Living · Family · Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension · October 12, 2026
Schools, parks, commutes, space and price: what Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension offers a family, and what it has to accept, said before the visit.
Living in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension with a family. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board. Villeray is the neighbourhood Montrealers have called "the next Rosemont" for fifteen years: plexes from 1920 to 1950, maple-lined streets, rue Villeray and rue Jarry lined with cafés, bakeries and neighbourhood restaurants, and Parc Jarry as its lung. The orange line serves Villeray at Jarry and De Castelnau; the blue line crosses the borough west to east at Parc, Fabre, D'Iberville and Saint-Michel. Pro: Jarry and Jean-Talon metro, Jarry Park, Villeray cafés and the market steps away, for less than Rosemont. Con: Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension remain dense and noisy near highway 40 and the Metropolitan, with an uneven housing stock. For those who want Rosemont or the Plateau without the price: a plex, a condo in a plex, the metro, cafés, a major park. Less so for those who want absolute quiet or a detached house: the borough is dense, highways are never far, and single-family homes are few.
Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension 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.
Villeray has the island's fastest condo: 28 days in Q2 2026, for a $479,000 median (-3 % year over year, +20 % in five years). For a family that buys, our pages average selling price of homes in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension, down payment to buy in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension, salary to buy in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension and first-time home buyer in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension give the benchmarks; what is for sale today is in house for sale in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension.
For those who want Rosemont or the Plateau without the price: a plex, a condo in a plex, the metro, cafés, a major park. Less so for those who want absolute quiet or a detached house: the borough is dense, highways are never far, and single-family homes are few. The detail, pros and cons, is in Living in Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension: the pros and cons and the comparisons with the neighbouring areas in Plateau Mont Royal Or Villeray Montreal and Rosemont Montreal Or Villeray Montreal. The other areas of the region are ranked in the best neighbourhoods for families, Montreal.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and the English Montreal School Board. Villeray is the neighbourhood Montrealers have called "the next Rosemont" for fifteen years: plexes from 1920 to 1950, maple-lined streets, rue Villeray and rue Jarry lined with cafés, bakeries and neighbourhood restaurants, and Parc Jarry as its lung. For those who want Rosemont or the Plateau without the price: a plex, a condo in a plex, the metro, cafés, a major park.
Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension remain dense and noisy near highway 40 and the Metropolitan, with an uneven housing stock. Less so for those who want absolute quiet or a detached house: the borough is dense, highways are never far, and single-family homes are few.
Villeray has the island's fastest condo: 28 days in Q2 2026, for a $479,000 median (-3 % year over year, +20 % in five years). 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 Villeray, Saint-Michel and Parc-Extension 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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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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