Living · Family duel · Saint-Léonard or Anjou · October 13, 2026
Two neighbouring areas seen with children: schools, parks, commutes, and the compromise that decides between Saint-Léonard and Anjou.
Saint-Léonard or Anjou for a family, side by side. Saint-Léonard: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. No metro until the Blue Line opens: today, Saint-Léonard is lived by car and by bus on Jean-Talon. Anjou: The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. No metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. For families who want a real house with a garage and a garden on the island, a calm neighbourhood and Italian shops on foot, and who accept the car for the rest. For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east.
Saint-Léonard or Anjou 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.
| Saint-Léonard | Anjou | |
|---|---|---|
| Schools | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. | The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. |
| Parks | Parc Wilfrid-Bastien (aquatic complex, Martin-Brodeur arena, library) is the borough's leisure heart; Ladauversière, Ferland and Giuseppe-Garibaldi parks complete the offer. | Parc Lucie-Bruneau and Parc Goncourt are the large green spaces; Parc Roger-Rousseau, with its arena and pool, is the sports centre; the Hydro-Québec corridor bike path crosses the borough. |
| Commutes | The borough has no metro yet: Jean-Talon, Lacordaire, Langelier and Viau buses reach the green and blue lines (Saint-Michel, Viau, Cadillac stations). | Anjou has no metro yet: buses on Joseph-Renaud, des Galeries-d'Anjou and Jarry reach Radisson, Langelier and Honoré-Beaugrand stations (green line). |
| The market in 2026 | The QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector is a genuine house market: a $712,500 median in Q2 2026, slightly down (-2 %) after +23 % in five years, sold in 33 days. | In the QPAREB's Anjou/Saint-Léonard sector, the single-family home sells for $712,500 (Q2 2026 median, -2 % year over year, +23 % in five years) in 33 days; the condo for $391,000 (-3 %, +25 % in five years) in 54 days, with 143 active listings. |
| For which family | For families who want a real house with a garage and a garden on the island, a calm neighbourhood and Italian shops on foot, and who accept the car for the rest. | For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. |
Saint-Léonard: For families who want a real house with a garage and a garden on the island, a calm neighbourhood and Italian shops on foot, and who accept the car for the rest. Anjou: For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east.
The compromise that most often decides between the two, seen with children. On one side, no metro until the Blue Line opens: today, Saint-Léonard is lived by car and by bus on Jean-Talon. On the other, no metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit. The family that accepts one of the two more easily has found its neighbourhood. The full family portrait of each is in Living in Saint-Léonard with a family and Living in Anjou with a family; the general duel, all profiles together, is in Saint-Léonard or Anjou: the pros and cons.
For families who want a real house with a garage and a garden on the island, a calm neighbourhood and Italian shops on foot, and who accept the car for the rest. For families who want a suburban house with a garage without leaving the island, next to the highways, the Galeries and the parks; for those who work in Laval, on the North Shore or in the industrial east. The area whose compromise bothers you least is the right one.
The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. The borough falls under the Centre de services scolaire de la Pointe-de-l'Île and the English Montreal School Board. No page replaces checking the school catchment of the exact address.
The borough has no metro yet: Jean-Talon, Lacordaire, Langelier and Viau buses reach the green and blue lines (Saint-Michel, Viau, Cadillac stations). Anjou has no metro yet: buses on Joseph-Renaud, des Galeries-d'Anjou and Jarry reach Radisson, Langelier and Honoré-Beaugrand stations (green line). Do both commutes once, on a Tuesday morning, before deciding.
Written by the Loaa & Manseur team from our Living in Saint-Léonard and Living in Anjou 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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