#1Sainte-Rose
Quebec · 37,408 peopleOverall A·#208 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Sainte-Rose, #1 on this list · Photo: Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0)Sainte-Rose is #327 of 2,580 on the list for all of Canada. No neighbourhood in Laval makes the national top 100 on this list. First place in Laval goes to Sainte-Rose, with B. Auteuil takes second place with B; Sainte-Dorothée is third with B. No A of any kind goes to any of the 13 listed. Last comes Chomedey, at D.
Cost of living grade: the owners’ median home value and a year’s rent, each against the place’s own household income How grades work
#1Overall A·#208 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D
#2Overall A−·#323 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: hazard risk D
#3Overall A·#279 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D
Best first in Laval; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
13 neighbourhoods
Photos: Sainte-Rose, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Auteuil, Jean Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Sainte-Dorothée, Unknown Unknown (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).