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Area · Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Olympic Park on one side, the river on the other, and in between, plex-lined streets full of character. Here's my top 7, neighbour's view, not brochure view.

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Three neighbourhoods, three personalities: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve with its buzz along Ontario Street, the quieter Mercier-Ouest, and Mercier-Est with its feet in the river. Everywhere, brick plexes and small workers' houses, the green metro line running from one end of the borough to the other, and amenities that entire cities would envy.

I put this top 7 together for a simple reason: when you buy or sell, you're not just shopping for a property, you're shopping for a neighbourhood life. Each point comes with an opening for a conversation, so use it.

Maxime Laforest, real estate broker · Équipe Loiselle, RE/MAX Dynamique

The area's top 7

What makes Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve's heart beat.

Seven reasons buyers fall in love with the area, and why the ones who live here never leave.

01 The Montreal Biodôme with the leaning tower of the Olympic Stadium in the background
The icon

Olympic Park reinvents itself

The Montreal Tower, the tallest leaning tower in the world at 165 metres tilted 45 degrees, watches over the Biodôme and the Planetarium, the heart of Space for Life, Canada's largest natural science museum complex. The Stadium, for its part, is getting a facelift: a new roof is planned for 2028.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what the Stadium construction actually changes for the streets around Viau and Pie-IX. Some corners will benefit from the revival faster than others.
02 The historic Maisonneuve Market building (1914) and the La Fermière fountain
The pantry

Maisonneuve Market

A real public market open year-round on Ontario Street East: fruit stands, butchers, cheesemongers, flowers. Right next door, the 1914 Beaux-Arts building designed by Marius Dufresne and its "La Fermière" fountain by Alfred Laliberté are a reminder of the era when Maisonneuve dreamed of becoming a great city. Doing your grocery shopping here is a lifestyle.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you why Maisonneuve was once nicknamed the "Pittsburgh of Canada," and what treasures that era left standing around the market. It's all walkable.
03 Ontario Street East, the commercial artery of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
The artery

The Ontario promenade

More than 300 merchants grouped under the SDC Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, microbreweries, foodie addresses, and a street closed to cars the past few summers with café patios and street art. Around Place Simon-Valois, the neighbourhood is buzzing, and you feel it the moment you start walking down Ontario.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which streets off Ontario sell fastest when a property comes on the market. Being close to the promenade carries real weight at resale time.
04 The bike path at Promenade-Bellerive park, along the St. Lawrence River
Nature

The river at Promenade-Bellerive

Twenty-two hectares and about 2.2 km of shoreline facing the Boucherville Islands: it's the only direct river access in the whole borough, and it's in Mercier-Est. In summer, seasonal river shuttles drop you off at Île Charron or Boucherville. A cottage? Not necessary.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which streets in Mercier-Est reach the park on foot. At resale time, river proximity speaks for itself.
05 Aerial view of Thomas-Chapais Park, an urban woodland surrounded by Mercier's residential area
The local secret

The Thomas-Chapais woodland

An urban woodland of 15.2 hectares and about 11,000 trees, one of the most impressive in Montreal, with trails, birds and play structures, watched over by a citizen committee since 2013. Plenty of Montrealers have no idea it exists; Mercier families enjoy it year-round.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which residential streets border the woodland without the price tag of the central neighbourhoods. It's exactly the kind of winning trade-off I look for on behalf of my buyers.
06 The facade of the Denise-Pelletier theatre, formerly the Granada cinema, on Sainte-Catherine Street East
Culture

The Denise-Pelletier theatre

The former Granada cinema, opened in the late 1920s with about 1,685 seats, was long considered one of the finest venues in Montreal. Now the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier since 1977, it still introduces teenagers to theatre today. A Beaux-Arts venue of this calibre in its own neighbourhood is rare.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what else is hiding on Sainte-Catherine East. The Morgan corner holds some real surprises for anyone shopping for a plex within walking distance.
07 Typical brick plexes with outdoor staircases, Dézéry Street, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
The safe bet

Workers' plexes and shoebox houses

Brick duplexes and triplexes with outdoor staircases in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, small shoebox houses in Mercier: the borough has the second-highest count of them in Montreal and protects this heritage. With the green metro line running all the way to Honoré-Beaugrand, it's prime ground for a first purchase.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what to check before buying a shoebox house. Additions are regulated by the borough, and it needs to be confirmed case by case before you make an offer.
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