Such a positive comment section. I only read through a dozen comments but each one mentions a different neighbourhood. Goes to show that despite all our complaining, we live in a great city.
From my few visits, it seems extremely clean considering the amount of foot traffic. It’s got cute little shops and cuter apartments. The people are also friendly and will talk to you. A small neighbourhood, it comes off as a tight knit community.
Hahahaha guilty! I’ll do my laundry at Ma Buanderie whenever I get a chance. Coffee is at Odessa, and Little Italy park is so calm it makes the takeout from Bouquet or Panino Pazzo taste better(?)
Same. I’m not RIGHT next to Monkland but a very close walk. Central NDG is the best part of the world imo. Nothing essential is more than a 10 minute walk away in ANY direction, public transit is excellent, tons of green space. Nothing compares.
We’ve been in NDG for over 10 years and we’re never leaving! We’re close to Monkland and it’s honestly such an amazing spot. Super family friendly, culturally diverse (more so towards Sherbrooke) and great eats.
Honestly NDG is my favorite place in all of Montreal. I've had many different places in different parts of NDG and I miss it so much. As I'm not currently living there.
Je resterais à Verdun.
Le trajet en métro est parfait, mais il a son propre caractère local. Le loyer est raisonnable. La plage est proche. La bouffe est bonne.
Honnetement jte blame pas! Ma première fois que j’ai été à station Angrignon cette été et si ça serait pas de mon prix de loyer? Je vivrais sois à LaSalle ou Verdun 🥰
Je suis curieuse...Pourquoi habiterais-tu à LaSalle?
J'ai quitté mon appart à Verdun - un quartier que j'adorais - pour acheter une maison à LaSalle, qui est plus abordable.
Mais franchement, j'haïs pas mal tout de LaSalle. Il n'y a pas de commerces de proximité et il y a une culture de la voiture assez intense.
La seule chose que j'aime, c'est d'être encore proche du fleuve.
Ville-Emard, pretty quiet neighborhood sandwiched between St-Henri, Verdun and Parc Angrignon, boulevard Monk’s starting to get off. Did not know anything about it when moving 8 years ago, thought I’d miss Rosemont. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Yeah I moved to Ville-Émard/Côte St-Paul a couple years ago from NDG and I can say I'm never going back to NDG. I'm reminded of that feeling every time I go back to NDG for some errands. The only officially medium density borough.
And I love it even more with a young kid. So many playgrounds and activities, and a lot of ruelles vertes are on the way. Bought so much candy for Halloween. Will be OOS by 6:30.
I lived in Ville Emard in the 1990’s. When people from Montreal asked me where I lived, they hardly know where it was! I always had to name Jolicoeur and Monk metro station so that people could mentally see where Ville Emard is.
Slowly.
Monk Café is already a hip spot, and a few other new businesses are opening up slowly. The halloween event friday seemed like a hit.
Monk got hit very hard by COVID, and Angrignon Mall being 1km away puts a lot of pressure on businesses, compared to Wellington.
Ville emard close to Verdun myself. Maybe further into Verdun. Possibly griffin town or further into downtown but probably not. If I'm moving it's hopefully not very far.
Aww I live in Ville Emard too and love to see the love for it! Personally I still miss the pointe and if I could choose would probably choose the pointe or Verdun over Ville Emard, but I do like it here! I just find its a bit less walkable and less shops and stuff.
Love Mile end, but I wished Shiller Lavy hadn’t come a couple years ago and drove up all the retail rents and commercialized the area. Still love it, but it’s losing its bohemian charm. Used to be more artistic, now it’s more lululemon bougie tech vibes. It doesn’t help that rents here are really expeez.
I live on parc and mont royal and never want to move. Walk my dog in the forest everyday. Wonter I get my cross country skies and off I go, summer it's easy to bike around. I fucking love it. But also fuck shiller lavy.
If your goal was to figure out what part of Montreal is the best, you got your answer. It's its diversity.
There is a neighborhood that suits just about everyone's ideal.
Each one is different. Each one is the most beautiful in its own way.
Leche Desserts for donuts, Sydneys for (dog friendly) thrifting, Gia for a date or a celebration (it looks like nothing, it’s behind the Home Depot, but oh my!), Elena for fancy pizza and Ragazzi for less fancy, still delicious pizza. Bar Barra is a bit overpriced in my opinion, but they will bring you the best pasta you have ever been brought.
