Living · Without a car · Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac, and a clear verdict: a car is a must.
Living in Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac (Soulanges Sud) without a car. Verdict: A car is a must. No station in the sector: the Vaudreuil and Dorion stations (exo Vaudreuil-Hudson line) are a few kilometres away via Highway 20; exo La Presqu'Île buses link the villages to Vaudreuil. Saint-Zotique's beach, Lac Saint-François, the Soulanges Canal and its bike path, the Coteau-du-Lac national historic site and the riverside parks are the large spaces; the villages' arenas, pools and community centres complete the offer. Pro: A large lot, the lake or the canal, and a house under $600,000 half an hour and more from the West Island. Con: A string of villages lived by car: no train, no condos, no services on foot. For families who want a large lot, the lake or the canal and a house under $600,000 forty minutes from the West Island; for those working in Vaudreuil or Valleyfield.
Living in Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac (Soulanges Sud) 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 no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
"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 large lot, the lake or the canal and a house under $600,000 forty minutes from the West Island; for those working in Vaudreuil or Valleyfield. Less so for those who want a train, a condo or services on foot: Soulanges Sud is a string of villages lived by car, and its waterfront high end negotiates.
A car is a must. The guide names no metro, REM or train on foot, and says Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac is lived by car: you need one, sometimes two.
No station in the sector: the Vaudreuil and Dorion stations (exo Vaudreuil-Hudson line) are a few kilometres away via Highway 20; exo La Presqu'Île buses link the villages to Vaudreuil. Highway 20 crosses the sector toward Vaudreuil and Montreal on one side, Ontario on the other; Highway 30 is in Vaudreuil; Route 338 runs along the canal.
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. A string of villages lived by car: no train, no condos, no services on foot.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac (Soulanges Sud) guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac (Soulanges Sud): the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Saint-Zotique, Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac (Soulanges Sud) 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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