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Settlements in Quebec, Canada

West Island

The West Island is the unofficial name given to the city, towns and boroughs at the western end of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada.

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It is generally considered to consist of the Lakeshore municipalities of Lachine, Dorval, Pointe-Claire, and Beaconsfield, the municipalities of Kirkland, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Baie-D'Urfé, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the village of Senneville, and two North Shore boroughs of the city of Montreal: Pierrefonds-Roxboro and L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève.

Get in

Getting to West Island

Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (formerly Dorval Airport) is in the West Island. To get from the airport to other locales in the West Island, you can do the following: take a taxi; flat rate of $49.45 to downtown Montreal, otherwise about $20-30 to locations in the West Island (plus tip). rent a car at the airport; the airport is connected to Autoroute 20 and Autoroute Côte-de-Liesse 520.

  1. 01
    Dorval
  2. 02
    Centre Kirkland
See

Worth seeing

While the West Island is mostly a collection of residential suburbs, it is also home to a number of large parks and green spaces. For those interested in Montreal's history and architecture, the West Island also has many older buildings with some dating back to the 18th century.

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    Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Village

    A historic waterfront village founded in 1703.

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    Morgan Arboretum

    150 Chemin des Pins (take exit 41 on Autoroute 40 to Chemin Sainte-Marie.

  3. 03
    Ecomuseum Zoo

    21125 Chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3Y7 (Take exit 44 on Autoroute 40.

  4. 04
    Pointe-Claire Village

    A quaint collection of shops and restaurants in Pointe-Claire, near the waterfront.

Do

Things to do

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    Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal
  2. 02
    McGill University MacDonald Campus

    Visit MacDonald Campus of McGill University, featuring its experimental farm, raptor/rare bird centre, eco-museum, and arboretum.

  3. 03
    Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques

    20099 boul Gouin Ouest, Pierrefonds, H9K 1C6.

Eat

Where to eat

Montreal's three best-known specialties are available on the West Island. Smoked meat sandwiches are available at delis, such as the Chenoy's on Boulevard Saint-Jean, the deli in Fairview shopping centre, or Smoked Meat Pete's in Pincourt ("can't beat Pete's meat"). Bagels are available from Real Bagel (Rue Saint-Jean), Bagel Ouest (Boulevard des Sources), and St-Viateur Bagel (821 Rue Tecumseh).

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    La Station Café

    104, rue Elm (In the Beaconsfield train station), info@lastationcafe.com.

  2. 02
    Bombay Choupati

    5011 Boulevard des Sources, Pierrefonds,.

  3. 03
    La Perle

    4230 Boulevard Saint-Jean (Dollard-des-Ormeaux),.

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    Le Gourmand

    42 Sainte-Anne, Pointe-Claire (211 Bus, or drive), restaurantlegourmand@gmail.com.

How locals move

Getting around West Island the local way

  • Go nextA ferry from Hudson takes you across the Lake of Two Mountains to the village of Oka, featuring a cheese-making monastery, a large water park, and the Kanesatake Mohawk Reserve (the site of a standoff in Canadian history known as the "Oka Crisis").

From Wikivoyage: Montreal/West Island, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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