GrenetMontréal
The neighbourhood, home to 12,580 people, lies in Montréal. Montréal is split into 77 neighbourhoods, and this is one.
Is Grenet a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. With a C− overall, Grenet is better than just over a fifth of Canadian towns and ranks #447 of 499 in Quebec. Its weakest is jobs & income (D−). Health outcomes beat most towns (A). Add walkability to its strengths (A+). The typical owner put their home at $400,000 in 2021: 6 years of the median household’s income.
Figures: home values and income: Statistics Canada, Census 2021.
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 Grenet grades
Each subject compares Grenet 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 Grenet stand out
The 3 things Grenet does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Grenet.
Trips to work from Grenet take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Grenet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 33 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Rent takes more of local pay in Grenet than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 20% of households, above both Quebec’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (18%). Nobody publishes rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom for Grenet alone, so this card uses the figure for the Montréal metro area.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Grenet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 24% | 18% | 20% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 20% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.
Grenet scores better for health than 90% of Canadian towns
Adults here are less upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 57% in Quebec. Chronic conditions run at 14% of adults, age-standardised, below both Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.4, women 85.5 and men 81.2 (2022/2024). Measured from where Grenet’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 2.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Grenet | 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 · Health survey and life expectancy published for the Région de Montréal, not by town
Hazards in Grenet: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 6.8% of tested homes
Radon tests for the Montreal health region · Measured across the city of Montréal: earthquake risk
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. Little of the land around Grenet has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.001% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Grenet | 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
Violent crime weighs more where Grenet is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 116
Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Montréal service area
Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 80 over 2023–25, above both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 29.1 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Grenet | 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
Grenet has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
January is the snowiest month, with 52 cm on average. Frost comes on 146 days a year, lower than both Quebec’s towns (161) and Canadian towns (159). Between the last spring frost, 29 April, and the first in autumn, 14 October, lie 167 days. The most precipitation falls in October: 103 mm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Grenet | 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))
More of Grenet belongs to a visible minority than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 81%
Just over one in ten residents are 65 or over, below both Quebec’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 count for just over a fifth of the people here.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.1% of Grenet’s residents are women
6,410 men and 6,175 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Grenet | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 68% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 11% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 57% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Grenet: −2°C at night, 6°C by day
For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Laval forecast. Then December: −1°C by day, −9°C at night. A typical November adds 16 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 84 mm.
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
Grenet is served by Montréal public library, the library of all of Montréal, so the figures here are the city’s, for 1,948,747 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
From Grenet, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (17 km)
Biggest among them: Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 3,183 ha, 9.8 km off. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Parks and reserves take up 2.5% of the ground within 10 km, lower than Quebec’s towns (4.9%) yet higher than Canadian towns (2.3%).
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Grenet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 2.5% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 5 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
24 of the 70 schools around Grenet are independent
Within 3 km, 4 boards share the schools, above Quebec’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (3) alike. Schooling in English is on offer at 9 of 70; in Quebec, 10% of schools teach in it. The 3 km around Grenet counts 41 elementary schools, 16 secondary schools and 13 schools for every grade.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École bilingue Notre-Dame de Sion IndependentIn GrenetElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
| École Le Sommet IndependentIn GrenetAll grades | All grades | – | Independent |
| École Parkdale EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Grenet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 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.
37% of Grenet’s homes were built before 1961
| Heritage | Grenet | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 37% | 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 Grenet
Montreal Holocaust Museum and 13 more in and around Grenet
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Grenet, the best known first.
MuseumMontreal Holocaust Museum4.9 km outside town, to the east
CathedralSaint Sauveur Cathedral2.2 km outside town, to the northeast
GardenAhuntsic Park4.3 km outside town, to the north
GardenJarry Park5 km outside town, to the northeast
MuseumMusée des métiers d'art du Québec1.2 km outside town, to the east
MuseumDélia-Tétreault Museum4.1 km outside town, to the northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Montreal Holocaust Museum: Virginiewenglenski, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Délia-Tétreault Museum: Alexandre Payer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Grenet
No notable person born in Grenet is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Ray Bourque: Ravenswing, CC BY 3.0 · June Rowlands: Onnig Cavoukian, Public domain · Mathieu Darche: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philémon Cousineau: Blank & Stoller Ltd, Public domain
About Grenet
Neighbourhood in Montréal
Grenet is one of Montréal’s neighbourhoods, which TownRatings draws from census dissemination areas and names from the city’s own map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 12,580 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- City
- Montréal
- Census subdivision
- 2466023
Grenet’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenet | 12,580 | — | C− | D | C | A |
| Dutrisac | 10,643 | 0.9 | C | D | C | A |
| Du College/Hodge | 22,329 | 1.8 | C | D | C | A |
| Chameran/Montpellier | 21,170 | 1.8 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Nouveau-Bordeaux | 30,171 | 1.8 | C− | D− | C | A |
| Bois-Francs | 35,858 | 1.8 | B− | C− | C | A |
| Cartierville | 24,617 | 2 | C− | D− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Grenet
Do people in Grenet speak French?
French comes first: 25.8% speak it alone, while 47% manage both languages (Canadian towns: 8%).
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).