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

Living · Family · Longueuil · October 12, 2026

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

Living in Longueuil with a family. CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit and the École nationale d'aérotechnique (in Saint-Hubert), as well as the Université de Sherbrooke's Longueuil campus, make the city a higher-education hub. Michel-Chartrand Park is the South Shore's great urban park, with trails and deer; Parc de la Cité, in Saint-Hubert, adds a lake and paths. The Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro reaches downtown in one stop; the RTL bus terminal concentrates the South Shore lines there. Pro: Longueuil metro, Saint-Charles Street and Old Longueuil, the Université de Sherbrooke campus, the river and the parks. Con: An old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain. For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. Less so for those seeking new construction: the stock is older and renews through renovation.

Longueuil 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

• CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit and the École nationale d'aérotechnique (in Saint-Hubert), as well as the Université de Sherbrooke's Longueuil campus, make the city a higher-education hub.
• French network: Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin; English: Riverside.
• Charles-Le Moyne Hospital is in Greenfield Park.

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

• Michel-Chartrand Park is the South Shore's great urban park, with trails and deer; Parc de la Cité, in Saint-Hubert, adds a lake and paths.
• The riverfront can be cycled from Old Longueuil.

The daily commute

• The Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro reaches downtown in one stop; the RTL bus terminal concentrates the South Shore lines there.
• The Saint-Hubert exo train station serves the Saint-Hilaire line.

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 Longueuil

• Longueuil metro, Saint-Charles Street and Old Longueuil, the Université de Sherbrooke campus, the river and the parks.
• One of the fastest markets on the South Shore (21 days), with plexes and townhouses.

What a family has to accept

• An old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain.
• Longueuil municipal taxes are among the highest on the South Shore, and the Saint-Hubert airport is noisy depending on the sector.
• Parking and traffic around the metro and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge at rush hour.

Space and price in 2026

For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Longueuil, down payment to buy in Longueuil, salary to buy in Longueuil and first-time home buyer in Longueuil give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Longueuil.

For which family

For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. Less so for those seeking new construction: the stock is older and renews through renovation. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Longueuil: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Brossard Or Longueuil and Longueuil Or Saint Lambert. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, the South 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 Longueuil 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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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.