Brossard
Brossard is a city on Montreal's South Shore, known for its family character and diverse community. The arrival of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) connected it directly to downtown Montreal in a few minutes, making it an increasingly popular choice for newcomers. The city emphasizes its parks, libraries and local services, accessible notably through the municipal BCITI app. This section gathers the bilingual guides for settling in Brossard: getting around with the REM and the RTL, registering children for school, enjoying parks and leisure, and mastering the BCITI app. Whether you arrive as a couple or with family, you will find every step explained one at a time.
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Sources: Statistics Canada · 2021 census
BCITI Brossard Card: How to Get Your Free Resident Card
Learn how to get your resident card to access libraries, leisure activities, and city digital services.
The BCITI card is a digital or physical resident card. The bciti+ membership is free, but the bciti+ loisir subscription, mandatory for most leisure activities, costs $5 ($10 for a family); the library subscription is free for residents. You can create your profile online on the bciti+ portal or via the BCITI+ app. If you prefer, you can go in person to City Hall or the Georgette-Lepage library...
October 19, 2026 · 5 min
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Library and Leisure Activities in Brossard
Everything you can do with your BCITI card: borrow books, sign up for workshops, access free city activities.
The Georgette-Lepage library is one of the best entry points to discover Brossard. All services are free for residents: book and film loans, internet access, French-language workshops, computer stations, study rooms. You'll also meet your first neighbours there. The Georgette-Lepage library is located at 7855 avenue San-Francisco, next to City Hall. It is usually open Monday to Saturday, and cl...
May 15, 2026 · 6 min
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Registering Your Child for School in Brossard
The school system in Brossard, how to register your child, and what you need to know about welcome classes for newcomer students.
In Quebec, public school is free and mandatory from age 6 to 16. In Brossard, two school networks share the territory. The Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin runs the French public schools — it's the default network for the vast majority of families. The Riverside School Board runs the English public schools, but access is restricted by law. The Charter of the French Language — often ca...
August 2, 2026 · 5 min
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Parks and Outdoor Activities in Brossard
Parc de la Cité, bike paths, skating and sports — how to enjoy Brossard's green spaces year-round.
The Grand parc urbain is a park of over 4 million square feet that the City of Brossard began creating in 2018, unique in its size and natural environment. It has walking and cycling paths, a play area and water games, ponds, a disc-golf course, a sledding hill and a parking lot. Like all Brossard parks, it is open daily, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.. In winter, cross-country ski trails are groomed there;...
October 19, 2026 · 4 min
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Getting Around Brossard: REM, RTL and OPUS
How to use the REM light metro, RTL buses and the OPUS card to get around Brossard and into Montreal.
In Brossard, three transit networks work together. The REM is the light metro linking Brossard to downtown Montreal in under 18 minutes. The RTL runs the local buses in Brossard and Longueuil. The OPUS card lets you pay on both networks and across the entire metropolitan system. The REM opened in 2023. In Brossard, three stations connect you to the network: Brossard, Du Quartier and Panama. Tra...
October 19, 2026 · 5 min
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