Living · Family · Terrebonne · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Terrebonne offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Terrebonne with a family. The city falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Affluents and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; the Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Terrebonne is on site. Île-des-Moulins and the Rivière des Mille Îles park are Old Terrebonne's leisure heart; the TransTerrebonne, a bike path crossing the city, the Cité du sport, the aquatic complex and the arenas complete the offer. Terrebonne station, on the exo Mascouche line, leads to Central Station; exo Terrebonne-Mascouche buses reach Montmorency metro in Laval and the Radisson terminus in Montreal. Pro: A complete city (hospital, CEGEP, Old Terrebonne, train station, highways) with the widest house choice on the North Shore. Con: Highway 25 to Montreal is tolled, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. For families who want a complete city (hospital, CEGEP, old village, station, highways) with a house under $600,000 and the North Shore's largest choice; for those working in Laval or eastern Montreal. Less so for those who want the metro or a fast rise: most of the rise is done, and the 25 comes with a toll.
Terrebonne 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.
Terrebonne is the North Shore's best-supplied house market: 345 active listings in Q2 2026, a $583,500 median (+1 % year over year, +51 % in five years) and 25 days on market despite the supply. For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Terrebonne, down payment to buy in Terrebonne, salary to buy in Terrebonne and first-time home buyer in Terrebonne give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Terrebonne.
For families who want a complete city (hospital, CEGEP, old village, station, highways) with a house under $600,000 and the North Shore's largest choice; for those working in Laval or eastern Montreal. Less so for those who want the metro or a fast rise: most of the rise is done, and the 25 comes with a toll. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Terrebonne: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Saint Francois Saint Vincent De Paul Laval Or Terrebonne and Terrebonne Or Mascouche. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, the North Shore.
The city falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Affluents and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board; the Cégep régional de Lanaudière à Terrebonne is on site. Île-des-Moulins and the Rivière des Mille Îles park are Old Terrebonne's leisure heart; the TransTerrebonne, a bike path crossing the city, the Cité du sport, the aquatic complex and the arenas complete the offer. For families who want a complete city (hospital, CEGEP, old village, station, highways) with a house under $600,000 and the North Shore's largest choice; for those working in Laval or eastern Montreal.
Highway 25 to Montreal is tolled, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. Less so for those who want the metro or a fast rise: most of the rise is done, and the 25 comes with a toll.
Terrebonne is the North Shore's best-supplied house market: 345 active listings in Q2 2026, a $583,500 median (+1 % year over year, +51 % in five years) and 25 days on market despite the supply. 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 Terrebonne 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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