La Petite-Patrie, Montréal Real Estate Listings

La Petite-Patrie is a great neighbourhood for eco-friendly transportation options. La Petite-Patrie has a very good public transit system owing to a multitude of nearby rapid transit stations on the Ligne 5 - Bleue and Ligne 2 - Orange, and around 20 nearby bus lines. This neighbourhood is also an extremely pleasant part of Montréal for pedestrians; running common errands is very easy, and a fair number of businesses of different types can be found as well. Active property owners will appreciate the especially bike-friendly nature of this neighbourhood. For example, bicycling is made easier by the generally flat terrain, and the cycling network is good.

It is very easy to access both a general and a specialty grocery store by walking from any home in La Petite-Patrie. Rue Beaubien is among the best streets for groceries. Likewise, there are over 150 restaurants and around 10 cafes to benefit from in La Petite-Patrie. With respect to education, it is a short walk to reach daycares and schools from anywhere in La Petite-Patrie.

La Petite-Patrie has a character that caters to a fairly diverse group of people. There are many things to do in this part of Montréal to enjoy. There are very often masses of people around, there are numerous nearby entertainment venues, and places to go out at night are well-distributed throughout the neighbourhood. Most areas in La Petite-Patrie are quiet, as there isn't a lot of street noise or city clamour, although that is not the case near the railway line. There is not that much greenery in this part of Montréal; more specifically, residents will find that few tree-lined streets are prominent. Nonetheless, parks, including Parc du Père-Marquette, are especially well-spread out and there are approximately 10 of them nearby for residents to discover, resulting in them being very easy to reach from the majority of locations in this part of the city.

The predominance of small apartment buildings in the housing stock of La Petite-Patrie is an important part of its character. This part of Montréal offers mainly two bedroom and one bedroom homes. Roughly 70% of the population of this neighbourhood rent their home whereas the rest are owners. Most of the housing growth in this part of the city happened before the 1960s.