Before you visit a new semi-detached home near Outremont, a very practical question comes up: how long does it take, and which way should you go? This guide covers the trip from Outremont to Sainte-Julie by car, metro and bus, all the way to Geoffrion Street, where Maisons Pépin is building the BÉAcité project in the Vilamo neighbourhood.

The travel times below are calculated without traffic: at rush hour, on the bridges, allow more. Transit schedules come from official STM and exo data.

How long does it take to drive from Outremont to Sainte-Julie?

From the borough hall at 543 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Geoffrion Street is 34.2 km away by road, or about 40 minutes when the way is clear. Other starting points give very similar results:

from the Théâtre Outremont on Avenue Bernard: 34.1 km, about 40 minutes;
from Avenue Laurier Ouest, near Rue Hutchison: 33.2 km, just under 40 minutes;
from the Université de Montréal's MIL campus: 38.9 km, about 41 minutes, via Highway 40.

As the crow flies, the two points are only 26 km apart; crossing the river is what stretches the drive.

Route one: the Jacques Cartier Bridge

This is the route the calculation picks by default from the heart of the borough. It comes down to five steps:

Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Avenue du Parc or Rue Hutchison, then Boulevard Saint-Joseph heading east for about 2.5 km;
Avenue Papineau for about 2 km, up to the Jacques Cartier Bridge;
the bridge (Route 134), Boulevard Taschereau in Longueuil, then Autoroute René-Lévesque;
Highway 20 East for some fifteen kilometres, to exit 105 (Route 229);
Montée des Quarante-Deux, Avenue des Bâtisseurs, then Geoffrion Street.

Route two: Highway 40 and the bridge-tunnel

From the north end of the borough, near the MIL campus, the calculation takes the Metropolitan Expressway (A-40) east instead. Highway 25 South then crosses the river through the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel, and Highway 20 East takes you to exit 105. From the borough hall, this route is 39.6 km, about 43 minutes without traffic.

One warning: according to Quebec's transport ministry, the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel is under major rehabilitation until 2027, with lane restrictions that change from one phase of the work to the next. Check them before you leave. On the way back to Montreal, a lane of Highway 20 is reserved for vehicles with three or more occupants, between Chemin du Fer-à-Cheval in Sainte-Julie and Route 132 in Boucherville.

By metro and bus, Monday to Friday

No bus runs directly between Outremont and Sainte-Julie, but the borough has two stations on the metro's Blue Line, Outremont and Édouard-Montpetit. Two combinations work on weekdays.

Via Longueuil and exo 350

Three metro lines (Blue, Orange, Yellow) to Longueuil, exo bus 350 to the Sainte-Julie terminus, then taxibus T34. Here is Monday, November 2, 2026, from the official schedules:

Outremont station at 6:19, Jean-Talon at 6:24;
Orange Line at 6:29, Berri-UQAM at 6:37;
Yellow Line at 6:40, Longueuil at 6:46;
exo 350 at 6:58, Sainte-Julie terminus at 7:19;
taxibus T34 at 7:25, "des Pionniers / des Bâtisseurs" stop at 7:36, about 90 m from Geoffrion Street.

All told: about 77 minutes and four transfers, not counting the walk between platforms.

Via the REM and exo 600

From Édouard-Montpetit station, the REM runs straight through to Brossard station with no transfer. Bay 5 of the Brossard terminus, where exo bus 600 "Sainte-Julie – Terminus Brossard" leaves from, is about 200 m away. The route offers 26 weekday departures to Sainte-Julie, from 6:20 a.m. to 10:08 p.m., and you should allow 43 to 63 minutes, T34 included, to reach the stop next to Geoffrion Street. The REM leg itself could not be checked against a published schedule.

Which fare to buy

Outremont is in ARTM zone A and Sainte-Julie in zone C, so the full trip calls for an All Modes ABC fare. In Sainte-Julie, local transit is free for everyone, but the T34 and express buses stay at the regular fare.

On weekends, plan on driving

On Saturdays and Sundays, neither exo 600 nor taxibus T34 runs. Buses 350 and 340 do go from Longueuil to the Sainte-Julie terminus (exo's schedules list 15 departures on Saturday and Sunday), but that still leaves 5.8 km to Geoffrion Street, about 8 minutes by car. With weekend visits by appointment, drive and book your time.

What changes in how you get around

In Outremont, commutes are often short: according to the 2021 Census, 64.6% of commuters took less than 30 minutes to get to work, and 20.7% walked there. In Sainte-Julie, 90.2% of commuters drove. It's best to say it plainly: moving from Outremont to Sainte-Julie usually means owning a car.

The Vilamo neighbourhood narrows the gap: every home there is less than 300 m from a bus stop, a park-and-ride lot is about 7 minutes away, and a promenade is set aside for pedestrians, cyclists and electric transportation. Every BÉAcité home has its own garage, a double driveway and an outlet for charging an electric car.

Travel time is only one factor. If you are weighing a period home against a turnkey new home near Outremont, the condition of the building matters as much as the drive; and for a family, everyone's comings and goings often settle the question, as our article on finding a family home near Outremont explains.

Visiting the sales office at 435 Geoffrion Street

Once you leave Highway 20 at exit 105, follow the signs for the Vallée-du-Richelieu golf club, then the BÉAcité project signs. The sales office at 435 Geoffrion Street welcomes you Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., no formalities needed. In the evening and on Saturday and Sunday, visits are by appointment: call or text Eddy Guessous, sales director, at 514-812-9633, or write to ventes@beacite.com.

Four turnkey homes can be toured on site: 405, 408, 423 and 435.

Conclusion

Getting from Outremont to Sainte-Julie takes about forty minutes by car when the road is clear, via the Jacques Cartier Bridge or the bridge-tunnel, and roughly an hour and a quarter by transit on a weekday morning. That's longer than a stroll along Avenue Laurier, and worth knowing. The best test is still to make the trip yourself, on a weekday, all the way to the sales office.

From Outremont to Sainte-Julie: the drive, the metro and your visit