About Montreal
A French-speaking North American city with more than three centuries of history, a strong neighbourhood identity and a culture all its own.
A city with its own rhythm
Montreal is Quebec’s largest city and one of Canada’s major cultural centres. French is the city’s defining public language, but everyday Montreal is multilingual and shaped by generations of immigration.
Neighbourhoods matter
The city is best understood neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Old Montreal offers historic streets and architecture; Downtown is the commercial core; Plateau Mont-Royal is known for walkability, cafés and colourful residential streets; Mile End has long been associated with music, food and creative culture; Westmount is quieter and more residential.
What Montreal is known for
Visitors come for the historic centre, Mount Royal, major festivals, hockey culture, restaurants, markets and a nightlife scene that feels more European than most North American cities.