Living · Without a car · Outremont · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Outremont, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Outremont without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. The blue line serves Outremont at Outremont, Édouard-Montpetit (Université de Montréal) and Acadie stations. 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. Pro: Elegant shops on Bernard, Laurier and Van Horne, and the Outremont metro. Con: An old, protected stock: regulated renovations, houses to maintain, and few garages or indoor parking. 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.
Living in Outremont 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 Outremont: 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 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.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Outremont: 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 blue line serves Outremont at Outremont, Édouard-Montpetit (Université de Montréal) and Acadie stations. Buses on Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Van Horne, Laurier and du Parc complete it. Mount Royal is crossed by bike and on foot toward downtown; by car, Highway 15 (Décarie) and the Metropolitan are close.
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. The price: a house costs close to two million and a condo $750,000, for prices that have barely moved in five years.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Outremont guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Outremont: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Outremont 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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