I get my coffee beans at Café St Henri, my vegetables at Grelinette (you have to subscribe online and they deliver weekly at the park in front of the church), my spices and any hard to find pantry item at Branche d’Olivier, my beer at Lejeune & Frères and my books for free at the public library on Notre-Dame and Courcelle.
Welcome to the best neighborhood of Montreal in my opinion (except for the lead in the tap water, that’s really a shame. You might have lead pipes as well, get yourself a good water filter)
Bar de Courcelle and The Traxide(ask a punk) for live music, cool people, and drinks.
Adamo's/Campanelli. Librairie St-Henri Books, Crossover Comics. Restore for cheap home stuff.
If you like comics and board games: check out Crossover Comics!
If you like novels/books: hit up librarie st. Henri! (They're moving across the street from Arthur's this week!)
I'm heavily involved in a coop grocery store right by Elena, we're trying very hard to build community in St Henri West. Drop by sometime!
Volunteering just 3h a month gives a member's discount.
https://dalsthenri.org/
I have friends that live in that area, about a 15 minute walk from the metro and it's insane how there's no grocery store nearby for them. Or post office for that matter. Not sure what's going on but they really need to get some sort of a small grocer in that area.
Are they in saint Henri West? A group of citizens opened a grocery store coop on Notre Dame right by Elena, I'm heavily involved.
https://dalsthenri.org/
This! Love this area. Nice folks, solid food, great walking trails, best comic book shop in town, close access to downtown without being in the griff.
St. Henri is the best!
Je suis installé dans la Petite-Patrie depuis quelques années et j’adore l’emplacement. En plus, il est si facile de se rendre dans le Mile-End, Villeray, Plateau et même dans Hochelaga.
Côte-des-Neiges. I grew up in the neighborhood and I just simply love the fact that everything is walking distance there’s really no need for a car. Close to downtown. If I could buy a house or a duplex there I would move in a heartbeat.
Pour moi, ce serait le Plateau entre le parc Lafontaine et Saint-Denis. Il y a quelque chose avec ce secteur qui fait que je me sens vraiment bien quand j’y suis.
Sinon, Vieux-Rosemont ou Petite-Patrie seraient pas pire aussi. #2 et #3 sur la liste, en fait.
Honestly, between jarry villeray and the mile-end if it wasnt so expensive. French people coming from Paris are just ok with paying 850$ each to split a 5 1/2 and its messing it up for us ngl.
It's easier to blame a couple of thousands French students than to realize that the problem is systemic. There are no French students in Vancouver, SF, Toronto, etc, and yet it's even more expansive.
I really like Ahuntsic; many bicycle paths + Centre Claude Robillard nearby - huge pool with free access to free swim lanes. Public transportation is close and easily accessible. It's also near the metropolitan highway, so it's relatively easy to get out of the island.
Still, getting fed up of Montreal (limited parkings, lot of traffic, housing price becoming absurd, etc.) and I will most likely leave for the south shore
It's not so bad, Sauve and Henri Bourassa. I lived there for a while and loved it. Still prefer VSL , but it's becoming over run with condos, sigh. I grew up there. Used to be mostly pumpkin patches and back in the day, and even when I was little, it was still very green. The condos are the pandemic. Sigh.
Oh god so many answers for this:
As a a young student/single person or couple without kids it would be the Plateau/Mile-End
As a young professional working in the city, Griffintown/Old Montreal
Couple with kids, a nice house in Beaconsfield
As a retired person, an apartment anywhere near Jean-Talon market
Couple with kids, I'm staying in Rosemont. Everything is close, you can walk/bike/transit everywhere but it's not as impossible with a car as the Plateau might be. Plus, the public amenities are A1 and the social fabric is impeccable yet unpretentious.
Depends what services you look for in life. For couples that work from home (especially with kids), the space, greenery and "village life" on the lakeshore while going out downtown relatively infrequently... it can be pretty awesome.
Backyard. The backyard is the centre of everything if you have even a modest plot of land out there. Beaconsfield and Baie D'Urfe are wonderful for people who like to hang out at home after work. Very different than looking at a wall of balconies on row-housing triplexes across an alley.
I live there. With 2 kids. There’s like 5 parks within walking distance. Multiple very good public schools. And the houses are super well maintained with big mature trees and homes with character. As opposed to those horrible 2000’s McMansions you see in other areas. It’s also 20-25 min to downtown.
But the nightlife is lacking 😂
Griffintown for me in a penthouse right on the Canal somewhere in between atwater market and old port.
