CartiervilleMontréal
24,617 people live in this neighbourhood in Montréal. Montréal is split into 77 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Cartierville a good place to live?
Cartierville grades low on several counts. Housing is expensive (D−). Its standout strength is health (A). Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A+). Overall, that makes a C−, good for #472 of 499 in Quebec. That leaves it better than 20% of Canadian towns. Incomes are on the low side (D−).
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Cartierville grades
Each subject compares Cartierville with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Cartierville stand out
The 3 things Cartierville does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cartierville.
Rent takes more of local pay in Cartierville than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 25% of household income
Measured across the Montréal metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 22% of households, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $600,000, above both Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 25% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 22% | 13% | 18% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $600,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Trips to work from Cartierville take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 33 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Few places match Cartierville for health: it beats 93% of Canadian towns
On average 14% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, below Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Life expectancy in the region is 83.4 years (85.5 for women, 81.2 for men, 2022/2024). Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Closer to home, a hospital is just 0.8 km from the average resident of Cartierville, nearer than the usual 3.7 km. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Région de Montréal as a whole, not for Cartierville alone.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.4 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 56% | 52% |
| Smokers | 13% | 12% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Cartierville’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline
Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.20 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. The national flood inventory has no study for Cartierville. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Cartierville alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Montréal.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.20 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 6.8% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests published for the Montreal health region, not by town
The force covering Cartierville records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 116
Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Montréal service area
The index for the force that serves it came to 80, above both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 29.1 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 116 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 80 | 56 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 15.4 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 29.1 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Cartierville has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm. Some 217 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). October is the wettest month, with 103 mm of rain and snow on average. Frost usually lifts by 29 April and returns around 14 October: 167 days without it.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 217 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.7°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 146 | 161 | 159 |
| Precipitation a year | 1,041 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))
Visible minorities make up more of Cartierville than of Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 58%
Both official languages: 55% of residents, higher than both Quebec’s towns (44%) and Canadian towns (7.5%). Children under 15 count for 20% of the people here. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.7% of Cartierville
Census 2021 put women at 12,230 and men at 12,355; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Cartierville | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 62% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 63% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Cartierville: −2°C at night, 6°C by day
Expect about 84 mm of rain and snow over November. Into December, the normals move to −1°C and −9°C. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Across the year, normals run from −14°C nights in January to 27°C afternoons in July.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −3°C | −12°C | 243 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 1°C | 253 mm |
| Summer | 26°C | 15°C | 268 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 5°C | 277 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Montréal public library draws 6.5 visits per person served, ahead of 84% of Quebec’s town libraries
The library figures on this page are Montréal’s: Montréal public library serves all 1,948,747 people of the city, Cartierville among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 17 km away, is the closest provincial park to Cartierville
Protected areas cover 5.6% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. The largest is Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 3,183 ha, 8.7 km from the edge of town. 27 protected areas lie within 10 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 5.6% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 12 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
5 school boards share Cartierville
13 of the 107 teach in English, against 10% of schools in Quebec. Outside the public system: 31 of 107 schools, where in Quebec it is 9%. The 3 km around Cartierville counts 64 elementary schools, 28 secondary schools and 15 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jacques-Prévert IndependentIn CartiervilleElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
| Collège Pasteur, Pavillon Khalil Gibran IndependentIn CartiervilleAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| École Cedarcrest EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Source note: the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school, so there’s no schools grade in Quebec.
Cartierville has 2 historic places on the registers, one in the top tier
On the list: a municipal citation. Maison Mary-Dorothy-Molson, begun in 1930, is the oldest by its record. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 31% of homes, higher than both Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).
Historic places by designation · inside the town
Among them
| Heritage | Cartierville | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 31% | 21% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Cartierville
Centre Émilie-Gamelin and 14 more in and around Cartierville
A first look at Cartierville’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
MuseumCosmodome3.8 km outside town, to the northwest · 71K visitors a year
CathedralSaint Sauveur Cathedral1.2 km outside town, to the northeast
GardenAhuntsic Park3.3 km outside town, to the northeast
GardenJarry Park4.6 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumMusée des métiers d'art du Québec2.3 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Cosmodome: abdallahh on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Sauveur Cathedral: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ahuntsic Park: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarry Park: Miguel Tremblay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des métiers d'art du Québec: Pierre5018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Cartierville
One notable person was born in Cartierville; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
About Cartierville
Neighbourhood in Montréal
The edges of Cartierville follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Montréal’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 24,617 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Cartierville’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartierville | 24,617 | — | C− | D− | C | A |
| Grenet | 12,580 | 2 | C− | D | C | A |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 2.2 | B− | C− | C | A |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 2.5 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Dutrisac | 10,643 | 2.7 | C | D | C | A |
| Chomedey | 81,813 | 2.9 | C+ | D | B | A |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 3.4 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Cartierville
Do people in Cartierville speak French?
It is a French-speaking town: 29.1% know French alone, and 55% can talk in English too, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).