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Pont-Viau, Laval — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Named for the Viau Bridge linking it to Montreal, Pont-Viau is a district of southern Laval and was a town in its own right until 1965.
About Pont-Viau
Where to stay in Pont-Viau
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The Viau Bridge decides it. A bed in Pont-Viau puts Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Montreal side one crossing away, which suits anyone splitting time between the two cities rather than committing wholly to Laval or to Montreal itself. Ahuntsic-Cartierville lies directly across.
Southern Laval carries the rest of the district's addresses.
About Pont-Viau
What are the main landmarks in Pont-Viau?
Pont-Viau takes its name from a bridge. The Viau Bridge links the district to Ahuntsic-Cartierville, which makes the span the one structure here that anyone arriving from Montreal has already crossed before they reach a Laval address at all. No other landmark is recorded.
Beyond the bridge, nothing else is documented here.
What is the history of Pont-Viau?
Pont-Viau was a town. The record marks August 6, 1965 as the line: before that date it stood as a town, and after it the name carried on as one of Laval's districts instead. Québec has listed it that way ever since. The name itself came from the Viau Bridge across to Ahuntsic-Cartierville, not from the town.
Where is Pont-Viau?
Southern Laval holds it. Pont-Viau meets the Viau Bridge, which carries the district's link to Ahuntsic-Cartierville on the Montreal side.
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Updated August 2026