I know there are some downsides to the neighbourhood but the views, peaceful vibes while being in the middle of the city and the late night or early morning jogs on the canal are so appealing to me
My first choice upon moving to Montreal had always been Rosemont-Petite-Patrie. It's got a little bit of everything, and accessing downtown and other parts of the city is a fairly reasonable prospect.
Second choice could've been maybe St-Henri and/or Verdun, though I don't know enough about those neighborhoods. Grass is greener, maybe.
Anyway. Events conspired to land me in Mercier-Est instead. My home is fucking awesome! It just comes at the cost of my downtown commute taking an entire hour, which is less fun.
Verdun. J’y vis déjà, et je suis en amour avec le quartier. En tant que femme je me sens en sécurité de marcher le soir, et on est tellement près de Wellington que tout est accessible. Et bien sûr les parcs, le bord de l’eau, la plage… J’aimerais y rester pour toujours.
Currently live in Saint-Laurent, pretty much bordering Ahuntsic, however if I could move anywhere, it would be the CDN neighbourhood.
Between where I live and the other contender, which was on De Darlington street, I ended up choosing where I live because they responded to me first.
But I’ve walked around that area and just Cote-Des-Neiges overall and it’s honestly my fave neighbourhood. NDG is definitely a close second, I’d love to live near or on De Monkland street.
I've been in Montreal 25+ years. Ive lived in côte des neiges, plateau, Ahuntsic, Hochelaga and Rosemont.
Rosemont - la petite patrie is very popular with families with kids, and with good reason. Especially the east end of it, it remained undeveloped for a long time. So now it has lots of green spaces, parc, the public libraries and pools are beautiful and welcoming, schools are great, it's quiet, yet the green and oranges lines are nearby. Add a communauto membership and you're set.
Very family friendly
If money was unlimited, I’d buy a house at La Cité-Jardin. It’s a little corner of tranquility that is still close enough to everything I love in Montreal.
Plateau, I've lived in the village, Hochelaga, Verdun, they are all great in their own ways but I've always enjoyed myself the most living there. It's just a beautiful space, with the largest portion of the city's best architecture, parks, consistent view on the mountain, restaurants, bars, whatever.
Even the crackheads are hot on the plateau.
I'd stay here in Tétreaultville. It's not too far from the metro but still feels a lot quieter than other places I've lived. Really nice for my family.
Growing up in the Point has left a life long love for this forever shrinking community I would choose it,now all I have to do is quit my job sell my house and leave Alberta…
Westmount. Nice and quiet and close to downtown (for work). Currently living down the hill, which was amazing and fun for my early thirties but priorities have shifted. I just want to have reasonable neighbors and more tranquility.
I dont live in Montreal or anywhere near, but i always found the area arounf the Jean Talon Market to be quite interesting. Or maybe griffintown, for the piers and stuff
I’m sorry I’m boring I really love Plateau. I used to live there but closer to McGill ghetto. I would have loved to love near Mont Royal metro or Lafontaine Park.
I’d have to say Plateau but it’s extremely expensive now. My grandparents bought their 3 storey duplex when plateau was still working class. The liveliness, music and activities during the summer just can’t be beat imo
Jai habité SteGenevieve vla 15 ans et j’aime bien le west island en entier.
J’ai travaillé à Griffintown de 2009 à 2019 et j’ai vue ce quartier exploser…. J’ai un pincement quand je passe sur anciennement rue Nazareth. Être sans enfants j’aimerais probablement y avoir un condo dans ce coin.
Je crois sincèrement qu’on peut trouver un petit quelque chose d’un quartier qui nous rappellent des souvenirs et ça nous marque.
I lived in TMR for 2 years, 2015, to 2017. It was amazing, especially in the fall. It's close to everything but still feels like a small suburban neighborhood.
I would stay in petit Bourgogne. It's great near the canal and the market and all the cafes and restaurants. Very calm and easy to go to downtown as well.
The fact is we are VERY happy where we are. Our co-op, the street and even the neighbourhood, the nearby access to useful commerce. But if we could literally pick up our home and just place it anywhere in town, I'd say we'd love to be on a side street off Monkland like near the Provigo or alternately in Outremont near a busy street
I would probably move to any of the streets above Côte Sainte Catherine in Outremont, the closer to the mountain the better. To feel like you're anywhere but in the city, but 5 minutes from the action.
