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Montréal-Nord

The Rivière des Prairies at the end of the street, affordable plexes everywhere, and a neighbourhood pride you can feel from your very first showing. Here's my top 10, neighbour's view, not brochure view.

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Montréal-Nord is the borough people are rediscovering: tight-knit streets of brick plexes, Gouin Boulevard running along the river, and public investment you can see with your own eyes, from freshly restored shoreline to the SRB Pie-IX to Cœur-Nomade under construction. For a first purchase or a rental plex, it's among the most affordable markets on the island.

I put this top 10 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 10

What makes Montréal-Nord's heart beat.

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

01 The shoreline of the Rivière des Prairies in Montréal-Nord
Nature

A kilometre of shoreline given back to the river

Between Aimé-Léonard park and the Pie-IX bridge, the borough restored a full kilometre of shoreline: a redesigned trail, thousands of native plants, wildlife habitat features. Inaugurated on June 24, 2026, a project worth about $2 million. Living near the Rivière des Prairies has never felt so real.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which streets benefit most from this renewed shoreline. Proximity to the river factors into the numbers at resale time too.
02 Aimé-Léonard park, a riverside park along the Rivière des Prairies
Family life

Aimé-Léonard Park

This is THE major public access point to the river in the borough, freshly redesigned: splash pads, play areas, picnic spots, a renovated and expanded chalet. And the Parcours Gouin runs right through it, about fifteen kilometres of bike path along the Rivière des Prairies.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which corners of the area let you walk to the park with the kids. It changes family life, and resale value.
03 An SRB Pie-IX station on Pie-IX Boulevard in Montréal-Nord
Transit

The SRB Pie-IX

In service since November 2022, this bus rapid transit line runs the length of Montréal-Nord from north to south: dedicated lanes down the centre of the boulevard, modern stations, a connection to the Pie-IX metro station (green line) and to the exo Saint-Michel–Montréal-Nord station. For plenty of buyers, this is the argument that unlocks everything.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which SRB stations are most interesting for a rental plex. Tenants shop for transit before anything else.
04 The exo Saint-Léonard–Montréal-Nord station, on the Mascouche line
The train

Two exo stations to downtown

Line 15 (Mascouche) serves two stations on the edge of the borough: Saint-Michel–Montréal-Nord, with an SRB connection, and Saint-Léonard–Montréal-Nord. A direct link to Central Station, no train change needed. An advantage that plenty of areas on the island still don't have.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which parts of the borough reach the station on foot. Walking distance is a criterion that carries weight in an offer to purchase.
05 A typical residential street in Montréal-Nord, lined with brick plexes
The safe bet

Plex territory

Duplexes and triplexes from the 1950s to 1970s dominate the housing stock, perfect for a first owner-occupied purchase or an investment. Along Gouin Boulevard, a sought-after pocket of houses and riverfront properties. And the whole area remains among the most affordable markets on the island.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what to check before buying a 1960s plex around here. I'll give you the list, no detours.
06 The Maison culturelle et communautaire of Montréal-Nord
Culture

The Maison culturelle, and what's coming next

Since 2006, the Maison culturelle et communautaire has housed a 234-seat performance hall, an exhibition room and the Julio-Jean-Pierre library. And Cœur-Nomade, Montreal's first inter-borough library ($39.3 million), is under construction, with an opening planned for 2027.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you where Cœur-Nomade is being built. Buying near a cultural facility before it opens is often good timing.
07 The borough hall of Montréal-Nord
Local pride

Young, tight-knit, and proud of its stars

With 88,471 residents (2021), it's one of the youngest and most multicultural boroughs in Montreal, with a dense community fabric, think Fourchettes de l'Espoir. And this is where Luguentz Dort and Bennedict Mathurin grew up, before facing each other in the 2025 NBA Finals.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which basketball courts Luguentz Dort learned to play on. That kind of pride shows up even during open houses.
08 The main pavilion of Cégep Marie-Victorin, on Rue Marie-Victorin, in winter
Education

Cégep Marie-Victorin, a campus in the greenery

Few people know it, but Montréal-Nord is home to a full cégep: Marie-Victorin, born from a private institution that became a public college in 1993, welcomes about 4,100 students in the regular sector and some 2,500 more in continuing education. Its campus on Rue Marie-Victorin surprises visitors, with pavilions scattered among the trees and the feel of a small student city. Add the private Marie-Clarac school on Boulevard Gouin, and the whole school journey can happen without leaving the area.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you which streets put the cégep within walking distance or a single bus line. For a family with teenagers, that changes how mornings run.
09 Maison Andegrave, an ancestral stone house at 5460 Boulevard Gouin Est
Heritage

The ancestral houses of Boulevard Gouin

Before the plexes, there was the chemin du Roy: laid out from 1734 to 1737 along Rivière des Prairies, it became Boulevard Gouin in 1910. You still come across stone houses from another century, like Maison Brignon-dit-Lapierre, a classified historic monument, and more than twenty period village houses around Avenue L'Archevêque, the first core of the town founded in 1915 with 996 residents. A riverside that has kept its memory.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what hides between Gouin and the river when you're shopping for a property. The waterfront strip is unlike anything else in Montréal-Nord.
10 La vélocité des lieux, the giant wheel artwork by BGL, at the corner of Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX
Public art

The giant bus wheel signed BGL

At the corner of Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX, five curved bus skeletons form a giant wheel resting on steel columns: La vélocité des lieux, by the artist trio BGL, installed in 2015 as a gateway to the borough. The 1.1-million-dollar work raised eyebrows when it arrived, then became a landmark everyone points to. With the Pie-IX bus rapid transit running at its feet, it's hard to mark a neighbourhood entrance any better.

Ask me about it, and I'll tell you what the Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX corner offers within walking distance. Between the BRT, the shops and the parks, it's one of the most practical pockets of the borough.
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