15. Less so for those seeking the North Shore's entry price or an old village: Blainville is new, green and expensive.

Blainville 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.

Schools and services

• The city falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; Cégep Lionel-Groulx (Sainte-Thérèse) is a neighbour.
• The Saint-Eustache hospital and the Saint-Jérôme regional hospital are the sector's hospitals.
• Library, recreational aquatic centre, arenas and community centres.

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.

Parks, leisure and neighbourhood life

• Blainville's equestrian park, the woods and the bike path network are the large spaces; the recreational aquatic centre, the arenas and the Fontainebleau and Chambéry parks complete the offer.
• Shops are on boulevard du Curé-Labelle, in Chambéry and near the 15-640 interchange; the Faubourg Boisbriand is next door.

The daily commute

• Blainville station, on the exo Saint-Jérôme line, leads to Central Station; exo Laurentides buses reach Montmorency metro.
• Highway 15 crosses the city toward Laval, Montreal and the Laurentians; Highway 640 links it to Boisbriand, Terrebonne and Mascouche.

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.

The pros and cons, family edition

What works for Blainville

• Large recent houses in planned neighbourhoods, parks, bike paths, a well-off city and highway 15.
• The most expensive house market on the North Shore ($800,000), a sign of demand that holds.

What a family has to accept

• No entry price: the affordable house has become rare, and so have condos.
• Little train service: the Blainville train has limited departures and highway 15 is saturated in the morning toward Laval and Montreal.
• A new city without an old village: life is by car between neighbourhoods and shopping centres.

Space and price in 2026

Blainville is the North Shore's most expensive house market: an $800,000 median in Q2 2026 (+8 % year over year, +42 % in five years), 27 days on market and 270 active listings. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Blainville, down payment to buy in Blainville, salary to buy in Blainville and first-time home buyer in Blainville give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Blainville.

For which family

For families who want a large recent house in a planned neighbourhood, parks, bike paths and an affluent city, and who have the budget; for those working in Laval or the Laurentians via the 15. Less so for those seeking the North Shore's entry price or an old village: Blainville is new, green and expensive. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Blainville: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Boisbriand Sainte Therese Or Blainville and Blainville Or Mirabel. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, the North Shore.

What to check street by street before buying

• The school catchment of the address, elementary and high school, in both systems where applicable.
• The walking distance to a park and a school, and the presence of a sidewalk and a crossing guard on the way.
• Noise at rush hour: highway, rail line, flight corridor, commercial artery.
• The flood zone and insurability, if the street is near a river or the St. Lawrence.
• The real commute to work and daycare, on a Tuesday morning, not a Sunday.

Frequently asked questions

Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Blainville 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.

Our proof, not our promises

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Also available in French: version française de ce guide.

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.