Living · Family · Sainte-Julie and Varennes · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Sainte-Julie and Varennes offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes with a family. Both towns fall under the Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes and the Riverside School Board, with high schools on site. Mont-Saint-Bruno national park (trails, lakes, skiing) is at Sainte-Julie's door; in Varennes, the riverside promenade, Parc de la Commune and the Varennes islands. No station or metro: exo Sainte-Julie and Varennes buses reach the Longueuil terminus (Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro) via Highway 20 with reserved lanes, and the REM in Brossard via the 30. Pro: A planned suburb with Mont Saint-Bruno next door (Sainte-Julie) or an old town on the river with industrial jobs (Varennes). Con: No train or metro: both cities are lived by car, via highways 20 and 30. 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.
Sainte-Julie and Varennes 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.
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. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Sainte-Julie and Varennes, down payment to buy in Sainte-Julie and Varennes, salary to buy in Sainte-Julie and Varennes and first-time home buyer in Sainte-Julie and Varennes give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Sainte-Julie and Varennes.
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. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Boucherville Or Sainte Julie Varennes and Saint Bruno De Montarville Or Sainte Julie Varennes. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, the South Shore.
Both towns fall under the Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes and the Riverside School Board, with high schools on site. Mont-Saint-Bruno national park (trails, lakes, skiing) is at Sainte-Julie's door; in Varennes, the riverside promenade, Parc de la Commune and the Varennes islands. 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.
No train or metro: both cities are lived by car, via highways 20 and 30. 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.
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 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 Sainte-Julie and Varennes 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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