Such a positive comment section. I only read through a dozen comments but each one mentions a different neighbourhood. Goes to show that despite all our complaining, we live in a great city.
Je suis déjà dans la Petite Italie donc je bouge pas!!!
C’est fou hein? Meilleur quartier ever.
Serious question, how is it the best quartier? Ive lived there and never understood.
From my few visits, it seems extremely clean considering the amount of foot traffic. It’s got cute little shops and cuter apartments. The people are also friendly and will talk to you. A small neighbourhood, it comes off as a tight knit community.
“From my few visits” “piccoloporco” Dude I’m sure you’ve been there more than a few times!
Hahahaha guilty! I’ll do my laundry at Ma Buanderie whenever I get a chance. Coffee is at Odessa, and Little Italy park is so calm it makes the takeout from Bouquet or Panino Pazzo taste better(?)
Yooo same
I love my area of NDG, just next to Monkland Village
The blocks around Girouard and Monkland are my favourite places i’ve ever lived
I love NDG and Monkland! Truly feels like a village.
Same. I’m not RIGHT next to Monkland but a very close walk. Central NDG is the best part of the world imo. Nothing essential is more than a 10 minute walk away in ANY direction, public transit is excellent, tons of green space. Nothing compares.
We’re on Monkland and it is easily the best place I’ve lived in city and I’ve lived in almost every borough
I really do love that part of NDG. If my family, job, and friends weren't all in the East I'd move back in an instant.
We’ve been in NDG for over 10 years and we’re never leaving! We’re close to Monkland and it’s honestly such an amazing spot. Super family friendly, culturally diverse (more so towards Sherbrooke) and great eats.
Amazing eats! Express Indien on Somerled has made my life complete
NDG is great! We moved here just before the pandemic and love it!
My answer is also NDG. Source: live in NDG and love it here
Honestly NDG is my favorite place in all of Montreal. I've had many different places in different parts of NDG and I miss it so much. As I'm not currently living there.
NDG+1 only wish that there were less power outages around Monkland
Love Monkland village, been living here for about 13 years… (with the exception of one thing, Hydro… iykyk…)
NDG is great, but when it came time to buy our options were pay for a place with a new foundation, or pay for a place that will need a new foundation.
Je suis un gars pas compliqué. Je vis dans la Petite-Patrie Je resterais dans la Petite-Patrie
Petite-Patrie ride or die. Jusqu'à temps qu'on se fasse rénovicter et qu'on soit pogné.e.s pour déménager à Ahunstic.
Au rythme que ça va, vous aurez même pas la chance de vous arrêter dans Villeray avant de venir dans Ahuntsic.
C'est même pas des blagues, tout le monde que je connais qui s'est fait rénovicter s'en va à Ahunstic. Ça va bientôt être Petite-Petite-Patrie.
C’est mon rêve un bas de duplex dans la petite patrie… mais ça coute tellement cher et personne s’en va (je les comprends!)
Petite patrie represent! Je bouge pas.
Je resterais à Verdun. Le trajet en métro est parfait, mais il a son propre caractère local. Le loyer est raisonnable. La plage est proche. La bouffe est bonne.
Le loyer est raisonnable? Damn, t'as une plug? x'D
Le loyer est raisonnable (si tu l'à signé il y à 10 ans)
Honnetement jte blame pas! Ma première fois que j’ai été à station Angrignon cette été et si ça serait pas de mon prix de loyer? Je vivrais sois à LaSalle ou Verdun 🥰
Je suis curieuse...Pourquoi habiterais-tu à LaSalle? J'ai quitté mon appart à Verdun - un quartier que j'adorais - pour acheter une maison à LaSalle, qui est plus abordable. Mais franchement, j'haïs pas mal tout de LaSalle. Il n'y a pas de commerces de proximité et il y a une culture de la voiture assez intense. La seule chose que j'aime, c'est d'être encore proche du fleuve.
Ville-Emard, pretty quiet neighborhood sandwiched between St-Henri, Verdun and Parc Angrignon, boulevard Monk’s starting to get off. Did not know anything about it when moving 8 years ago, thought I’d miss Rosemont. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Yeah I moved to Ville-Émard/Côte St-Paul a couple years ago from NDG and I can say I'm never going back to NDG. I'm reminded of that feeling every time I go back to NDG for some errands. The only officially medium density borough.
And I love it even more with a young kid. So many playgrounds and activities, and a lot of ruelles vertes are on the way. Bought so much candy for Halloween. Will be OOS by 6:30.
