Chomedey (Laval): a local broker's top 10

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The towers of Domaine Bellerive and Le Maritime building along the rivière des Prairies, in Chomedey

The picture

The most populous neighbourhood in the whole city

With 101,622 residents at the 2011 census, Chomedey alone accounts for nearly a quarter of Laval's population, spread across roughly 48 square kilometres and four different postal codes. That makes for a very mixed housing stock: 1960s bungalows and duplexes, newer cottages, and waterfront towers like Domaine Bellerive and Le Maritime. Laval's city hall, at Place du Souvenir, sits right in the neighbourhood too.

Ask me about it: ask me which part of Chomedey fits your project. From one artery to the next, the construction era can change almost completely.

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Rue de l'Église in the village of Saint-Martin, on Île Jésus, around 1910

The history

Three villages became one neighbourhood

The city of Chomedey was born on April 1, 1961, from the merger of L'Abord-à-Plouffe, Saint-Martin, and Renaud, and it took the name of Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, the founder of Montreal. With 35,000 residents, it instantly became the tenth-largest city in Quebec, and a new factory opened there practically every month between 1962 and 1964. The city only lasted four years: on August 6, 1965, the fourteen municipalities of Île Jésus merged to create Laval.

Ask me about it: ask me how to spot the old village cores when you're visiting. It explains a lot of the differences in lot size and street layout.

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The André-Benjamin-Papineau house, at 5475 Boulevard Saint-Martin Ouest in Laval

Heritage

The Papineau house and old Saint-Martin

At 5475 Boulevard Saint-Martin Ouest, the André-Benjamin-Papineau house dates back to 1820 and was classified as a heritage building as early as 1974, with a protection zone added the following year. It's named after the first mayor of the parish of Saint-Martin, created in 1855. A little further east, the Goyer house, built around 1860, was cited by the City in 2025. The parish itself dates back to 1774, and the current church was rebuilt after the 1942 fire.

Ask me about it: ask me what buying near a protected site involves. The rules aren't the same as elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

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The tree-lined Promenade des Îles, on Paton Island in Laval

Nature

Paton Island, an area within the river

Connected to Île Jésus by a bridge, Paton Island is named after Hugh Paton, a businessman of Scottish origin who had his summer home there at the start of the last century. Today you'll find wooded trails, a dock, the Promenade des Îles, an old oak tree that locals nickname the Grand Roi, and great blue herons perched on buoys. Bois Chomedey rounds out the area's green spaces.

Ask me about it: ask me what waterfront proximity is worth here, and which addresses on the island rarely come to market.

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The Lachapelle bridge seen from Paton Island, in Laval

Access

Two bridges to the island, three highways on its edge

The Lachapelle bridge extends Boulevard Curé-Labelle toward Cartierville: two parallel structures, one from 1930 and one from 1975, six lanes total, about 76,000 vehicles a day, and a reserved lane for buses and taxis heading south in the morning. To the west, the Louis-Bisson bridge carries Highway 13 toward Pierrefonds-Roxboro with its reversible centre lane. Highway 15 runs along the neighbourhood's east side and Highway 440 closes it off to the north.

Ask me about it: ask me how long it really takes at rush hour depending on the bridge. The difference surprises my clients.

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The Le Carrefour terminus building, at 3000 Boulevard Le Carrefour in Laval

Transit

The Le Carrefour terminus, the metro, and the REM

The Le Carrefour terminus, at 3000 Boulevard Le Carrefour, is a zone B metropolitan terminus where several Société de transport de Laval and exo lines converge. Heading east, buses connect to the Montmorency, Cartier, and De la Concorde metro stations. And since November 17, 2025, the REM's Deux-Montagnes branch has been running, with the Sainte-Dorothée and Île-Bigras stations right nearby, just west of the neighbourhood.

Ask me about it: ask me which streets in Chomedey are actually well served by bus. It's a factor that matters at resale.

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The indoor garden and fountain at Carrefour Laval

Shopping

Carrefour Laval, open since 1974

At the junction of the Autoroute des Laurentides and Highway 440, Carrefour Laval opened its doors in 1974 and is owned by Cadillac Fairview. With more than 300 stores, boutiques, and restaurants, including La Baie, Simons, and Rona l'entrepôt, it's the largest shopping centre in Quebec and one of the highest performing per square foot. Plenty of Montrealers head up to Laval just for this.

Ask me about it: ask me which residential areas let you get there on foot or by direct bus. There are more than people think.

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The Centropolis sign, at the corner of Avenue Pierre-Péladeau and Boulevard Saint-Martin Ouest, in Laval

Going out

Centropolis and the Cosmodôme

Around Avenue Pierre-Péladeau and Boulevard Saint-Martin Ouest, Centropolis lines up restaurants, a movie theatre, terraces, and attractions like the SkyVenture indoor skydiving simulator and the Clip 'n Climb climbing centre. Right next door, the Cosmodôme has hosted its Space Camp since 1994, along with a real moon rock and a full-size replica of the Endeavour shuttle. It's the kind of neighbour that solves a lot of rainy weekends.

Ask me about it: ask me what being close to this hub changes for short-term rentals and for resale.

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Family life

Schools, in French and in English

Chomedey has Saint-Martin secondary school for the first two years, Saint-Maxime for the next three, the École d'éducation internationale de Laval with around 1,500 students, and Alphonse-Desjardins school for special needs. On the English side, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier school board runs Crestview, Hillcrest, John F. Kennedy, and Souvenir, plus the Laval Junior and Laval Senior academies. For sports, the Berthiaume-du-Tremblay stadium, on Boulevard Lévesque Ouest, holds 3,500 people around a synthetic field redone in 2010, with a pool in the same park.

Ask me about it: ask me how to check a school's catchment area before making an offer. One street over can change everything.

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Saint-Maxime church, in the Chomedey neighbourhood of Laval

Local colour

Quebec's largest Greek community

This is Laval's most multicultural neighbourhood: the province's largest Greek community has settled here, along with sizeable Armenian, Lebanese, and Syrian communities. You see it in the grocery stores and restaurants along the main streets, and right through to the Greek-language private schools run by the Communauté hellénique du Grand Montréal. Gathering places are evolving the same way: alongside parishes like Saint-Maxime, the Jamatkhana de Laval, a 42,000-square-foot Ismaili Muslim community centre valued at 21.5 million dollars, was launched in 2026 on a lot in Chomedey and is set to open in 2028.

Ask me about it: ask me how this diversity plays out from one street to the next. It's one of the things that surprises my island clients the most.

Chomedey

What makes Chomedey tick.