Living · Without a car · Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, and a clear verdict: a car is a must.
Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul without a car. Verdict: A car is a must. The sector has neither metro nor station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro. The Centre de la nature (lake, farm, trails, winter sliding) is Laval's great park and the east's leisure heart; the banks of both rivers and neighbourhood parks complete the offer. Pro: Space and countryside twenty kilometres from downtown, the Rivière-des-Mille-Îles park, at the lowest price in east Laval. Con: Rural and quiet: no train, no metro, no condos or shopping street; everything is by car. For families who want space, countryside twenty kilometres from downtown and a great park, at eastern Laval's lowest price; for those working in eastern Montreal or Terrebonne via Highway 25.
Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 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 no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
"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 space, countryside twenty kilometres from downtown and a great park, at eastern Laval's lowest price; for those working in eastern Montreal or Terrebonne via Highway 25. Less so for those who want a train, a metro, a condo or a shopping street: eastern Laval is rural, calm and lived by car, toll included.
A car is a must. The guide names no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
The sector has neither metro nor station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro. The Pie-IX bridge leads to Montréal-Nord and the Pie-IX bus rapid transit; Highway 25 and the tolled Olivier-Charbonneau bridge lead to Anjou, eastern Montreal, Terrebonne and Mascouche; Highway 440 reaches the rest of Laval. The car is indispensable, and Highway 25 is the reason the sector developed.
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. Rural and quiet: no train, no metro, no condos or shopping street; everything is by car.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Saint-François and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul 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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