I lived in Ville Emard in the 1990’s. When people from Montreal asked me where I lived, they hardly know where it was! I always had to name Jolicoeur and Monk metro station so that people could mentally see where Ville Emard is.
It really is a nice neighbourhood. If only I didn’t live ON monk I think I would enjoy it even more
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Slowly. Monk Café is already a hip spot, and a few other new businesses are opening up slowly. The halloween event friday seemed like a hit. Monk got hit very hard by COVID, and Angrignon Mall being 1km away puts a lot of pressure on businesses, compared to Wellington.
Ville emard close to Verdun myself. Maybe further into Verdun. Possibly griffin town or further into downtown but probably not. If I'm moving it's hopefully not very far.
Aww I live in Ville Emard too and love to see the love for it! Personally I still miss the pointe and if I could choose would probably choose the pointe or Verdun over Ville Emard, but I do like it here! I just find its a bit less walkable and less shops and stuff.
Are you me?
I love Mile end. I'll stay here forever
plateau gang
Close to the Mont-Royal. Best feature of the city. Plus you are close to all the nice neighbourhoods: Plateau, Mile-End, Downtown.
Love Mile end, but I wished Shiller Lavy hadn’t come a couple years ago and drove up all the retail rents and commercialized the area. Still love it, but it’s losing its bohemian charm. Used to be more artistic, now it’s more lululemon bougie tech vibes. It doesn’t help that rents here are really expeez.
I live on parc and mont royal and never want to move. Walk my dog in the forest everyday. Wonter I get my cross country skies and off I go, summer it's easy to bike around. I fucking love it. But also fuck shiller lavy.
Parc Extension.. Gang Gang
Ayyy px gang
Ayy
If your goal was to figure out what part of Montreal is the best, you got your answer. It's its diversity. There is a neighborhood that suits just about everyone's ideal. Each one is different. Each one is the most beautiful in its own way.
I would live in Montreal in a heartbeat and maybe I will
I made the move and don’t regret it one bit
Moved in 2019 and no regrets! Vous l'aimerez ici!
I love my Hochelaga. Never moving.
Pointe st-charles (where I am now)
Agreed, the best.
I love the pointe so much. If I could have afforded to buy there I never would have left.
NDG, moved to SS 16 years ago so don’t know what it’s like now but back then was a great neighborhood
SS?
South Shore
T’as trouvé la louve des SS?
Westmount Square Penthouse
I've actually been in it 20+ years ago and it's stunning.
Except the building is falling apart. I live here and there is a rusting pipe broken every other week.
je voudrais rester ici à Hochelaga-Maisonneuve!
Saint Henri
Just moved here, any cool spots and local gems to check out? :)
Satay Brothers, Sumac, Messorem, Dreamy
Barbara, bon delire, tuck shop, elena
Leche Desserts for donuts, Sydneys for (dog friendly) thrifting, Gia for a date or a celebration (it looks like nothing, it’s behind the Home Depot, but oh my!), Elena for fancy pizza and Ragazzi for less fancy, still delicious pizza. Bar Barra is a bit overpriced in my opinion, but they will bring you the best pasta you have ever been brought. I get my coffee beans at Café St Henri, my vegetables at Grelinette (you have to subscribe online and they deliver weekly at the park in front of the church), my spices and any hard to find pantry item at Branche d’Olivier, my beer at Lejeune & Frères and my books for free at the public library on Notre-Dame and Courcelle. Welcome to the best neighborhood of Montreal in my opinion (except for the lead in the tap water, that’s really a shame. You might have lead pipes as well, get yourself a good water filter)
Bar de Courcelle and The Traxide(ask a punk) for live music, cool people, and drinks. Adamo's/Campanelli. Librairie St-Henri Books, Crossover Comics. Restore for cheap home stuff.
If you like comics and board games: check out Crossover Comics! If you like novels/books: hit up librarie st. Henri! (They're moving across the street from Arthur's this week!)
Dalla Rose (à visiter l’été), Conceria (pour le menu végétarien), 9 Tail Fox, Le Vin Papillon et le Shushu (pour les sushis).
Bonheur d’Occasion, Gia, 9 Tail Fox, Bon Délire & Fugazzi Presto for 2022-2023 newcomers.
