Living · Family duel · Longueuil or Boucherville · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Longueuil and Boucherville.
Longueuil or Boucherville for a family, side by side. Longueuil: CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit and the École nationale d'aérotechnique (in Saint-Hubert), as well as the Université de Sherbrooke's Longueuil campus, make the city a higher-education hub. An old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain. Boucherville: French network: Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes; English: Riverside. Boucherville is lived by car: no train or metro, and the tunnel-bridge or highway 20 at rush hour. For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. For families who want mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days.
Longueuil or Boucherville for a family: two neighbouring areas, the same questions on both sides. Schools, parks, commutes and the compromise each one asks of a family, taken from our neighbourhood guides 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.
| Longueuil | Boucherville | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit and the École nationale d'aérotechnique (in Saint-Hubert), as well as the Université de Sherbrooke's Longueuil campus, make the city a higher-education hub. | French network: Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes; English: Riverside. |
| Parks | Michel-Chartrand Park is the South Shore's great urban park, with trails and deer; Parc de la Cité, in Saint-Hubert, adds a lake and paths. | The Îles-de-Boucherville National Park, reached via the Highway 25 bridge, offers cycling, kayaking and trails minutes from the houses; the old village and its riverfront promenade, neighbourhood parks and bike paths complete the picture. |
| Commutes | The Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro reaches downtown in one stop; the RTL bus terminal concentrates the South Shore lines there. | Highway 20 and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel lead to Montreal; Route 132 follows the river toward Longueuil. |
| The market in 2026 | n/a | n/a |
| For which family | For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. | For families who want mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days. |
Longueuil: For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. Boucherville: For families who want mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. On one side, an old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain. On the other, boucherville is lived by car: no train or metro, and the tunnel-bridge or highway 20 at rush hour. The family that accepts one of the two more easily has found its neighbourhood. The full family portrait of each is in Living in Longueuil with a family and Living in Boucherville with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Longueuil or Boucherville: the pros and cons.
For those who want the city without the island: the metro, the cafés of Saint-Charles Street, a campus. For families who want mature trees, neighbourhood schools and a national park next door, and who can act fast: with 6 % fewer homes listed than a year earlier, the right house goes in days. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit and the École nationale d'aérotechnique (in Saint-Hubert), as well as the Université de Sherbrooke's Longueuil campus, make the city a higher-education hub. French network: Centre de services scolaire des Patriotes; English: Riverside. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
The Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro reaches downtown in one stop; the RTL bus terminal concentrates the South Shore lines there. Highway 20 and the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel lead to Montreal; Route 132 follows the river toward Longueuil. Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Longueuil and Living in Boucherville guides and from what families tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ, and ranking schools is not our trade. The other neighbourhood duels seen with children are in neighbourhood against neighbourhood for a family.
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