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Rue BernardOutremont, #1 on this list · Photo: Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Montréal · 2026

Montréal’s neighbourhoods on 13 lists

Outremont leads the overall list with a grade of B+. Nobody leads more lists than Outremont, first on 7. Outremont finishes in the top three 8 times. National #1s lead none of these lists. 13 lists rank the 72 neighbourhoods in Montréal.

Each list ranks the neighbourhoods in Montréal against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Montréal’s neighbourhoods

Grouped by what they measure, each with its three best neighbourhoods.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. OutremontB+
  2. Rivière-des-PrairiesB
  3. Ile-des-SoeursB
All 72 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. Rivière-des-PrairiesB−
  2. OutremontC+
  3. L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-GenevièveC+
All 72 →Safest
  1. OutremontC
  2. Rivière-des-PrairiesC
  3. Ile-des-SoeursC
All 72 →Healthiest
  1. Parc-KentA
  2. Desmarchais-CrawfordA
  3. Verdun-CentreA
All 72 →Jobs & income
  1. OutremontA−
  2. Vieux-MontréalB+
  3. Côte-Saint-AntoineB
All 72 →Most walkable
  1. OutremontA+
  2. Vieux-MontréalA+
  3. Côte-Saint-AntoineA+
All 72 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. OutremontC
  2. Rivière-des-PrairiesC
  3. Ile-des-SoeursC
All 72 →Civic life
  1. OutremontB−
  2. Rivière-des-PrairiesB−
  3. Ile-des-SoeursB−
All 72 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. Outremont$107,700
  2. Rivière-des-Prairies$102,600
  3. L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève$99,200
All 72 →Most historic
  1. Vieux-Montréal30
  2. L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève6
  3. Guybourg3
All 72 →Most bilingual
  1. Côte-Saint-Antoine75.4%
  2. Parc-Laurier74.9%
  3. Vieux-Montréal73.3%
All 72 →Youngest
  1. René-Goupil33.7 years
  2. Mile End34.1 years
  3. Petite-Bourgogne34.2 years
All 72 →Oldest
  1. Ile-des-Soeurs46.7 years
  2. Marc-Aurèle-Fortin46 years
  3. Lachine-Ouest45.5 years
All 72 →
City by city

Neighbourhood rankings in other cities

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Photos: Outremont, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Rivière-des-Prairies, Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Ile-des-Soeurs, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Parc-Kent, 4net (CC BY 3.0) · Desmarchais-Crawford, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Verdun-Centre, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Vieux-Montréal, Richard Mc Neil (CC BY 3.0) · Côte-Saint-Antoine, Paju~commonswiki (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Guybourg, Félix Mathieu-Bégin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Parc-Laurier, EvanProdromou (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mile End, Andre Carrotflower (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Petite-Bourgogne, Jeangagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, ndoduc (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lachine-Ouest, Ptaff (CC0), 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).