Quebec, Canada
Your guide to living in Montreal: demographics, cost of living, quality of life, and education.
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1,762,949
Quebec
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Major industries
White
66.2%
Black
10.5%
Arab
8.1%
Latin American
4.7%
Montreal has Canada's largest Haitian, Maghrebi (Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian), and Francophone African communities. Italian, Greek, Jewish, and Portuguese communities are historically significant. French is the primary language of work and public life, though English remains widely spoken.
Downtown rent
$1,700/mo
Suburban rent
$1,300/mo
Groceries
$350/mo
Recommended monthly budget
$2,900/mo
Montreal is substantially more affordable than Toronto or Vancouver. Housing is regulated and rent increases are limited under Quebec law, making it one of the best urban affordability stories in Canada.
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Montreal is served by several French-language and English-language school boards (Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, English Montreal School Board, and others). Major post-secondary institutions include McGill University, Université de Montréal, Concordia University, UQAM, and HEC Montréal.
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Montreal is Canada's second-largest city and the cultural and economic capital of French Canada. It is a global leader in artificial intelligence research (Mila, Element AI, DeepMind), aerospace (Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney), and video games (Ubisoft, EA Motive). Montreal operates under a distinctive French-language-priority regime, and immigration to Quebec is administered separately from the federal system.
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Winter average temperature
-9°C
Summer average temperature
26°C
Montreal has one of North America's best public transit systems via the STM Metro and bus network. Cultural life — festivals, cuisine, music — is internationally recognized. Winters are severe and snowy but well-managed by municipal services.
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