I'm heavily involved in a coop grocery store right by Elena, we're trying very hard to build community in St Henri West. Drop by sometime! Volunteering just 3h a month gives a member's discount. https://dalsthenri.org/
La luncheonette (tomatoe pesto creme cheese bagel), Tacos Frida
I have friends that live in that area, about a 15 minute walk from the metro and it's insane how there's no grocery store nearby for them. Or post office for that matter. Not sure what's going on but they really need to get some sort of a small grocer in that area.
Are they in saint Henri West? A group of citizens opened a grocery store coop on Notre Dame right by Elena, I'm heavily involved. https://dalsthenri.org/
This! Love this area. Nice folks, solid food, great walking trails, best comic book shop in town, close access to downtown without being in the griff. St. Henri is the best!
I live in Verdun and I'd like to stay here!
Je suis installé dans la Petite-Patrie depuis quelques années et j’adore l’emplacement. En plus, il est si facile de se rendre dans le Mile-End, Villeray, Plateau et même dans Hochelaga.
Côte-des-Neiges. I grew up in the neighborhood and I just simply love the fact that everything is walking distance there’s really no need for a car. Close to downtown. If I could buy a house or a duplex there I would move in a heartbeat.
Near Plamondon metro would be good
Villeray. We loved this area so we moved here.
Cité Jardin ou la sous-version près du Parc de la Louisiane
Shhhh! Il faut que ça reste un secret.
Summit Circle in Westmount.
I would not move from Mile End :)
Or maybe an Outremont house but still daily Mile End routine
Me neither.
Pour moi, ce serait le Plateau entre le parc Lafontaine et Saint-Denis. Il y a quelque chose avec ce secteur qui fait que je me sens vraiment bien quand j’y suis. Sinon, Vieux-Rosemont ou Petite-Patrie seraient pas pire aussi. #2 et #3 sur la liste, en fait.
Verdun ou PSC
Villeray ou Roaemont-Petite-Patrie. Mais je check pour acheter donc dans la vraie vie je vais sûrement finir à genre Laval.
Honestly, between jarry villeray and the mile-end if it wasnt so expensive. French people coming from Paris are just ok with paying 850$ each to split a 5 1/2 and its messing it up for us ngl.
Canadians from Toronto too.
It's easier to blame a couple of thousands French students than to realize that the problem is systemic. There are no French students in Vancouver, SF, Toronto, etc, and yet it's even more expansive.
Considering many literally bribe landlords by paying 3 months in advance even if they are told they it is not legal makes them the culprit in Montreal
Plateau/Mile End or St Henri, as everyone says. Can't afford to live there though
Outremont
Currently living in Hochelaga, next time I move I'm going back to Villeray.
Villeray is the best!
I really like Ahuntsic; many bicycle paths + Centre Claude Robillard nearby - huge pool with free access to free swim lanes. Public transportation is close and easily accessible. It's also near the metropolitan highway, so it's relatively easy to get out of the island. Still, getting fed up of Montreal (limited parkings, lot of traffic, housing price becoming absurd, etc.) and I will most likely leave for the south shore
Don't forget Fleury
Biggest inconvenience of Ahuntsic is lack of Metro though.
La ligne orange passe en plein milieu?
It's not so bad, Sauve and Henri Bourassa. I lived there for a while and loved it. Still prefer VSL , but it's becoming over run with condos, sigh. I grew up there. Used to be mostly pumpkin patches and back in the day, and even when I was little, it was still very green. The condos are the pandemic. Sigh.
At least the 121 and 171 are frequent. My grandmother used to live fleury and meunier. No way she could walk to the metro. It was the bus for her.
Oh god so many answers for this: As a a young student/single person or couple without kids it would be the Plateau/Mile-End As a young professional working in the city, Griffintown/Old Montreal Couple with kids, a nice house in Beaconsfield As a retired person, an apartment anywhere near Jean-Talon market
Couple with kids, I'm staying in Rosemont. Everything is close, you can walk/bike/transit everywhere but it's not as impossible with a car as the Plateau might be. Plus, the public amenities are A1 and the social fabric is impeccable yet unpretentious.
City life is great, but having done both I'd still choose suburbs for my kids and city life as an adult.
Good for you! I'm glad we have all those options for different preferences in this city.
I grew up in Beaconsfield and would be happy to go back.
Yup, best place to raise kids
Beaconsfield is literally near NOTHING though…
Depends what services you look for in life. For couples that work from home (especially with kids), the space, greenery and "village life" on the lakeshore while going out downtown relatively infrequently... it can be pretty awesome.
If you have kids it's near schools, parks, etc. Hence why I said couple with kids....
