Living · Duel · Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil or Duvernay · 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.
Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil or Duvernay, the pros and cons side by side. Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: pro, An old village on the Rivière des Mille Îles, the Cité-de-la-Santé hospital, two train stations and a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay. Con, No metro: the Saint-Jérôme train has limited schedules, and downtown Montreal requires the car or train plus metro. Duvernay: pro, Large houses on large lots, quiet streets, Val-des-Brises for the recent stock, and east Montreal via the Pie-IX Bridge. Con, No train or metro: Duvernay is lived by car, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. For families who want an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé. For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises.
Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil and Duvernay 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.
| Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil | Duvernay | |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | The exo Saint-Jérôme line stops at Sainte-Rose and Vimont stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the metro. | Duvernay has neither metro nor train station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro. |
| Parks and shops | The Rivière-des-Mille-Îles park (canoes, trails, islands), the Berge des Baigneurs and the Bois de l'Équerre are the large natural spaces; neighbourhood parks, arenas and pools complete the offer. | The Centre de la nature, Laval's great park with its lake, farm and trails, is at the sector's limit in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul; within Duvernay, the Val-des-Brises park, the boulevard Lévesque banks and neighbourhood parks with arenas and pools. |
| Schools and services | The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. | The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. |
| The market in 2026 | Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil is Laval's fastest sector: 27 days for a house ($649,500 median in Q2 2026, +4 % year over year, +38 % in five years) and 29 days for a condo ($420,000, +5 %, +45 % in five years), with 234 houses and 61 condos active. | Duvernay is a house market where supply is shrinking: 77 active listings in Q2 2026, a $735,000 median (+5 % year over year, +32 % in five years), 34 days on market, and a seller's market in every range, including above $1.07 million (7.5 months of inventory, still the seller's), which is rare in Laval. |
| Who it is for | For families who want an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé. | For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises. |
| Not for | Less so for those who want the metro or a condo with services: the sector is residential, family-oriented and fast, and you must be ready to offer within 48 hours. | Less so for those who want a train, a metro or a condo: Duvernay is lived by car, and its thin supply requires being ready to offer fast. |
Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: For families who want an old village, a river, a hospital and two stations, in a 1980s-to-2000s house at a price below Sainte-Dorothée and Duvernay; for health professionals working at the Cité-de-la-Santé. Duvernay: For families who want a large house on a large lot, quiet streets and quick access to eastern Montreal and the North Shore; for those looking for a recent house in Val-des-Brises.
The con that most often decides between the two. On one side, no metro: the Saint-Jérôme train has limited schedules, and downtown Montreal requires the car or train plus metro. On the other, no train or metro: Duvernay is lived by car, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated at rush hour. Whichever of the two you accept more easily names your neighbourhood. The detail of each is in Living in Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: the pros and cons and Living in Duvernay: the pros and cons.
Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil is Laval's fastest sector: 27 days for a house ($649,500 median in Q2 2026, +4 % year over year, +38 % in five years) and 29 days for a condo ($420,000, +5 %, +45 % in five years), with 234 houses and 61 condos active. Duvernay is a house market where supply is shrinking: 77 active listings in Q2 2026, a $735,000 median (+5 % year over year, +32 % in five years), 34 days on market, and a seller's market in every range, including above $1.07 million (7.5 months of inventory, still the seller's), which is rare in Laval. 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 Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil and Living in Duvernay guides give the benchmark of each sector.
The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. The sector falls under the Centre de services scolaire de Laval and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. The exact school catchment varies from one street to the next: check before buying.
The exo Saint-Jérôme line stops at Sainte-Rose and Vimont stations, with downtown Montreal without a transfer; STL buses reach the Montmorency terminus and the metro. Duvernay has neither metro nor train station: STL buses reach the Cartier terminus and Montmorency metro.
Sainte-Rose, Vimont and Auteuil: No metro: the Saint-Jérôme train has limited schedules, and downtown Montreal requires the car or train plus metro. Duvernay: No train or metro: Duvernay is lived by car, and the Pie-IX Bridge is saturated 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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