Living · Without a car · Dollard-des-Ormeaux · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Dollard-des-Ormeaux, and a clear verdict: a car is a must.
Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux without a car. Verdict: A car is a must. 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). 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. 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.
Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux 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 Dollard-des-Ormeaux 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 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.
A car is a must. The guide names no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Dollard-des-Ormeaux is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
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). The REM's Anse-à-l'Orme branch (Des Sources, Fairview–Pointe-Claire, Kirkland and Anse-à-l'Orme stations) is under construction; opening dates depend on CDPQ Infra. Highway 40 borders the town to the south; boulevard des Sources and boulevard Saint-Jean cross the West Island toward Highway 20 and the lake.
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. DDO is lived by car and bus, between the boulevards: no waterfront, no old village, no train on foot.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Dollard-des-Ormeaux 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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