Living · Family · Outremont · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Outremont offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Outremont with a family. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the English Montreal School Board, with several reputed private colleges nearby; the Université de Montréal, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique are on its territory or at its edge. Outremont Park and its pond, Beaubien Park, Joyce Park and Saint-Viateur Park are the neighbourhood parks; Mount Royal (the park, the cemeteries, the lookouts) is at the end of the street. The blue line serves Outremont at Outremont, Édouard-Montpetit (Université de Montréal) and Acadie stations. Pro: The finest residential setting on the island: tree-lined avenues, parks, reputed schools, universities and Mount Royal on foot. Con: The price: a house costs close to two million and a condo $750,000, for prices that have barely moved in five years. For those who want the island's finest residential setting, schools and universities on foot, elegant shopping avenues and Mount Royal, and have the budget. Less so for those chasing returns: Outremont prices have not moved in five years, and the square foot costs more here than anywhere else on the island.
Outremont 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.
Outremont reads in the APCIQ's Centre sector (with Westmount, Mount Royal and Hampstead): house at $1,980,000 (-3 % year over year, only +1 % in five years, when the island did +21 %), condo at $770,000 (-1 %, +19 %), 64 and 71 days on market. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Outremont, down payment to buy in Outremont, salary to buy in Outremont and first-time home buyer in Outremont give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Outremont.
For those who want the island's finest residential setting, schools and universities on foot, elegant shopping avenues and Mount Royal, and have the budget. Less so for those chasing returns: Outremont prices have not moved in five years, and the square foot costs more here than anywhere else on the island. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Outremont: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Plateau Mont Royal Or Outremont and Outremont Or Cote Des Neiges. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, Montreal.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the English Montreal School Board, with several reputed private colleges nearby; the Université de Montréal, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique are on its territory or at its edge. Outremont Park and its pond, Beaubien Park, Joyce Park and Saint-Viateur Park are the neighbourhood parks; Mount Royal (the park, the cemeteries, the lookouts) is at the end of the street. For those who want the island's finest residential setting, schools and universities on foot, elegant shopping avenues and Mount Royal, and have the budget.
The price: a house costs close to two million and a condo $750,000, for prices that have barely moved in five years. Less so for those chasing returns: Outremont prices have not moved in five years, and the square foot costs more here than anywhere else on the island.
Outremont reads in the APCIQ's Centre sector (with Westmount, Mount Royal and Hampstead): house at $1,980,000 (-3 % year over year, only +1 % in five years, when the island did +21 %), condo at $770,000 (-1 %, +19 %), 64 and 71 days on market. 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 Outremont 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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