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Area · Senneville, a related municipality on the island of Montreal

Senneville

Fewer than 1,000 residents, stone walls, and Lac des Deux Montagnes as a backdrop: the countryside that never left the island. My top 7, neighbour's view, not brochure view.

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At the western tip of the island, Senneville does its own thing: 951 residents at the 2021 census, orchards, stone walls, and the lake at the end of the roads. Merged into Montreal in 2002 and reconstituted as an independent village in 2006, the municipality owns its choice: no commercial core, no fuss, quiet comes first, and the services are just next door, in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Baie-D'Urfé, and Kirkland.

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 Senneville tick.

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

01 The "Village Senneville Inc. 1895" sign at the entrance to the village of Senneville
The icon

The island's last village

Incorporated on January 12, 1895, breaking away from the parish of Sainte-Anne-du-Bout-de-l'Île, Senneville is the only municipality on the island of Montreal to hold the legal status of a village. Woodlands, meadows, farms, orchards, stone walls, lakeside: the most countrified character on the island, without ever leaving it.

Ask me about it: ask me what that village status actually changes when you buy here, it's worth the conversation before you make an offer.
02 Barn and silo at the Bois-de-la-Roche estate, on Senneville Road, in winter
Heritage

A national historic site spanning 1,400 acres

Since 2002, the heart of Senneville has been designated a national historic site of Canada: more than 1,400 acres and at least 82 buildings erected between 1860 and 1930, inherited from a dozen country estates, including Bois-de-la-Roche, once owned by Senator Louis-Joseph Forget. Buying here means buying a piece of Canadian history.

Ask me about it: ask me what owning an estate home involves when it's time to renovate or resell, with the right guidance, heritage status is an asset, not a headache.
03 Stone remains at the archaeological site of Fort Senneville
History

The fort Benedict Arnold had burned down

A windmill watchtower as early as 1686, then a stone fort rebuilt in 1692 on Frontenac's orders: it was described as the closest thing to a castle near Montreal. In 1776, Benedict Arnold had it burned down during the American Revolution. The ruins, classified as heritage by Quebec in 2003, now sit on private property.

Ask me about it: ask me how a past like that shows up in the character, and the value, of properties in the area. Here, history is part of the address.
04 Rocky shoreline at the Anse-à-l'Orme nature park, facing Lac des Deux Montagnes
Nature

The Grand parc de l'Ouest all around

Senneville is wrapped in protected nature: the Anse-à-l'Orme nature park, a well-known windsurfing spot on Lac des Deux Montagnes, and the Bois-de-la-Roche agricultural park, both part of the Grand parc de l'Ouest. Add McGill's Morgan Arboretum: 245 hectares of forest and about 25 km of trails, summer and winter.

Ask me about it: ask me which trail and water access points locals actually use, that's the kind of detail that doesn't show up on a Centris listing.
05 A natural grassy shoreline on Lac des Deux Montagnes, in Senneville
Waterfront

Lac des Deux Montagnes as a backyard

Here, waterfront homes have Lac des Deux Montagnes as a backyard, with shorelines that are still natural and mudflats where the water breathes with the seasons. On an island, having the lake as a neighbour is an argument that carries a lot of weight, both when you buy and the day you resell.

Ask me about it: ask me what to check before buying on the lake, flood zones, shoreline protection strips, access rights. Better to know before you sign.
06 An ancestral stone house behind its dry stone wall, on Senneville Road
The safe bet

Estates, woodlands, and handpicked new builds

The housing stock has real substance: estate-style properties on very large, often wooded lots, heritage country homes, and a high-end new-build side with Senneville-sur-le-Parc, about 84 single-family homes on 24 hectares, launched in October 2019, with close to 30% of the site as green space and plans approved by the planning advisory committee.

Ask me about it: ask me for an evaluation before you list, in an estate market like this one, every lot has its own story, and comparables need to be chosen with care.
07 Colourful village houses on Phillips Avenue under the snow, in Senneville
Transit

The REM at the village's doorstep

Since May 18, 2026, the REM's Anse-à-l'Orme branch has been in service: the terminus is in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, right at Senneville's doorstep. There's no station in the village itself, and for a lot of people here, that's exactly the charm of it. Add the exo station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line and Highway 40 running along the area, and you get the countryside, connected.

Ask me about it: ask me how daily life is organized from Senneville, groceries, schools, John Abbott College, the Macdonald campus, everything is a few minutes away, in the neighbouring towns. Want to walk through it together?
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