The most walkable neighbourhoods in Montreal
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Montreal ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Quartier des Spectacles leads with 98/100, then Old Montreal (97) and Saint-Henri (95). 18 of the 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Longue-Pointe (57).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartier des Spectacles | 98 |
| 2 | Old Montreal | 97 |
| 3 | Saint-Henri | 95 |
| 4 | Gay Village | 94 |
| 4 | Park Extension | 94 |
| 6 | Villeray | 92 |
| 6 | La Petite-Patrie | 92 |
| 8 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 86 |
| 8 | Outremont | 86 |
| 10 | Ville-Émard | 85 |
| 10 | Côte-des-Neiges | 85 |
| 12 | Sault-au-Récollet | 82 |
| 13 | Pointe-Saint-Charles | 81 |
| 13 | Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 81 |
| 15 | Anjou | 76 |
| 15 | Ahuntsic | 76 |
| 15 | Cartierville | 76 |
| 18 | Saint-Michel | 75 |
| 19 | Saint-Pierre | 59 |
| 20 | Longue-Pointe | 57 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Montreal's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is the most central of these five, 750 m east of Montreal's busiest point, and scores 98/100. It has the most banks of the five: 133 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest TD Bank, about 4 minutes away.
Old Montreal
Old Montreal scores 97/100, 1.5 km south-east of Montreal's busiest point. 3,786 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is schools, with 4. More on Old Montreal.
Saint-Henri
Saint-Henri scores 95/100, 3.5 km south of Montreal's busiest point. Schools are where it leads the others, 27 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with École Ludger-Duvernay, about a minute away. It has the fewest restaurants of the five, 446.
Gay Village
Gay Village scores 94/100, 2 km north-east of Montreal's busiest point. 2,456 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. 96% of its area scores 70 or more.
Park Extension
Park Extension lies the furthest out of these five, 4.4 km north-west of Montreal's busiest point, and scores 94/100. 1,413 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 18.
Centre and outskirts
The 4 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Montreal's centre average 94, and the 16 further out average 81, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Quartier des Spectacles, 750 m away, scores 98, and the farthest, Anjou, 10.9 km out, scores 76.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Montreal.
Montreal as a whole scores 82 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Canada with ranked neighbourhoods: Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton.
Questions about Montreal's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Montreal?
Quartier des Spectacles is the most walkable of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Montreal, with a walkability score of 98 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Old Montreal (97) and Saint-Henri (95).
Which neighbourhoods of Montreal are least walkable?
Of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Longue-Pointe (57) and Saint-Pierre (59). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Montreal's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Montreal scores 82 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.