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Magasin Henri Hamel sur la rue Bourbonnière . - [1910]

MaisonneuveMontréal

TownGrade
C−
#2,146 of 2,556

It is one of the 77 neighbourhoods that make up Montréal. The neighbourhood, home to 20,651 people, lies in Montréal.

6 places within 19 kmMap →
Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domain
Magasin Henri Hamel sur la rue Bourbonnière . - [1910]

Maisonneuve, Montréal · Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domain

Population
20,651
people, Census 2021
Median age
36.9
years · Quebec’s towns: 44.8
Postsecondary
68%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
51%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Maisonneuve a good place to live?

Maisonneuve grades C− overall, better than just over a fifth of Canadian towns. That places it #459 of 499 in Quebec. Its lowest grade is for cost of living (D−). Jobs and pay trail most towns (D). Also worth knowing: people here tend to be in good health (A). Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A+).

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 Maisonneuve grades

Each subject compares Maisonneuve 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 grading works

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Maisonneuve stand out

The 3 things Maisonneuve does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maisonneuve.

HousingCost of living D−

Renting in Maisonneuve eats 27% of household income, more than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

$392,000median home value, 2021D−Cost of living Grade

The median home value was $392,000, higher than Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and near Canadian towns ($406,000). Behind rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom sits data gathered across the Montréal metro area, with Maisonneuve one part of it.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Maisonneuve$392,000
Quebec$300,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021MaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Rent as a share of income27%18%20%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter22%13%18%
$1,346
monthly rent for a two-bedroom

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.

Work & commuteJobs & income D

Trips to work from Maisonneuve take longer than from Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 33 min on average

51%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van47%
Public transit35%
Walk10%
Bicycle6%
Census 2021MaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Average trip33 min27 min26 min
$59,600
median household income, 2020
33%
worked from home, May 2021
86%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

HealthHealth A

Maisonneuve scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns

54%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Région de Montréal

For Maisonneuve itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 2.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 14% of the region’s adults on average, below Quebec’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Across the region, life runs to 83.4 years on average: women 85.5, men 81.2, in 2022/2024. In the health survey, 54% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Quebec’s 57%.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Maisonneuve54%
Quebec’s towns56%
Canadian towns52%
HealthMaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Chronic conditions (average share)14%15%17%
Life expectancy at birth83.482.581.5
Very good or excellent health54%56%52%
Smokers13%12%12%
83.4
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
2.0 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
13%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
0.5 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Maisonneuve’s hazards at a glance: a low wildfire record and 6.8% of area homes over the radon guideline

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

The expected yearly loss to earthquakes is $0.20 for each $1,000 of buildings, above both Quebec’s towns ($0.14) and Canadian towns ($0.030). Burn scars are few around Maisonneuve, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. Maisonneuve shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Montreal health region.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Maisonneuve6.8%
Quebec’s towns8.2%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsMaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.20$0.14$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline6.8%8.2%6.6%
$0.20
expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings
Low
wildfire band
17 km
to the nearest land burned since 1986

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the earthquake risk figures: the city of Montréal

SafetySafety C

Violent crime weighs more where Maisonneuve is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 116

80Crime Severity Index

The index for the force that serves it came to 80, higher than both Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Its police area records 15.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 29.1 property crimes are reported each year. Maisonneuve doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Montréal service area.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202381
202481
202578
2023–2025MaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index1168886
Crime Severity Index805667
Violent crime15.412.412
Property crime per 1,00029.116.631.2
67
non-violent Crime Severity Index
32%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Climate

Summer arrives in force in Maisonneuve, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns

26.7°CJuly afternoons

Snow totals 217 cm over the year, close to Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 29 April to 14 October, 167 days. A normal October brings 103 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Most of the snow comes in January, about 52 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−3.2°C
Spring11.0°C
Summer25.5°C
Autumn13.5°C
Normals, 1991–2020MaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Snowfall a year217 cm217 cm141 cm
July afternoon high26.7°C26.5°C25.5°C
Days with frost a year146161159
Precipitation a year1,041 mm1,041 mm883 mm
217 cm
of snow a year
146
days with frost a year
167
frost-free days, 29 Apr to 14 Oct
122
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport))

Who lives here

More people in Maisonneuve speak English and French than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: 62%

36.9median age

Visible minorities make up a fifth of the population, higher than both Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%). Just over one in ten residents have reached 65.

MaisonneuveQuebecCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree15%
Postsecondary qualification68%

Women and men · all residents

47.6% of Maisonneuve’s residents are women

Women numbered 9,815 and men 10,825 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Maisonneuve
MaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Under 1512%17%16%
15 to 6476%62%64%
65+12%20%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree15%19%16%
Postsecondary qualification68%59%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Maisonneuve: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

6°Ca normal November afternoon

November usually brings some 16 cm of snow. Expect about 84 mm of rain and snow over November. A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −9°C. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 27°C and January nights −14°C.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C
December−1°C
January−5°C
February−3°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−3°C−12°C243 mm
Spring11°C1°C253 mm
Summer26°C15°C268 mm
Autumn13°C5°C277 mm
−2°C
a normal November night
84 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Montréal Trudeau (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B−

Bibliothèque Maisonneuve logs 6.5 visits per person served, more than four in five Quebec’s town libraries

The library figures on this page are Montréal’s: Bibliothèque Maisonneuve serves all 1,948,747 people of the city, Maisonneuve among them.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

Maisonneuve is 3.9 km from Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)

5.2%of the land within 10 km protected

Within 100 km there is no national park. Protected areas cover 5.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. The 10 km around town hold 21 protected areas. Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Plage de Longueuil the nearest.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Maisonneuve5.2%
Quebec’s towns4.9%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsMaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Protected land within 10 km5.2%4.9%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km8104
3.9 km
to Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
2
beaches within 5 km

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Schools

4 boards run the schools in and around Maisonneuve

80schools within 3 km

In English: 6 of the 80 schools, where in Quebec the share is 10%. The 3 km around Maisonneuve counts 61 elementary schools, 18 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade.

SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
École MaisonneuveIn MaisonneuveElementaryElementary–French public
École Chomedey-De Maisonneuve (Transitoire - Chomedey-De Maisonneuve)In MaisonneuveSecondarySecondary–French public
Collège Vincent Massey EnglishTeaches in EnglishSecondarySecondary–English public

See all 80 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public67
Independent7
English public6
Schools within 3 kmMaisonneuveQuebecCanada
School boards423
0.4 km
to the nearest secondary school

Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Ungraded on schools in Quebec, because the ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.

History

Older housing stands out in Maisonneuve: 49% predates 1961

1historic place

Its 1 historic place is of the highest rank.

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations1
Other federal designations0
Provincial and local listings0
49%
of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%
HeritageMaisonneuveQuebecCanada
Homes built before 196149%21%18%

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Maisonneuve

15pages on Maisonneuve
Nearby attractions

Montreal Biodome and 80 more in and around Maisonneuve

Sights in Maisonneuve and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata · ODCAF · federal and Québec heritage registers · CPCAD

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Famous people from around Maisonneuve

2 notable people were born in Maisonneuve; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →
Photo credits

Joseph-Georges Caron: Unknown author, Public domain

About Maisonneuve

Neighbourhood in Montréal

Where Maisonneuve begins and ends inside Montréal is TownRatings’s line, traced along census dissemination areas and named after the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
20,651 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory
Quebec
City
Montréal
Census subdivision
2466023

Maisonneuve’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

HochelagaPréfontaineGuybourgPetite-CôteLongue-PointeMarie-VictorinHochelagaPréfontaineGuybourgPetite-CôteLongue-PointeMarie-VictorinMaisonneuve
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Maisonneuve20,651—C−D−CA
Hochelaga11,3551.3C−D−CA
Préfontaine16,5421.4C−D−CA
Guybourg3,5542C−DCA
Petite-Côte17,1962.1CDCA
Longue-Pointe20,3372.6C−D−CA
Marie-Victorin28,9042.9C−D−CA

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Maisonneuve

Do people in Maisonneuve speak French?

Almost everyone does. 62% are bilingual, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%, and 35.1% speak French and no English.

Is Maisonneuve a young town or an old one?

At 36.9, its median age compares with 45.2 across 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).