Living · Family · Saint-Laurent · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Saint-Laurent offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) with a family. 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. Parc Marcel-Laurin and its woodland, the Bois-Franc parks with their basins, Parc Beaudet and Parc Noël-Sud are the large spaces; the Saint-Laurent sports complex, the Raymond-Bourque arena and the Bibliothèque du Boisé, awarded for its architecture, are the flagship facilities. Two orange-line stations, Côte-Vertu (terminus) and Du Collège, serve the centre; the REM stops at Bois-Franc, Du Ruisseau and Montpellier (Deux-Montagnes branch), with downtown a few stations away. Pro: The REM and Côte-Vertu metro, the Technoparc and West jobs, Bois-Franc and its townhouses, planned parks. Con: Vast and contrasted: industrial sectors, wide boulevards, few neighbourhood shopping streets; you get around by car. 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.
Saint-Laurent for a family: what really matters, schools, parks, commutes, space and price, taken from our neighbourhood guide and from what families tell us after the visits. The figures are those published by the APCIQ for the second quarter of 2026; nothing is embellished.
The school catchment of a specific address cannot be guessed: it is checked with the school service centre before offering, and subsidized daycare spots are requested early, everywhere in the region.
For a family, the commute is measured at rush hour, with the detour by the daycare or the school: do it once on a Tuesday morning before deciding.
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. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Saint-Laurent (Montreal), down payment to buy in Saint-Laurent (Montreal), salary to buy in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) and first-time home buyer in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Saint-Laurent (Montreal).
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. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal): the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Saint Laurent Montreal Or Ahuntsic Cartierville and Saint Laurent Montreal Or Dollard Des Ormeaux. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, Montreal.
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. Parc Marcel-Laurin and its woodland, the Bois-Franc parks with their basins, Parc Beaudet and Parc Noël-Sud are the large spaces; the Saint-Laurent sports complex, the Raymond-Bourque arena and the Bibliothèque du Boisé, awarded for its architecture, are the flagship facilities. 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.
Vast and contrasted: industrial sectors, wide boulevards, few neighbourhood shopping streets; you get around by car. Less so for those looking for a neighbourhood shopping street or a uniform character: Saint-Laurent is vast, contrasted, and crossed by car.
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 price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) guide and from what families tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ. All 53 neighbourhoods are gathered in living with a family 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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