Living · Without a car · Saint-Laurent · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Saint-Laurent, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. 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. 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. 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.
Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) 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 a metro, a REM or a train that serves Saint-Laurent: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
"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 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.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Saint-Laurent: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
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. Buses on Côte-Vertu, Décarie, Marcel-Laurin and Henri-Bourassa complete the network. Highways 40, 15 and 13 border or cross the borough; the airport is next door. It is one of the island's best-connected boroughs, by transit and by car.
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. Vast and contrasted: industrial sectors, wide boulevards, few neighbourhood shopping streets; you get around by car.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal): the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Saint-Laurent (Montreal) 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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