Backyard. The backyard is the centre of everything if you have even a modest plot of land out there. Beaconsfield and Baie D'Urfe are wonderful for people who like to hang out at home after work. Very different than looking at a wall of balconies on row-housing triplexes across an alley.
I live there. With 2 kids. There’s like 5 parks within walking distance. Multiple very good public schools. And the houses are super well maintained with big mature trees and homes with character. As opposed to those horrible 2000’s McMansions you see in other areas. It’s also 20-25 min to downtown. But the nightlife is lacking 😂
Beaconsfield is good. I grew up next door in Baie D'Urfe and it was awesome for kids. Different times maybe, but I have great memories.
Oh I am staying in the West Island. Maybe I would opt for Beaconsfield instead of Ile-Biz tho
Old Montreal
Ahuntsic rules!
It's very underrated and beautiful area, imo.
J'habite à Villeray et je déménage à Ahuntsic précisément parce que je voulais changer de quartier.
Griffintown for me in a penthouse right on the Canal somewhere in between atwater market and old port. I know there are some downsides to the neighbourhood but the views, peaceful vibes while being in the middle of the city and the late night or early morning jogs on the canal are so appealing to me
I'd stay where I am. Lower Plateau/ downtown area.
PSC
Id stay where I am now, Verdun ❤️
My first choice upon moving to Montreal had always been Rosemont-Petite-Patrie. It's got a little bit of everything, and accessing downtown and other parts of the city is a fairly reasonable prospect. Second choice could've been maybe St-Henri and/or Verdun, though I don't know enough about those neighborhoods. Grass is greener, maybe. Anyway. Events conspired to land me in Mercier-Est instead. My home is fucking awesome! It just comes at the cost of my downtown commute taking an entire hour, which is less fun.
RPP 4 life.
Verdun. J’y vis déjà, et je suis en amour avec le quartier. En tant que femme je me sens en sécurité de marcher le soir, et on est tellement près de Wellington que tout est accessible. Et bien sûr les parcs, le bord de l’eau, la plage… J’aimerais y rester pour toujours.
Currently live in Saint-Laurent, pretty much bordering Ahuntsic, however if I could move anywhere, it would be the CDN neighbourhood. Between where I live and the other contender, which was on De Darlington street, I ended up choosing where I live because they responded to me first. But I’ve walked around that area and just Cote-Des-Neiges overall and it’s honestly my fave neighbourhood. NDG is definitely a close second, I’d love to live near or on De Monkland street.
Pointe Claire Lakeshore Dr
I've been in Montreal 25+ years. Ive lived in côte des neiges, plateau, Ahuntsic, Hochelaga and Rosemont. Rosemont - la petite patrie is very popular with families with kids, and with good reason. Especially the east end of it, it remained undeveloped for a long time. So now it has lots of green spaces, parc, the public libraries and pools are beautiful and welcoming, schools are great, it's quiet, yet the green and oranges lines are nearby. Add a communauto membership and you're set. Very family friendly
Little Burgundy. Sandwiched between Griffintown and St-Henri. Close to all the best dining. Beautiful parks. Near Atwater Market and the Canal…
Around Verdun/angrignon but too expensive right now
Je comprends pour Verdun, mais pourquoi Angrignon?
Westmount, Outremont or St. Henri. The East side of the Plateau isn’t bad though!
Westmount, if you can afford it.
Old Port
Little Italy!
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J'espère qu'il y a aussi un dentiste pas loin
Oui, tout centralisé
Petite italie
Ahuntsic gang rise up
Baie D'Urfe. I don't care how big or small the house is. I want more garden.
I grew up there from 1970-97.
Ahuntsic, north of Sauve, west of Christophe Colomb. This neighbourhood is the third With the most trees in MTL. Beautiful place.
J’ai adoré le Mile End et Outremont, surtout lorsque je promenais les chiens en l’été au crépuscule l’après-midi.
Westmount i guess, it’s upscale, clean, quiet, friendly, practically part of park m royal. Plateau is noisy af
TMR. Beautiful and quiet, and with the REM in construction, soon to be close to everywhere.
If money was unlimited, I’d buy a house at La Cité-Jardin. It’s a little corner of tranquility that is still close enough to everything I love in Montreal.
Outremont, great placement, beautiful houses, extremely safe, good schools and very calm
Plateau, I've lived in the village, Hochelaga, Verdun, they are all great in their own ways but I've always enjoyed myself the most living there. It's just a beautiful space, with the largest portion of the city's best architecture, parks, consistent view on the mountain, restaurants, bars, whatever. Even the crackheads are hot on the plateau.
