Living · Without a car · Notre-Dame-de-Grâce · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. The orange line serves NDG at Villa-Maria and Vendôme; Vendôme is also an exo train station (Vaudreuil-Hudson and Candiac lines) connected to the MUHC. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park is the neighbourhood's green heart, with its fields and skating rink; Loyola, Trenholme and Girouard parks add to it; Mount Royal and Westmount Park are neighbours. Pro: Brick houses on quiet streets, two metro stations, the MUHC, schools in both languages and a bilingual neighbourhood. Con: A house costs $1.25 million: NDG is no longer an entry neighbourhood, and the plex condo is the alternative. For families who want a brick house, a quiet street, the metro, English and French schools and a bilingual neighbourhood: NDG is the first address for newcomers from Ontario and MUHC professionals.
Living in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) 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 a metro, a REM or a train that serves Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
"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 brick house, a quiet street, the metro, English and French schools and a bilingual neighbourhood: NDG is the first address for newcomers from Ontario and MUHC professionals. Less so for those seeking the lowest entry price or nightlife: NDG goes to bed early, and its house costs $1.25 million.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
The orange line serves NDG at Villa-Maria and Vendôme; Vendôme is also an exo train station (Vaudreuil-Hudson and Candiac lines) connected to the MUHC. Buses on Sherbrooke, Monkland, Somerled and Décarie complete the network. The Décarie Expressway (15) and Highway 20 border the neighbourhood, which matters for those working in the west or on the South Shore.
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. A house costs $1.25 million: NDG is no longer an entry neighbourhood, and the plex condo is the alternative.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG): the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) with a family. All 53 neighbourhoods are ranked in living without a car in Greater Montreal.
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