← Back to the island map
Area · Pointe-Claire, a related municipality on the island of Montreal

Pointe-Claire

A real village on the lakeshore, now connected to the REM. My top 10, neighbour's view, not brochure view.

Let's talk about this area

Pointe-Claire is the best of both worlds: a village core more than 300 years old set on Lac Saint-Louis, surrounded by family streets, and since May 2026, a direct REM link to downtown. A related municipality reconstituted in 2006 and officially bilingual, it draws families and commuters alike, and the ones who put down roots here don't leave easily.

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 Pointe-Claire tick.

Ten reasons buyers fall for the area, and why the ones who live there don't leave.

01 The Fairview–Pointe-Claire REM station, in service since May 2026
Transit

The REM has landed, plus three train stations to boot

Since May 18, 2026, the Fairview–Pointe-Claire station connects the area to downtown by light rail. Add three exo stations on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line, Cedar Park, Valois, and Pointe-Claire, and you get a level of transit service that's rare for a town this size.

Ask me about it: ask me which parts of town benefit most from the REM's arrival, the answer often surprises people, and it matters at resale time.
02 The Pointe-Claire windmill, built in 1709 to 1710, on the historic point
The icon

The mill from 1710

Built in 1709 to 1710 for the Sulpicians and classified as a cultural property in 1983, the mill on the point is one of the oldest in Quebec, which now has barely twenty left standing. Its restoration, begun in 2025, is taking care of the area's emblem.

Ask me about it: ask me what being next to a heritage site actually changes when you buy or renovate, it's less complicated than people think, but it takes some preparation.
03 The village core of Pointe-Claire, along Chemin du Bord-du-Lac
The village

A real main street, 300 years of history

The village of Pointe-Claire lines up restaurants, shops, and pubs along Chemin du Bord-du-Lac, with Lac Saint-Louis as a backdrop and more than 300 years of history in its walls. A real village main street, right in the heart of the metropolitan area.

Ask me about it: ask me which streets within walking distance of the village sell fastest, the charm of this area never sits on Centris for long.
04 Bord-de-l'Eau Park (Edgewater), along Lac Saint-Louis in Pointe-Claire
Waterfront

Lac Saint-Louis as a backyard

Waterfront parks dot the Bord-du-Lac, and at number 176 you'll find Stewart Hall: a 1916 stone manor handed over to the town for a symbolic dollar, turned into a cultural centre with an art gallery in 1963. Culture on the water, literally.

Ask me about it: ask me where the real waterfront properties are along Lakeshore, and what sets a lake view apart from simple "water access."
05 The marina at Pointe-Claire Yacht Club, on Lac Saint-Louis
Active living

A yacht club since 1879

The Pointe-Claire Yacht Club has been sailing since 1879, and its original clubhouse is still in use. Add the municipal aquatic centre, opened in 1965 with its 50-metre pool, from which the club led Nathan Zsombor-Murray to Olympic bronze in Paris in 2024. Sport is taken seriously here.

Ask me about it: ask me how boating life and summer camps factor into the choices families make when settling here, it's a selling point that gets underestimated.
06 CF Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping centre
The future

Fairview, more than a shopping centre

CF Fairview Pointe-Claire is the major shopping hub of the West Island, now directly connected to the REM. Cadillac Fairview has proposed turning its parking lots into a mixed-use neighbourhood around the station, a project still under review, nothing approved yet, but one worth watching closely.

Ask me about it: ask me what a project like this, approved or not, could change for property values nearby, I'm following it closely.
07 The Notre-Dame-du-Vieux-Moulin convent building (1867), on Pointe-Claire's historic point
Heritage

The point, a complete historic ensemble

Saint-Joachim Church, the presbytery, the 1867 convent building, and the mill: the whole of Pointe Claire has been protected as a heritage site since 2013. Few areas on the island offer a historic core this intact, steps from the lake, a character that can't be copied.

Ask me about it: ask me why this kind of heritage core also protects the character, and the appeal, of the streets around it.
08 The stone manor with copper roof of Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire's cultural centre on Lake Saint-Louis
Culture

Stewart Hall, a manor sold for a dollar

Built in 1915 and 1916 for Charles Wesley MacLean by architect Robert Findlay, the Mull Hall manor overlooks Lake Saint-Louis on chemin du Bord-du-Lac. Walter and May Stewart bought it and handed it to the City for a symbolic dollar, and the Stewart Hall cultural centre opened its doors on February 16, 1963. An art gallery, an art lending library, classes and concerts, all with a lake view, courtesy of another era.

Ask me about it: ask me which sectors put Stewart Hall and the lakeshore within walking distance. Free cultural life at the end of the street changes a retirement as much as a family life.
09 The shore of Valois Bay on Lake Saint-Louis, in Pointe-Claire
Neighbourhood life

Valois, the second village

Pointe-Claire hides a second village core: Valois, born around the station the railway named at the request of Doctor Évariste Valois, on his family's land. An independent village for a time, annexed to Pointe-Claire in 1911, it keeps its station on the exo Vaudreuil-Hudson line, its shops on Donegani Avenue and the bay that carries the same name. A neighbourly spirit all its own, five minutes from the lake.

Ask me about it: ask me what sets the Valois market apart from the main village. Two moods, two price ranges, and loyal fans of each.
10 The stone Gate of Remembrance at the entrance to the National Field of Honour in Pointe-Claire
Remembrance

The National Field of Honour

Since 1930, Pointe-Claire has been home to the National Field of Honour, the military cemetery created by the Last Post Fund, a charity founded in 1909 to give veterans without means a dignified burial. Some 9,500 flat granite markers line up under the trees, and the site was designated a national historic site in 2007. One of the most solemn places on the West Island, and a reminder of how deep the area's history runs.

Ask me about it: ask me what these large institutional grounds change for the residential streets next door. Guaranteed quiet on one side, stable zoning on the other.
Let's talk

Thinking about buying or selling in Pointe-Claire? Let's start talking.

A free evaluation of your property, a picture of the local market, or simply answers to your questions. No strings attached, and a straight answer.

Start my real estate project

Photo credits