Living · Without a car · Mascouche · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Mascouche, and a clear verdict: with a single car.
Living in Mascouche without a car. Verdict: With a single car. Mascouche station is the terminus of the exo Mascouche line to Central Station; exo Terrebonne-Mascouche buses reach Montmorency metro in Laval. Grand-Coteau park (trails, cross-country skiing, sledding) and the Domaine seigneurial are the large spaces; neighbourhood parks, the aquatic complex and the arenas complete the offer. Pro: A recent house under $650,000, the Mascouche train, highway 25 and a city built since 2000. Con: Little charm or village life: a new city lived by car, with little choice (109 listings). For young families who want a recent house under $650,000, the train and Highway 25, in a city that built everything since 2000; for those working in Laval or Montreal East.
Living in Mascouche 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 the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
"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 young families who want a recent house under $650,000, the train and Highway 25, in a city that built everything since 2000; for those working in Laval or Montreal East. Less so for those seeking character, dense village life or choice: Mascouche is new, fast, and you must offer within 48 hours.
With a single car. The guide names the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
Mascouche station is the terminus of the exo Mascouche line to Central Station; exo Terrebonne-Mascouche buses reach Montmorency metro in Laval. Highway 25 (Olivier-Charbonneau bridge, tolled) leads to Laval and eastern Montreal; Highway 640 crosses the North Shore toward Terrebonne and Boisbriand. The car is the norm for daily life, the train for downtown.
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. Little charm or village life: a new city lived by car, with little choice (109 listings).
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Mascouche guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Mascouche: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Mascouche 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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