Living in Montreal · Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie · 2026 neighbourhood guide
The borough most sought after by Montreal families who want to stay in the city: what it offers, what it costs, and who it is for.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is Montreal's borough of plexes, green alleys and human-scale shopping streets: Promenade Masson, Plaza Saint-Hubert, rue Beaubien, Little Italy and Jean-Talon Market. It is the island sector where houses rose most in five years (+46 %) and one of the fastest for condos ($560,000 in 29 days in Q2 2026). Three orange-line stations (Rosemont, Beaubien, Jean-Talon) and the blue line to the east connect it downtown; the Botanical Garden and Parc Maisonneuve form its eastern edge. Seller's market in every condo range above $280,000.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough of plexes: rows of duplexes and triplexes from 1910 to 1930 with outdoor staircases, alleys turned into green alleys, and a grid of shopping streets that give each neighbourhood its own life. To the west, Little Italy and Jean-Talon Market; in the centre, Plaza Saint-Hubert and rue Beaubien; to the east, Promenade Masson and Old Rosemont, with brick houses and tree-lined streets. The Angus technopole, on the former Canadian Pacific shops, added condos and offices to the heart of the borough. It is a place where people walk, shop on foot and use cafés as neighbourhood living rooms.
La Petite-Patrie (south of Jean-Talon, between Saint-Laurent and Papineau) is the densest and most sought-after part: Little Italy, the market, restaurants, plexes converted into condos. Old Rosemont, around Promenade Masson and the 1st to 12th Avenues, keeps the finest houses and the quietest streets. The Angus sector is the newest, with condos from the 2000s to 2020s. Eastward, between Pie-IX and the Botanical Garden, prices are more accessible and streets wider; north of Bélanger you approach Villeray and Saint-Michel with slightly cheaper plexes.
The orange line serves the borough at Rosemont, Beaubien and Jean-Talon; the blue line at Fabre, D'Iberville and Saint-Michel to the northeast, and Pie-IX to the east. Buses on Saint-Denis, Papineau, Bélanger and Beaubien complete the network, and bike paths (Saint-Zotique, Boyer, Rachel southward) make Rosemont one of Montreal's most cycled boroughs. By car, street parking is the friction point: the resident permit is the norm in La Petite-Patrie.
The Botanical Garden, Parc Maisonneuve and the Olympic Stadium border the east of the borough; Parc Molson and Parc Père-Marquette are the central neighbourhood parks; the green alleys, more than a hundred, are Rosemont's signature. Jean-Talon Market is the city's largest public market; Plaza Saint-Hubert under its canopies, Promenade Masson and rue Beaubien line up independent shops, bakeries and restaurants.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal for the French public network and the English Montreal School Board for the English one; Collège de Rosemont is in the borough. Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, on the eastern edge, is one of the island's major hospitals; the Montreal Heart Institute is next door. Libraries, pools and arenas are spread across each district.
Rosemont is the island sector where single-family homes rose most in five years (+46 %), and one of the two fastest for condos (29 days, with Villeray). Houses are rare and expensive ($1,138,000 median in Q2 2026, +10 %) because the stock is made of plexes: the plex is Rosemont's real market, and its price is documented street by street. The condo ($560,000, +2 %) is the entry product, often in a converted plex or in the Angus projects.
| APCIQ sector, Q2 2026 | Single-family, median | 1 year | 12 months | 5 years | Days | Condo, median | 1 year | 5 years | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont | $1,138,000 | 10 % | $1,092,500 | 46 % | 41 | $560,000 | 2% | 26 % | 29 |
| Island of Montreal, all | $834,250 | 4% | $810,000 | 21 % | 41 | $483,000 | 0% | 19 % | 54 |
The balance of power by price range (four months of inventory separates a seller's market from a balanced one; beyond eight, the buyer leads):
| Price range (condo, 12 months to Q2 2026) | Months of inventory | Market |
|---|---|---|
| < 280K | 10.2 months | Buyer |
| 280K - 420K | 4.2 months | Seller |
| 420K - 690K | 3.3 months | Seller |
| 690K - 830K | 2.8 months | Seller |
| >= 830K | 3.4 months | Seller |
In August 2026 the island of Montreal sold single-family homes for $820,000 (+2 %) in 57 days and condos for $475,000, with record listings downtown; the monthly picture is in the island's August 2026 report and the Montreal condo market.
For those who want the city on foot: shops, market, metro, alleys, neighbourhood schools, and a community of families who chose to stay on the island. For investors, it is Montreal's most liquid plex market. Less so for those who want a garage, a large lot or a detached house: here the $1.1 million house is the exception, and parking is earned.
Our listing at 5500 Place De Jumonville shows we sell there. See also where to buy a family home in Montreal and Montreal market statistics.
The sector's median condo was $560,000 in Q2 2026 (2% year over year, 26 % in five years), sold in 29 days according to the APCIQ. The actual price depends on the building, the floor and the condition.
The median single-family home was $1,138,000 in Q2 2026 (10 % year over year), in 41 days. Plexes (2 to 5 units) make up a large share of the housing stock; their price is documented on closed sales on the street, not on a borough average.
It is one of the most requested by families staying on the island: green alleys, neighbourhood parks, metro, shops on foot. The trade-off is the house price ($1.1 million) and parking; many families buy a plex and rent out a unit.
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Published September 5, 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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