Pie-IX Boulevard (, pronounced in both English and French), named after

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX (; born Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of nearly 32 years is the longest verified of any pope in hist ...

, is a major boulevard in

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, Quebec, Canada. It runs for roughly in a northwest–southeast direction between

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and Notre-Dame East. Pie-IX Boulevard runs past the

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and the

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. The boulevard forms part of

Quebec Route 125 Route 125 is a Quebec highway running from Montreal (on Pie-IX Boulevard near the Olympic Stadium) to Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec in the Lanaudière. The southern section of Route 125 runs parallel to Autoroute 25 in Laval, Mascouche, an ...

. It traverses the boroughs of

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and

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Transit

metro station is located on and named for the street. The boulevard is serviced by the

139 Pie-IX The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) operates 220 daytime and 23 night service routes and provides a vast number of routes for the Island of Montreal, serving an average of 749,500 passengers on an average weekday as of 2025. A route is ...

regular service bus, and the BRT reserved

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439 bus. The Montréal-Nord commuter rail station is located on Pie-IX Boulevard.

Pie-IX BRT

After an initial attempt in the 1990s, a bus rapid transit (BRT) opened on November 7, 2022. Currently, the

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runs from Saint-Martin in Laval to Pie-IX and Mont-Royal in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie. The Jean-Talon and Bélanger stations are under construction that includes a transfer to a new unnamed station on the Blue Line.

References

Boulevards in Montreal Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Montréal-Nord {{Quebec-road-stub

Transit

Pie-IX BRT

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