Living · Without a car · Verdun and on Nuns' Island · October 13, 2026
Metro, train, bus, bike, on foot: what the guide says about Verdun and on Nuns' Island, and a clear verdict: without a car, yes.
Living in Verdun and on Nuns' Island without a car. Verdict: Without a car, yes. The green line serves Verdun at Verdun, De l'Église and LaSalle; Nuns' Island is served by the Île-des-Sœurs REM station (South Shore branch, opened July 31, 2023) and by buses. The riverfront is the main draw: Verdun beach, the Natatorium, riverside parks and a bike path; Parc Angrignon is next door. Pro: The river, the urban beach, the bike paths and Wellington Street, with two metro stations on the Verdun side and the REM on the island. Con: Verdun has become expensive: plexes and plex condos cost what a sought-after neighbourhood costs, and parking is hard near Wellington. Verdun is for those who want the river, a lively shopping street and the metro, in a plex or a condo in a plex, and accept paying the price of a neighbourhood that became sought-after.
Living in Verdun and on Nuns' Island 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 a metro, a REM or a train that serves Verdun and on Nuns' Island: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
"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.
Verdun is for those who want the river, a lively shopping street and the metro, in a plex or a condo in a plex, and accept paying the price of a neighbourhood that became sought-after. Nuns' Island is for those who want a tower with services, the REM and the view, in a calm, planned setting; less so for those seeking a shopping street on foot or easy parking on the Verdun side.
Without a car, yes. The guide names a metro, a REM or a train that serves Verdun and on Nuns' Island: you can live here without a car if work is on the line, and the rest is done on foot, by bike or by bus.
The green line serves Verdun at Verdun, De l'Église and LaSalle; Nuns' Island is served by the Île-des-Sœurs REM station (South Shore branch, opened July 31, 2023) and by buses. The Samuel-De Champlain Bridge links the island to the South Shore, Highway 15 to downtown. By bike, the river path links Verdun to LaSalle and to the Old Port via the Lachine 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. Verdun has become expensive: plexes and plex condos cost what a sought-after neighbourhood costs, and parking is hard near Wellington.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Verdun and on Nuns' Island guide; the full pros and cons are in Living in Verdun and on Nuns' Island: the pros and cons, and the version with children in Living in Verdun and on Nuns' Island 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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