Living · Without a car · Sainte-Julie and Varennes · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Sainte-Julie and Varennes, and a clear verdict: with a single car.
Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes without a car. Verdict: With a single car. 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. 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. 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.
Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes 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 the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
"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 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.
With a single car. The guide names the bus, or a train that neighbourhood life is not enough to replace: a household lives here with a single car, not without one.
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. Highway 20 leads to Boucherville and the bridge-tunnel, Highway 30 to Brossard, Sorel and Vaudreuil.
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. No train or metro: both cities are lived by car, via highways 20 and 30.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Sainte-Julie and Varennes 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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