#1Sainte-Dorothée
Quebec · 38,183 peopleOverall A·#279 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D
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Sainte-Dorothée, #1 on this list · Photo: Unknown Unknown (Public domain)First place in Laval goes to Sainte-Dorothée, with 72.2%. Le Boisé Champêtre takes second place with 68.8%; Duvernay is third with 65.2%. At the halfway mark stands Fabreville, at 59.1%. Last comes Saint-François, at 46.3%. Nationally, Sainte-Dorothée ranks #29 of 2,589. 3 neighbourhoods in Laval reach the top 100 for all of Canada.
Share of residents who can hold a conversation in both English and French, 2021 census How grades work
#1Overall A·#279 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A−·lowest: hazard risk D
#2Overall B·#920 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: hazard risk D
#3Overall A−·#291 of 2,556
Strongest: health A, walkability 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-Dorothée, Unknown Unknown (Public domain) · Le Boisé Champêtre, Lufa Farms (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Duvernay, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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).