Living · Saint-Laurent · October 11, 2026
The good reasons to live in Saint-Laurent (Montreal), and the reasons to hesitate, said before the visit rather than after, by a team that sells there.
Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal), the pros and cons. Pros: The REM and Côte-Vertu metro, the Technoparc and West jobs, Bois-Franc and its townhouses, planned parks. A real single-family market with land, and plenty of choice in recent condos. Cons: Vast and contrasted: industrial sectors, wide boulevards, few neighbourhood shopping streets; you get around by car. House prices jumped 22% in one year in 2026: comparables move fast and offers must be precise. For those who work in the west or at the Technoparc and want the REM or the metro on foot; for families looking for a planned neighbourhood with parks and townhouses (Bois-Franc); for a condo buyer who wants choice and time. Less so for those looking for a neighbourhood shopping street or a uniform character: Saint-Laurent is vast, contrasted, and crossed by car.
These are the points buyers report to us after visiting, not flaws on principle: each one weighs differently depending on whether you work downtown or remotely, own one car or two, have children or not. For a specific street, three things get checked on site before offering: the school catchment, the flood zone and the noise at rush hour.
For those who work in the west or at the Technoparc and want the REM or the metro on foot; for families looking for a planned neighbourhood with parks and townhouses (Bois-Franc); for a condo buyer who wants choice and time. Less so for those looking for a neighbourhood shopping street or a uniform character: Saint-Laurent is vast, contrasted, and crossed by car.
If the pros column weighs more than the cons in your actual week, Saint-Laurent is a good choice; if not, our 10 reasons to live in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) and our Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) guide help you decide, and the pros and cons of all 53 neighbourhoods give the alternative next door.
Saint-Laurent is the island sector where the single-family home rose most year over year in Q2 2026: a $988,750 median, +22 % in a year (but only +12 % in five years), with 148 active listings and 43 days on market; the rise comes from the mix of sales, driven by Bois-Franc and the north, more than from a street-by-street surge.
The published benchmark is in average selling price of homes in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) and home prices in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) over ten years; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) and condo for sale in Saint-Laurent (Montreal). The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system.
Vast and contrasted: industrial sectors, wide boulevards, few neighbourhood shopping streets; you get around by car. House prices jumped 22% in one year in 2026: comparables move fast and offers must be precise.
The REM and Côte-Vertu metro, the Technoparc and West jobs, Bois-Franc and its townhouses, planned parks. A real single-family market with land, and plenty of choice in recent condos.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the English Montreal School Board; the Cégep de Saint-Laurent and Vanier College are both on the territory. The exact school catchment varies from one street to the next: check before buying.
Saint-Laurent is the island sector where the single-family home rose most year over year in Q2 2026: a $988,750 median, +22 % in a year (but only +12 % in five years), with 148 active listings and 43 days on market; the rise comes from the mix of sales, driven by Bois-Franc and the north, more than from a street-by-street surge.
The pros and cons are written by the Loaa & Manseur team, which sells in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) all year, from our neighbourhood guide and from what buyers tell us after the visits; the figures are those published by the APCIQ for the second quarter of 2026. Nothing is added to make it look good, and nothing is hidden to sell.
The Loaa & Manseur team, led by Lotfi Manseur and Loaa Al Daow, is 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 of large residential teams according to the official RE/MAX ranking, computed on actual transactions. Its Google profile counts more than 220 reviews with a 4.9 rating. Its offices are at 55 avenue de l'Équinoxe in Brossard, one bridge from the island, and every broker's licence can be checked in the OACIQ public register. Three things to verify yourself before calling us, and to demand of any other broker.
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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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