City in Canada

Montréal is the largest city in Canada’s Québec province. It’s set on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. Its boroughs, many of which were once independent cities, include neighbourhoods ranging from cobblestoned, French colonial Vieux-Montréal – with the Gothic Revival Notre-Dame Basilica at its centre – to bohemian Plateau.
Montréal’s renowned Museum of Fine Arts displays collections from antiquity to the present. The International Jazz Festival and Just for Laughs comedy festival are major summer events, while winter brings the Fête des Neiges (snow festival). The enormous Underground City is a series of shop-filled tunnels and complexes connecting various Metro stations. The sprawling Botanical Garden presents thematic gardens and greenhouses, while the Biodome is an enclosed, modernist structure containing several distinct ecosystems. There are hiking paths to the top of Mt. Royal, site of a park, and a large, illuminated cross.

Things to do

Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal

Towering Gothic Revival church

 
 
 

Montreal Botanical Garden

Botanical oasis with thematic exhibits

 
 
 

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Canadian art & global exhibits

 
 
 

La Ronde

Six Flags amusement park & fireworks

 
 
 

Old Port of Montreal

Popular complex with shops & activities

 
 
 

Mount Royal Park

Vast park with a lake & boat rentals

 
 
 

Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal

Stately domed church, museum & gardens

 
 
 

La Fontaine Park

Cultivated green space with 2 ponds

 
 
 

Casino de Montréal

Canada’s largest casino in iconic space

 
 
 

Jean Talon Market

Sizable, long-running farmers’ market