Living · Family · Dollard-des-Ormeaux · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Dollard-des-Ormeaux offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux with a family. The town falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the Lester B. Centennial Park (lake, trails, sledding) is the town's great park; neighbourhood parks, the Civic Centre (pool, arenas, library) and the community centre complete the offer. DDO has neither station nor metro of its own: buses on boulevards des Sources, Saint-Jean and de Salaberry lead to the Fairview terminus and to the exo stations of Pointe-Claire (Vaudreuil-Hudson line) and Roxboro-Pierrefonds (REM, Deux-Montagnes branch, opened in the fall of 2025). Pro: A suburban house with land, parks, schools in both systems and an active multicultural community. Con: DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards: no waterfront, no old village, no train on foot. For families who want a suburban house with a lot, parks, schools in both networks and an active multicultural community, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield. Less so for those who want the waterfront, an old village or a train on foot: DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards.
Dollard-des-Ormeaux 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.
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.
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 QPAREB's West Island North sector (DDO, Kirkland, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard) is the island's best-supplied house market: 502 active listings, a $760,000 median in Q2 2026 (+1 % year over year, +22 % in five years), 42 days on market. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, down payment to buy in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, salary to buy in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and first-time home buyer in Dollard-des-Ormeaux give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
For families who want a suburban house with a lot, parks, schools in both networks and an active multicultural community, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield. Less so for those who want the waterfront, an old village or a train on foot: DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Saint Laurent Montreal Or Dollard Des Ormeaux and Pierrefonds Roxboro Or Dollard Des Ormeaux. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, the West Island.
The town falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the Lester B. Centennial Park (lake, trails, sledding) is the town's great park; neighbourhood parks, the Civic Centre (pool, arenas, library) and the community centre complete the offer. For families who want a suburban house with a lot, parks, schools in both networks and an active multicultural community, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield.
DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards: no waterfront, no old village, no train on foot. Less so for those who want the waterfront, an old village or a train on foot: DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards.
The QPAREB's West Island North sector (DDO, Kirkland, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, L'Île-Bizard) is the island's best-supplied house market: 502 active listings, a $760,000 median in Q2 2026 (+1 % year over year, +22 % in five years), 42 days on market. The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux 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.
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