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Best areas for commuting to Saint-Laurent

Pointe-Claire, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce lead — about 19, 21 and 30 minutes at 8 AM by their fastest mode. All 10 areas, ranked with real rush-hour data:

#AreaDrive 8 AMTransit 8 AMFastestTime value/yr at $30/hr
1Pointe-Claire19 min1h 4mDriving$4,740
2Dollard-des-Ormeaux21 min59 minDriving$5,250
3Notre-Dame-de-Grâce30 min47 minDriving$7,500
4Verdun41 min55 minDriving$10,260
5Laval42 min1h 19mDriving$10,500
6Rosemont42 min1h 13mDriving$10,500
7Longueuil56 min1h 11mDriving$14,010
8Terrebonne57 min1h 42mDriving$14,250
9Brossard1h 4m1h 7mDriving$15,990
10Repentigny1h 9m1h 45mDriving$17,250

Weekday morning peak (Tuesday 8 AM departure), Google Maps traffic data, checked August 2026. Time value = round trip × 5 days × 50 weeks at $30/hr. Click an area for the full corridor breakdown.

Working in Saint-Laurent?

Saint-Laurent is Montreal's industrial-tech flank: aerospace at Bombardier and Airbus, the Technoparc, and thousands of logistics jobs near the airport. The Orange Line ends at Côte-Vertu and the REM skirts its eastern edge; by car it's Highway 40 and the 15.

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