If your job stays north of Montreal, a new semi-detached home near Blainville only makes sense if you can work from it some days.

This article is for you if your workplace is in Blainville, elsewhere in the Thérèse-De Blainville RCM or in the Laurentides, and you're considering a home with a home office near Blainville, but in Sainte-Julie. It looks at what the move would change for your commute, what the figures say about working from home, and the workspaces the BÉAcité homes have to offer.

Commutes that are already long from Blainville

In the 2021 Census, taken in May 2021, 17.4% of Blainville commuters needed 45 minutes or more to get to work, compared with 10.8% in Sainte-Julie and 13.9% in Quebec. Among workers with a usual place of work, 22.3% worked in Blainville itself, 16.3% elsewhere in the RCM and 61.2% outside the RCM. The employment rate was 66.9%, versus 59.3% for Quebec: a city where people work a lot, and often far from home.

Heading north, Sainte-Julie makes the drive longer

Better to say it plainly: if your job stays up north, living in Sainte-Julie lengthens your commute. From Geoffrion Street to Blainville city hall, the OSRM calculator gives about 56 minutes without traffic via the Highway 25 toll bridge, or about 58 minutes toll-free via Highways 40 and 15, over 62 to 63 km. The Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel is on every route, undergoing major rehabilitation until 2027, with lane restrictions that change from phase to phase.

So the real question isn't how long one trip takes, but how many trips you make each week. Two round trips don't weigh the same as five. That's where the home's workspace really matters.

Working from home: a trend, not a promise

In May 2021, at the height of the pandemic, 23.2% of employed Blainville residents worked from home, nearly as many as in Sainte-Julie (23.6%). The share has dropped since: according to Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey, about 19.6% of workers in the Montreal metropolitan area worked mainly from home in May 2025, down from 20.6% a year earlier.

Those numbers describe an overall trend; your own case depends on your employer and your line of work. Before buying on the strength of days at home, get the arrangement confirmed in writing, and plan for what you'd do if it changed.

Home with a home office near Blainville: what the four finished homes show

Each of the four turnkey homes on Geoffrion Street offers a different way to set up for work:

423 includes an open office, designed for working from home;
405 has a mezzanine; in the photos, it's set up as an office under a high ceiling;
408 shows, in its photos, a study closed off by a glass door, with built-in bookshelves;
435 shows, in its photos, a bright study with an olive-green wall and a large window, plus an upstairs work nook next to the residential elevator.

Photos don't tell the whole story: the exact size of each room is best judged on site, with the sales director.

Closed room, open corner or mezzanine?

Each layout has its logic. A closed room suits long video meetings and confidential calls: you close the door, and the glass one at 408 still lets the light in. An open corner is enough for a few hours of email, but is hard to share with kids at home. The mezzanine, finally, sets work apart, one level up, without shutting it in.

For a home still to be customized, the Duo cottage can take an optional 338 sq ft mezzanine, which raises its living space from 2,018 to 2,356 sq ft. The single-storey semi-detached bungalow has a 1,006 sq ft basement, the same size as its ground floor. In every case, large windows in every room and 9-foot ground-floor ceilings are part of the inclusions: an office with daylight isn't an extra.

During the visit: the right questions

An office is easier to choose in person than from photos. As you walk through the homes, ask yourself a few simple questions:

Does the room have a door, and a window that gets morning or late-day light?
Is it far enough from the bedrooms and the kitchen for a meeting while the kids are eating?
For a home still to be customized, which room on the plan, presented as an "Exemple de configuration possible", could become the office?
Would the optional mezzanine, available on the Duo cottage, suit your needs better than a converted bedroom?
When can the home be ready: right away for the four finished homes, or in about four months for several customizable ones?

The days you hit the road

Office days are still driving days. The garage of every BÉAcité home has an outlet for charging an electric car, and the double driveway leaves room for two vehicles. From the west side of Blainville, the toll-free route takes only about two minutes more than the Highway 25 one; from the east, four to five. And with a schedule split between home and office, it gets easier to drive outside rush hour.

If an aging parent lives with you or close by, working from home also keeps you available for them: our article on the multigenerational home near Blainville explores both approaches. And if the house also needs room for children, read our article on finding a family home near Blainville.

Conclusion

A home with a home office near Blainville, in Sainte-Julie, makes the most sense if your days at home are frequent and steady: the drive north does get longer. The four finished homes show four ways to work from home — a closed study, an open office, a mezzanine, an upstairs nook — and the Duo cottage can add an optional mezzanine. The sales office at 435 Geoffrion Street is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with evenings and weekends by appointment: come and see where your computer would go.

Home with a home office near Blainville: keep your job up north, work from home