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Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil

Countryside living, unapologetically, a quarter hour from the bridge tunnel, a municipal airport, a summer theatre and Mont Saint-Hilaire as the backdrop. Here's my top 9, neighbour's version, not brochure version.

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Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil is the South Shore's official countryside: about 3,000 people spread over 40 square kilometres of farmland, wrapped around Beloeil, with Highway 20 running straight through the middle of it. No downtown, not even a village centre, and that's exactly what my clients come here looking for. I work with buyers who want land and air without exiling themselves, and business people eyeing the airport area, where more than 240 companies have already set up shop.

I put together this top 9 for a simple reason: when you buy or sell, you're not just shopping for a property, you're shopping for a way of life. Each point comes with an opening to talk. Use it.

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

The area's top 9

What makes the heart of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil beat.

Nine reasons buyers choose the countryside next door, and why once they've tasted it, they don't go back to the city.

01 The welcome sign of the municipality of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
The icon

The real countryside, right at the city's edge

Here, there's no church, no school, no village core: the municipality split off from the village of Beloeil in 1903 specifically to stay agricultural, and it still owns that. The concession roads line up period stone houses next to newer homes, and the land, drained back in the 1970s, is considered among the best in the province. Locals like to say they're ten minutes from Montreal via Highway 20. Call it fifteen from the bridge tunnel when traffic's moving, which is frankly hard to beat for this much countryside.

Ask me about it: ask me what agricultural zoning changes when you buy here. It's the first thing to understand, and a lot of buyers learn it too late.
02 Highway 20 seen from the overpass in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Access

Highway 20, the backbone

When the Trans-Canada arrived in 1964, the municipality had about 350 residents. That road changed everything: today, the Jean-Lesage axis crosses the territory and its exits lead straight onto the municipality's local roads. Montreal on one side, Saint-Hyacinthe and Quebec City on the other, and Highway 30 just a few exits further west. For a commuter or a trucking company, it's hard to find a better spot on the South Shore.

Ask me about it: ask me which roads get the benefit of Highway 20 access without the noise. That distinction is worth a lot at resale.
03 Gilles-Beaudet Airport in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, seen from the Route 229 overpass
Local colour

A municipal airport in the backyard

How many municipalities of 3,000 people own their own airport? Gilles-Beaudet Airport, born as a private runway in 1965 and municipally owned since 1982, has a paved, lit runway open year round, right along Highway 20. Aviation companies and a flight school orbit around it. Recreational pilots from the whole region know it by its code: CSB3.

Ask me about it: ask me what's happening on the commercial and industrial side around the airport. As a residential and commercial broker, that's an area I follow closely.
04
Recreation

Golf des Arpents Verts, the neighbourhood elder

On chemin des Grands-Coteaux, golf des Arpents Verts is one of the oldest golf courses on Montreal's South Shore. Two natural turf courses, mature trees, and a no-nonsense atmosphere where you're never stuck waiting between holes. Plenty of golfers from Beloeil and Sainte-Julie have made it a habit for decades, and the site also hosts receptions.

Ask me about it: ask me what's taking shape for the golf course site's future. I'll come back to it at point 9, and it could reshape the municipality.
05 The fountain at parc des Loisirs in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Family life

Parc des Loisirs, the heart of a village that isn't one

With no village core to speak of, community life gathers on rue des Loisirs: the park with its fountain and baseball diamond, the chalet that hosts day camp, the town hall that houses the library and the André-Guy Trudeau community centre, where the Christmas market sets up among other things. Even the Sûreté du Québec station is on the same street. Everyone ends up crossing paths there eventually.

Ask me about it: ask me how families here handle school, since the kids attend schools in neighbouring municipalities. It's less complicated than you'd think.
06
Culture

Théâtre des Hirondelles, summer in comedy

A professional summer theatre out in the countryside, on chemin des Grands-Coteaux: théâtre des Hirondelles puts on comedies every summer with professional actors, in a dinner theatre format that's made its name. The 2026 season runs from mid-June to the end of August with an exclusive in-house production. A night out that gives the municipality a cultural life plenty of suburbs would envy.

Ask me about it: ask me what local institutions like this do for how attached people get to the area. Properties here change hands less often than elsewhere, and that's no accident.
07 Rue Richelieu in Old Beloeil, a few minutes from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Just steps away

All of Beloeil in the backyard next door

The municipality literally wraps around Beloeil, which means Old Beloeil, its restaurants on rue Richelieu, the river and the Mail Montenach are a few minutes from any concession road. You live in the calm of the fields with the services of a full-fledged town right next door, and Mont Saint-Hilaire cutting the skyline from the farmland. That combination is what makes my clients say they've got the best of both worlds.

Ask me about it: ask me how to compare an address here with an equivalent one in Beloeil or Sainte-Julie. The math often surprises people.
08
Outdoors

Camping Alouette, summer that settles in

On chemin de l'Industrie, camping Alouette has long welcomed seasonal campers and passing travellers, with fully equipped sites and more rustic wooded spots. It's one of the municipality's official attractions, and a pattern I see often: seasonal campers who fall for the area, then end up shopping for a permanent address in the valley.

Ask me about it: ask me where to start when you want to move from a cottage or campsite to a real property in the area. I've got a plan for that.
09
The projects

Taxibus and the future of Arpents Verts

Since January 2024, two on-demand taxibus lines have connected the municipality to the Sainte-Julie terminus, the Beloeil park-and-ride, and the Mail Montenach, a small revolution for a rural area. And the golf course owners have put a vision for the future on the table: housing, a seniors' residence, and the donation of roughly a hundred hectares for a large regional park. Nothing is approved, the zoning hasn't changed, and the file will have to go through the MRC and agricultural land protection, but it gives you an idea of what's being discussed.

Ask me about it: ask me what these projects could mean for property values ten years from now. That's exactly the kind of bet we evaluate together.
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