Living · Sainte-Julie and Varennes · October 11, 2026
The good reasons to live in Sainte-Julie and Varennes, and the reasons to hesitate, said before the visit rather than after, by a team that sells there.
Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes, the pros and cons. Pros: A planned suburb with Mont Saint-Bruno next door (Sainte-Julie) or an old town on the river with industrial jobs (Varennes). A house sold in 22 days and a condo that rose 61% in five years. Cons: No train or metro: both cities are lived by car, via highways 20 and 30. Most of the rise is done: house prices are flat over one year, quick appreciation is gone. For families who want a planned suburb with Mont Saint-Bruno next door (Sainte-Julie) or an old riverside town with industrial jobs (Varennes), and accept the car. Less so for those who want a train, a metro on foot or a fast rise: most of the rise is done and prices are flat in a year.
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 families who want a planned suburb with Mont Saint-Bruno next door (Sainte-Julie) or an old riverside town with industrial jobs (Varennes), and accept the car. Less so for those who want a train, a metro on foot or a fast rise: most of the rise is done and prices are flat in a year.
If the pros column weighs more than the cons in your actual week, Sainte-Julie and Varennes is a good choice; if not, our 10 reasons to live in Sainte-Julie and Varennes and our Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes guide help you decide, and the pros and cons of all 53 neighbourhoods give the alternative next door.
The QPAREB's Sainte-Julie/Varennes sector shows a single-family home at $630,000 (flat year over year, +49 % in five years) sold in 22 days, with 157 active listings, and a condo at $391,000 (+6 %, +61 % in five years, the South Shore's strongest rise) in 28 days with 81 listings.
The published benchmark is in average selling price of homes in Sainte-Julie and Varennes and home prices in Sainte-Julie and Varennes over ten years; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Sainte-Julie and Varennes and condo for sale in Sainte-Julie and Varennes. The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system.
No train or metro: both cities are lived by car, via highways 20 and 30. Most of the rise is done: house prices are flat over one year, quick appreciation is gone.
A planned suburb with Mont Saint-Bruno next door (Sainte-Julie) or an old town on the river with industrial jobs (Varennes). A house sold in 22 days and a condo that rose 61% in five years.
Both towns fall under the Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes and the Riverside School Board, with high schools on site. The exact school catchment varies from one street to the next: check before buying.
The QPAREB's Sainte-Julie/Varennes sector shows a single-family home at $630,000 (flat year over year, +49 % in five years) sold in 22 days, with 157 active listings, and a condo at $391,000 (+6 %, +61 % in five years, the South Shore's strongest rise) in 28 days with 81 listings.
The pros and cons are written by the Loaa & Manseur team, which sells in Sainte-Julie and Varennes 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.
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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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