Living in Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles

Crime and break-ins

Police located 840 criminal acts in the borough over the most recent full year of data, compared with 974 in the preceding year, a change of -13.8%. The trend is falling, and the rate of criminal acts relative to the number of dwellings sits at 18.2, against 24.1 for the city as a whole — below the city average. Ranked from the quietest borough upward, Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles comes in at position 5 among the boroughs covered by this site.

The most frequent category is thefts from vehicles, which accounts for 30.0% of the located acts. Break-ins number 147 for the same window, below the city average, with a rate relative to the housing stock of 3.2 against 5.8 city-wide. That figure is stable compared with the year before.

One caveat applies to every borough: across the city, 15.2% of published criminal acts carry no location and therefore appear in no borough total.

Housing stock and building age

The assessment roll lists 46,220 dwellings in the borough. Condominium units account for 16.2% of them, so most of what changes hands here is rental property or freehold houses rather than divided co-ownership.

Buildings are young by Montréal standards. The median construction year is 1985, squarely in the post-war suburban era, and only 12.8% of dwellings predate the city's great mid-century expansion. For buyers, that usually means fewer of the structural surprises found in older plexes, though inspection still matters: building systems of this vintage are reaching the age where roofs, windows and heating equipment come due.

Parks, playgrounds and outdoor life

The City's inventory of parks and large parks, which excludes private and institutional green space, lists 170 sites in the borough. They cover 9.8% of its land area, close to the 10.1% recorded across the boroughs. Because the territory is large relative to its housing stock, park area measured against the number of dwellings reaches 108,293.0 square metres on the basis shown in the facts table, well ahead of the city figure of 46,596.0 — park space per dwelling is above the city average.

The biggest site is Grand parc de l' Est. For families, the day-to-day count matters more: 98 children's playgrounds, 80 outdoor sports facilities and 27 outdoor recreation facilities, part of a broader municipal inventory of 310 outdoor recreational, sports and cultural facilities in the borough.

Rents in the Montréal region

The rent figures on this page come from the CMHC survey for the Montréal census metropolitan area in 2025. They describe the region, not Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles specifically, and local asking rents can sit above or below them depending on the street and the building.

Across the region, bachelor units average $1,005 and smaller units $1,131. Family-sized units average $1,346, while the largest units average $1,625. Use them as a reference point when you compare listings, keeping in mind that the survey covers existing leases as well as new ones.

Settling in: what to plan for

Break-ins here are below the city average and stable year over year, so the usual basics are enough: solid door hardware, lit entrances, and a habit of locking the car. Since thefts from vehicles make up 30.0% of located acts, leaving nothing visible in a parked vehicle removes most of the opportunity.

Home insurers price on the building rather than the borough average, and a stock with a median construction year of 1985 generally quotes more cheaply than older housing. Ask what the roof, electrical panel and plumbing dates are before you commit; they drive both premiums and the first repair bill.

Buyers should line up a mortgage pre-approval before touring, because condominium supply is limited at 16.2% of dwellings and much of the market is houses and plexes where financing conditions differ. Renters comparing listings against the regional averages above should visit at different times of day: with 170 parks in the inventory, access to green space varies a lot from one sector to another.