Living · Family duel · Pierrefonds-Roxboro or Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.
Pierrefonds-Roxboro or Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot for a family, side by side. Pierrefonds-Roxboro: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the Lester B. Lived by car: no walkable shopping street, boulevards and shopping centres. Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot: The island falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs and the Lester B. The island is lived by car: a single bridge to the West Island, saturated at rush hour, and a train with limited schedules. For families who want a suburban house with a lot, nature parks, a river and, since 2025, a direct REM downtown; for anglophones and newcomers looking for a bilingual neighbourhood. For bilingual families who want the water, two stations and the West Island one bridge away, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield; for those seeking a waterfront property with time to negotiate.
Pierrefonds-Roxboro or Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 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.
| Pierrefonds-Roxboro | Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the Lester B. | The island falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs and the Lester B. |
| Parks | The Cap-Saint-Jacques nature park (beach, farm, trails, sugar shack), the Bois-de-Liesse nature park and the Anse-à-l'Orme nature park are the three large spaces; Parc Grier, Parc Roxboro and the boulevard Gouin path complete the offer, with the cultural centre and the Sportplexe Pierrefonds. | Pointe-du-Moulin (historic park, windmills, trails on Lac Saint-Louis), the riverside parks and Pincourt's beach, Pincourt's Parc Bellevue are the large spaces; the arenas, the pools and the marina complete the offer. |
| Commutes | The REM serves Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds (Deux-Montagnes branch, opened in the fall of 2025), with downtown without a transfer; buses on Pierrefonds, Saint-Jean, Saint-Charles and Gouin reach the REM and the Fairview terminus (Pointe-Claire). | Two exo Vaudreuil-Hudson line stations, Pincourt–Terrasse-Vaudreuil and Île-Perrot, lead to Central Station; exo La Presqu'Île buses reach Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. |
| The market in 2026 | The QPAREB's West Island North sector (Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and their neighbours) is the island's best-supplied house market: 502 active listings, a $760,000 median in Q2 2026 (+1 % year over year, +22 % in five years), 42 days on market. | The QPAREB's L'Île-Perrot sector shows a single-family home at $624,000 (+4 % year over year, +32 % in five years) sold in 40 days, with 182 active listings, and a condo at $383,673 (-4 %, +27 % in five years) in 72 days with 67 listings, the region's slowest condo. |
| For which family | For families who want a suburban house with a lot, nature parks, a river and, since 2025, a direct REM downtown; for anglophones and newcomers looking for a bilingual neighbourhood. | For bilingual families who want the water, two stations and the West Island one bridge away, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield; for those seeking a waterfront property with time to negotiate. |
Pierrefonds-Roxboro: For families who want a suburban house with a lot, nature parks, a river and, since 2025, a direct REM downtown; for anglophones and newcomers looking for a bilingual neighbourhood. Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot: For bilingual families who want the water, two stations and the West Island one bridge away, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield; for those seeking a waterfront property with time to negotiate.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. On one side, lived by car: no walkable shopping street, boulevards and shopping centres. On the other, the island is lived by car: a single bridge to the West Island, saturated at rush hour, and a train with limited schedules. The family that accepts one of the two more easily has found its neighbourhood. The full family portrait of each is in Living in Pierrefonds-Roxboro with a family and Living on Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Pierrefonds-Roxboro or Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot: the pros and cons.
For families who want a suburban house with a lot, nature parks, a river and, since 2025, a direct REM downtown; for anglophones and newcomers looking for a bilingual neighbourhood. For bilingual families who want the water, two stations and the West Island one bridge away, at a price below Pointe-Claire and Beaconsfield; for those seeking a waterfront property with time to negotiate. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys and the Lester B. The island falls under the Centre de services scolaire des Trois-Lacs and the Lester B. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
The REM serves Sunnybrooke and Roxboro-Pierrefonds (Deux-Montagnes branch, opened in the fall of 2025), with downtown without a transfer; buses on Pierrefonds, Saint-Jean, Saint-Charles and Gouin reach the REM and the Fairview terminus (Pointe-Claire). Two exo Vaudreuil-Hudson line stations, Pincourt–Terrasse-Vaudreuil and Île-Perrot, lead to Central Station; exo La Presqu'Île buses reach Vaudreuil and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Living on Île-Perrot, Pincourt and Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 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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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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