Ahuntsic-Cartierville at a Glance

Safety and reported crime

Over the most recent full year of data, police located 1,477 criminal acts in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, compared with 1,520 in the preceding equivalent period — a change of -2.8%, which the data describes as stable. Measured against the housing stock, the rate comes to 21.9, close to the city average when set beside the all-borough figure of 24.1. Among the boroughs ranked from the lowest rate upward, Ahuntsic-Cartierville places 12.

The single largest category is thefts from vehicles, accounting for 26.7% of located acts. Break-ins totalled 359, a rate of 5.3 relative to the number of dwellings versus 5.8 citywide, which puts the borough close to the city average; the year-over-year direction is stable.

One caveat worth keeping in mind when reading any borough comparison: across the city, 15.2% of published criminal acts carry no location, so borough counts understate the true total everywhere.

Housing stock

The assessment roll lists 67,523 dwellings in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The median construction year is 1963, which places the typical building in the postwar era, though the stock is far from uniform: 39.3% of dwellings are older than that wave, a mix that shows up street by street rather than in a single pocket.

Condominium units make up 13.6% of dwellings, a modest share that leaves rental buildings and owner-occupied houses and duplexes as the bulk of what comes on the market. Buyers looking at older properties should budget for the usual questions that come with them: roofing, windows, electrical capacity and insulation.

Parks and outdoor life

The City's inventory of municipal parks and large parks counts 89 of them in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, covering 13.5% of the borough's land against 10.1% across all boroughs. That inventory includes parks and large parks only — private yards, school grounds and institutional green space are not part of it. Relative to the number of dwellings, park area works out to 50,959.0 square metres, close to the citywide 46,596.0, which is why the borough reads as close to the city average on green space per household.

The largest is Parc-nature du Bois-de-Saraguay. For families, the equipment matters more than the acreage: 61 children's playgrounds, 68 outdoor sports facilities and 18 outdoor recreation facilities are listed, part of a broader municipal inventory of 253 outdoor recreational, sports and cultural installations.

Rents in the Montréal region

Rent figures published for the Montréal census metropolitan area describe the whole region, not Ahuntsic-Cartierville specifically; actual asking rents in any given building can sit well above or below them. For the 2025 survey, the regional averages were $1,005 for bachelor units, $1,131 for smaller apartments, $1,346 for family-sized units and $1,625 for the largest ones.

Use them as a benchmark rather than a quote. A unit in an older walk-up and a recent build with an elevator will not land at the same point around that average.

Practical notes for newcomers

Since thefts from vehicles drives the largest share of reported acts here at 26.7%, off-street parking and an empty-looking vehicle interior do more for you than most other precautions. Break-ins sit close to the city average, so standard measures — solid door hardware, lit entrances, a neighbour who collects your mail — are proportionate to the risk the data shows.

When you shop for home insurance, insurers price on the building's characteristics as much as on the address, and with a median construction year of 1963 the age of plumbing and wiring will come up in the quote. Buyers are generally better served getting a mortgage pre-approval before visiting, since the older stock here often invites a negotiation over repairs.