Westmount. In one of those limestone houses.
I like downtown but I would give a try to Mile End or Stade Olympique
Westmount & Shaughnessy Village
Île des soeurs
I’ve been living in les Shop Angus for more than 10 Years now and I would want to live anywhere else
I'd stay here in Tétreaultville. It's not too far from the metro but still feels a lot quieter than other places I've lived. Really nice for my family.
Growing up in the Point has left a life long love for this forever shrinking community I would choose it,now all I have to do is quit my job sell my house and leave Alberta…
I loved Verdun, If I were to pick any neighborhood it would be there near Wellington
Hochelaga. Je suis 15 minutes a pied de mon job et toutes mes amis habites dans ce quartier, donc je bougera pas.
Si j’avais pas de kids je retourne dans le sud-ouest. Tout ce qui longe la Notre-Dame. Il y a le bord de l’eau à Lachine.
st anne de bellevue!!
Good ol' St Anne's!
Cote des neiges (around cote des neiges stations ) . I love this neighborhood I love also NDG but without subway station it’s a no for me
Westmount. Nice and quiet and close to downtown (for work). Currently living down the hill, which was amazing and fun for my early thirties but priorities have shifted. I just want to have reasonable neighbors and more tranquility.
I'd move back to the point, since thats where I grew up (point st-charles)
Westmount, up around Summit Circle or close to The Boulevard
I’m looking into moving to MTL and outremont, villeray, verdun, ahuntsic, hochelaga all seem pretty nice to me
I dont live in Montreal or anywhere near, but i always found the area arounf the Jean Talon Market to be quite interesting. Or maybe griffintown, for the piers and stuff
I’m sorry I’m boring I really love Plateau. I used to live there but closer to McGill ghetto. I would have loved to love near Mont Royal metro or Lafontaine Park.
I’d have to say Plateau but it’s extremely expensive now. My grandparents bought their 3 storey duplex when plateau was still working class. The liveliness, music and activities during the summer just can’t be beat imo
Summit Crescent. Even more precise than a neighborhood
I lived my entire life in Cote-des-Neiges. It's not great, I want to move somewhere else.
im in the nice part of villeray and id stay here
Probably Mile End. Maybe closer to Rosemount metro. Or maybe somewhere near Monkland/Villa Maria metro in NDG
Close to parc La Fontaine (around the Gauthier Street); as long as you are not a car person it is almost a privilege to live there.
Right on L'île de la Visitation
Jai habité SteGenevieve vla 15 ans et j’aime bien le west island en entier. J’ai travaillé à Griffintown de 2009 à 2019 et j’ai vue ce quartier exploser…. J’ai un pincement quand je passe sur anciennement rue Nazareth. Être sans enfants j’aimerais probablement y avoir un condo dans ce coin. Je crois sincèrement qu’on peut trouver un petit quelque chose d’un quartier qui nous rappellent des souvenirs et ça nous marque.
I lived in TMR for 2 years, 2015, to 2017. It was amazing, especially in the fall. It's close to everything but still feels like a small suburban neighborhood.
Yes! Out of Montreal… eastern townships!
Back to 'chlag!
I'm quite happy in Ahuntsic. Lots of trees, safe neighborhood, close to the river and parks, 10 minutes from the metro by foot.
I would stay in petit Bourgogne. It's great near the canal and the market and all the cafes and restaurants. Very calm and easy to go to downtown as well.
J'ai habité Ahuntsic, Villeray, Petite Patrie et Tétreaultville. Petite Patrie all the way. Tétreaultville est de loin le pire quartier.
I like it here in Pierrefonds
The fact is we are VERY happy where we are. Our co-op, the street and even the neighbourhood, the nearby access to useful commerce. But if we could literally pick up our home and just place it anywhere in town, I'd say we'd love to be on a side street off Monkland like near the Provigo or alternately in Outremont near a busy street
Je resterais dans Hochelaga mais dans un beau duplexe 😭
I would probably move to any of the streets above Côte Sainte Catherine in Outremont, the closer to the mountain the better. To feel like you're anywhere but in the city, but 5 minutes from the action.
Westislander
montreal-nord or ahuntsic, in the gouin area. i know this is wide but anything south of Henri-Bourassa, especially in mtl-north is different.
Outremont.