Living · Duel · Longueuil or Boucherville · October 11, 2026
Two neighbouring areas, the pros and cons of each side by side, and the con that most often decides between the two.
Longueuil or Boucherville, the pros and cons side by side. Longueuil: pro, Longueuil metro, Saint-Charles Street and Old Longueuil, the Université de Sherbrooke campus, the river and the parks. Con, An old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain. Boucherville: pro, Mature trees, neighbourhood schools, the Îles-de-Boucherville national park and Old Boucherville on the river. Con, 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 and Boucherville are neighbours, and buyers often hesitate between the two. Here are the pros and cons of each, side by side, written by a team that sells in both; the figures are those published by the APCIQ for the second quarter of 2026, and nothing is embellished.
| Longueuil | Boucherville | |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | 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. |
| Parks and shops | 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. |
| Schools and services | 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. |
| The market in 2026 | n/a | n/a |
| Who it is for | 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. |
| Not for | Less so for those seeking new construction: the stock is older and renews through renovation. | Less so for those who depend on public transit: Boucherville is lived by car. |
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 con that most often decides between the two. 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. Whichever of the two you accept more easily names your neighbourhood. The detail of each is in Living in Longueuil: the pros and cons and Living in Boucherville: the pros and cons.
The price of a specific house is set on the comparable closed sales on its street, which the team pulls from the Centris system; our Living in Longueuil and Living in Boucherville guides give the benchmark of each sector.
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. The exact school catchment varies from one street to the next: check before buying.
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.
Longueuil: An old stock that renews itself through renovation: little new construction, pre-1960 houses to maintain. Boucherville: Boucherville is lived by car: no train or metro, and the tunnel-bridge or highway 20 at rush hour.
The pros and cons are written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our neighbourhood guides and from what buyers tell us after the visits; no figure is added to those published by the APCIQ. The other neighbouring duels are in pros and cons, neighbourhood against neighbourhood.
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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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