Living · Without a car · Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, and a clear verdict: with a single car.
Living in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville without a car. Verdict: With a single car. Saint-Bruno station, on the exo Mont-Saint-Hilaire line, leads to Central Station; exo Vallée-du-Richelieu buses reach the Longueuil terminus and the metro. Mont-Saint-Bruno national park (lakes, trails, Ski Saint-Bruno) is the large space; the Lac du Village, the neighbourhood parks, the Marcel-Dulude centre (arena, pool) and the library complete the offer. Pro: A green city with Mont Saint-Bruno, an old village, a train station, highways 20 and 30 and reputed schools. Con: The Saint-Bruno train has limited schedules; for most trips, it is the car. For established families and executives who want a green town, an old village, a mountain, a station and the highways, and who have the budget for an $800,000 house or more; for those working in Longueuil, Boucherville or Brossard.
Living in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville 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 the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
"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 established families and executives who want a green town, an old village, a mountain, a station and the highways, and who have the budget for an $800,000 house or more; for those working in Longueuil, Boucherville or Brossard. Less so for first-time buyers: the entry level is rare and fought over in 20 days.
With a single car. The guide names the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
Saint-Bruno station, on the exo Mont-Saint-Hilaire line, leads to Central Station; exo Vallée-du-Richelieu buses reach the Longueuil terminus and the metro. Highways 30 and 20 and Route 116 cross in Saint-Bruno: Longueuil, Brossard, Boucherville and the bridge-tunnel are in direct reach. The car is the norm, the train the alternative for downtown.
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 budget: a house costs $800,000 and up, and the entry level is contested within 20 days.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville 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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