Living · Without a car · Boucherville · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Boucherville, and a clear verdict: a car is a must.
Living in Boucherville without a car. Verdict: A car is a must. Highway 20 and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel lead to Montreal; Route 132 follows the river toward Longueuil. The Îles-de-Boucherville National Park, reached via the Highway 25 bridge, offers cycling, kayaking and trails minutes from the houses; the old village and its riverfront promenade, neighbourhood parks and bike paths complete the picture. Pro: Mature trees, neighbourhood schools, the Îles-de-Boucherville national park and Old Boucherville on the river. Con: Boucherville is lived by car: no train or metro, and the tunnel-bridge or highway 20 at rush hour. For families who want mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days.
Living in Boucherville 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 no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Boucherville is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
"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 mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days. Less so for those who depend on public transit: Boucherville is lived by car.
A car is a must. The guide names no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Boucherville is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
Highway 20 and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel lead to Montreal; Route 132 follows the river toward Longueuil. The RTL connects to the Longueuil terminal and the metro; there is no train station.
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. Boucherville is lived by car: no train or metro, and the tunnel-bridge or highway 20 at rush hour.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Boucherville guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Boucherville: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Boucherville with a family. All 53 neighbourhoods are ranked in living without a car in Greater Montreal.
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