Living · Family · Duvernay · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Duvernay offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Duvernay with a family. The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. The Centre de la nature, Laval's great park with its lake, farm and trails, is at the sector's limit in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul; within Duvernay, the Val-des-Brises park, the boulevard Lévesque banks and neighbourhood parks with arenas and pools. Duvernay has neither metro nor train station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro. Pro: Large houses on large lots, quiet streets, Val-des-Brises for the recent stock, and east Montreal via the Pie-IX Bridge. Con: No train or metro: Duvernay is lived by car, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises. Less so for those who want a train, a metro or a condo: Duvernay is lived by car, and its thin supply requires being ready to offer fast.
Duvernay 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.
Duvernay is a house market where supply is shrinking: 77 active listings in Q2 2026, a $735,000 median (+5 % year over year, +32 % in five years), 34 days on market, and a seller's market in every range, including above $1.07 million (7.5 months of inventory, still the seller's), which is rare in Laval. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Duvernay, down payment to buy in Duvernay, salary to buy in Duvernay and first-time home buyer in Duvernay give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Duvernay.
For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises. Less so for those who want a train, a metro or a condo: Duvernay is lived by car, and its thin supply requires being ready to offer fast. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Duvernay: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Chomedey Laval Des Rapides Or Duvernay Laval and Sainte Rose Vimont Auteuil Laval Or Duvernay Laval. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, Laval.
The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. The Centre de la nature, Laval's great park with its lake, farm and trails, is at the sector's limit in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul; within Duvernay, the Val-des-Brises park, the boulevard Lévesque banks and neighbourhood parks with arenas and pools. For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises.
No train or metro: Duvernay is lived by car, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. Less so for those who want a train, a metro or a condo: Duvernay is lived by car, and its thin supply requires being ready to offer fast.
Duvernay is a house market where supply is shrinking: 77 active listings in Q2 2026, a $735,000 median (+5 % year over year, +32 % in five years), 34 days on market, and a seller's market in every range, including above $1.07 million (7.5 months of inventory, still the seller's), which is rare in Laval. 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 Duvernay 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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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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