For many households, what tips the choice of a new semi-detached home near Mount Royal isn't the kitchen or the garage, but a room where you can work in peace. If you're looking for a house with a home office near Mount Royal, the question deserves a closer look: in the Town of Mount Royal, working from home took up far more room than elsewhere in Quebec, at least at the height of the pandemic.

Here is what the figures say, what BÉAcité's homes offer for setting up a workspace, and how to organize the days when you still have to go into the office.

Working from home in Mount Royal, by the numbers

In May 2021, when the census was taken, 39.2% of workers in the Town of Mount Royal did their jobs from home, or 3,690 people out of 9,410. The share was 21.9% for Quebec as a whole and 23.6% in Sainte-Julie. That figure calls for caution, though: it was measured in the middle of the pandemic, when many offices were closed.

Since then, the practice has eased without disappearing. 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, compared with 20.6% a year earlier. For some workers, the home office has become permanent; for others, it's used a few days a week.

When the house is one room short

The need for space isn't measured by the number of remote workers alone. In the same census, 8.0% of households in the Town of Mount Royal lived in housing that wasn't suitable in size under the national occupancy standard, compared with 1.4% in Sainte-Julie. TMR families averaged 3.2 people, and 39.5% of households were couples with children.

Under those conditions, the office often ends up on the dining-room table or in a corner of a bedroom. A room set aside for work, even a small one, changes daily life: you close the door at the end of the day, the laptop no longer has to make way for meals, and video calls stop disturbing everyone else.

A house with a home office near Mount Royal: where to work at BÉAcité

BÉAcité's semi-detached homes offer several ways to set up a workspace. None is imposed; they're possibilities to explore with the sales director:

the Duo cottage mezzanine, offered as an option: 338 sq ft under a high ceiling, bringing the living space to 2,356 sq ft; it can become an office, a reading nook or a playroom;
the basement: 858 sq ft in the Duo cottage, 1,006 sq ft in the semi-detached bungalow, 652 sq ft in the Urbain model;
a bedroom turned into an office, if the family allows.

Among the four turnkey homes, the photos already show real-life examples: an open office for working from home at 423, which also has a finished basement; an office closed off by a glass door, with built-in bookshelves, at 408; a mezzanine set up as a work corner at 405; and, at 435, a bright office with an olive-green wall as well as a work nook upstairs, next to the residential elevator.

Light, height and comfort

An office is also judged by its light. Every room in a BÉAcité home has large windows, ceilings reach 9 feet on the ground floor, and the dining room can have an optional cathedral ceiling. Central air conditioning and a central gas forced-air system keep things comfortable year-round, which matters when you spend the whole day in the same room.

Peace and quiet also depend on the lot: several have no neighbour behind them. And the upkeep is fully handled by an all-inclusive program, whose details the sales director will give you: our article on the maintenance-free home near Mount Royal explains what that changes day to day.

The days you need to go into the office

Working from home doesn't rule out commuting. From BÉAcité, you have two ways to reach the island:

by car, some forty kilometres to Mount Royal city hall, or about 42 minutes without traffic via Highway 20, the bridge-tunnel and Highway 40; a reserved lane for vehicles carrying three or more people runs along Highway 20 toward Montreal, between Chemin du Fer-à-Cheval and Route 132;
by public transit, on weekdays: the T34 taxibus, on reservation, then exo route 600 take you to the Brossard terminus, where the REM runs straight through to Canora and Ville-de-Mont-Royal stations.

If you only go into the office two or three days a week, that trip weighs less than it does for a daily commuter. It's one of the arguments for a house with a home office near Mount Royal: fewer round trips, so less time on the road. The math depends on your schedule.

Choosing a model to suit the way you work

The right model depends on your rhythm. If you work alone and want the essentials on one floor, the single-storey semi-detached bungalow leaves its 1,006 sq ft basement free for an office set apart. If two adults work from home, the Duo cottage, with its optional mezzanine, lets you separate two workstations. The Urbain model, more compact at 1,622 sq ft of living space, suits anyone who wants a work corner without an extra room to look after.

The choice also hinges on your surroundings: density, language, transit, schools. Before deciding, ask yourself whether living in Sainte-Julie or Mount Royal suits you better: our article compares the two towns point by point.

Conclusion

A house with a home office near Mount Royal, in Sainte-Julie, gives work a room of its own without taking it away from the family. The Duo cottage mezzanine, the basement, a converted bedroom: BÉAcité's semi-detached homes leave several options open, and the four turnkey homes already show examples. To see them, the sales office at 435 Geoffrion Street is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; for an evening or weekend visit, book an appointment at 514-812-9633.

House with a home office near Mount Royal: room to work