Saint-Léonard or Anjou: the pros and cons of two neighbouring areas (2026)

Living · Duel · Saint-Léonard or Anjou · 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.

Saint-Léonard or Anjou, the pros and cons side by side. Saint-Léonard: pro, Houses with garage and garden on the island, quiet streets, Italian shops on foot and the future Blue Line stations. Con, No metro until the Blue Line opens: today, Saint-Léonard is lived by car and by bus on Jean-Talon. Anjou: pro, A suburban house with garage without leaving the island, next to highways 40 and 25, the Galeries d'Anjou and large parks. Con, 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 and Anjou 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.

Saint-Léonard: the pros and cons

The pros of Saint-Léonard

• Houses with garage and garden on the island, quiet streets, Italian shops on foot and the future Blue Line stations.
• A real house market at a $712,500 median, and a stable family neighbourhood.
• Getting around. The borough has no metro yet: Jean-Talon, Lacordaire, Langelier and Viau buses reach the green and blue lines (Saint-Michel, Viau, Cadillac stations).

The cons of Saint-Léonard

• No metro until the Blue Line opens: today, Saint-Léonard is lived by car and by bus on Jean-Talon.
• A 1960s-to-1980s stock: bungalows and duplexes to renovate, with the systems and insulation of their era.
• Little nightlife or lively shopping streets; the neighbourhood goes to bed early, and highways 40 and 25 line the north.

Anjou: the pros and cons

The pros of Anjou

• A suburban house with garage without leaving the island, next to highways 40 and 25, the Galeries d'Anjou and large parks.
• A good base for working in Laval, on the North Shore or in the east, and a Blue Line on the way.
• Getting around. 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 cons of Anjou

• No metro until the Blue Line arrives: Anjou is lived by car, and the bus is the only public transit.
• No neighbourhood shopping street: shops are in malls and along the boulevards.
• The industrial park and the highways bring noise and heavy traffic to the east of the borough.

Head to head, criterion by criterion

Our verdict

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 con that most often decides between the two. 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. Whichever of the two you accept more easily names your neighbourhood. The detail of each is in Living in Saint-Léonard: the pros and cons and Living in Anjou: the pros and cons.

What it costs 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. 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 Saint-Léonard and Living in Anjou guides give the benchmark of each sector.

Frequently asked questions

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.

Our proof, not our promises

The Loaa & Manseur team, led by Lotfi Manseur and Loaa Al Daow, is 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 of large residential teams according to the official RE/MAX ranking, computed on actual transactions. Its Google profile counts more than 220 reviews with a 4.9 rating. Its offices are at 55 avenue de l'Équinoxe in Brossard, one bridge from the island, and every broker's licence can be checked in the OACIQ public register. Three things to verify yourself before calling us, and to demand of any other broker.

Also available in French: version française de ce guide.

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.