Living · Without a car · Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. The exo Mascouche train serves Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles stations to Central Station; buses on Maurice-Duplessis, Perras, Henri-Bourassa East and rue Notre-Dame reach Honoré-Beaugrand and Radisson stations (green line). The Pointe-aux-Prairies nature park (marshes, woods, trails) and the Ruisseau-De Montigny nature park are the large spaces; the Bellerive promenade and Pointe-aux-Trembles's riverside parks give the St. Pro: A dynamic market, the eastern train and highway 40 to downtown or Repentigny. Con: Far from downtown: without a car, trips are long and the Mascouche train has limited schedules. For families who want a house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal.
Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles 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 Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: 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 house with a lot, a nature park and the waterfront at the island's lowest price; for a first-time buyer targeting a condo under $350,000 in Montreal. Less so for those who work downtown without a car and without a train schedule: the eastern tip is far, and structuring transit is not there yet.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: 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 exo Mascouche train serves Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles stations to Central Station; buses on Maurice-Duplessis, Perras, Henri-Bourassa East and rue Notre-Dame reach Honoré-Beaugrand and Radisson stations (green line). Highway 40 crosses the borough, Highway 25 is to the west. The car remains the norm, and structuring transit projects for the east are still under study.
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. Far from downtown: without a car, trips are long and the Mascouche train has limited schedules.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Rivière-des-Prairies and Pointe-aux-Trembles with a family. All 53 neighbourhoods are ranked in living without a car in Greater Montreal.
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