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As Canada’s first touristic destination and North America’s second, Montréal distinguishes itself by its hospitality and infrastructure. Situated on an island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, the city of Greater Montréal counts approximately 3.6 million people making it the largest bilingual (English and French) metropolis in North America. Designated as the City of Design by UNESCO, it offers a large showcase of modern design, art and architecture.
The Old Montréal district enables us to travel through the ages thanks to its historic churches, cobbled streets, art galleries and charismatic fashion and furniture shops. A walk to Mont-Royal, Montrealers’ favorite lookout spot, gives a remarkable view of the city. Visitors also enjoy summer festivals of jazz, humor, movie and fashion as well as love the fabulous food and glamorous nightlife. Montreal is consistently rated as one of the world’s most livable cities. Montreal was also named North America’s number one host city for international association events.
Montreal has the highest concentration of post-secondary students of all major cities in North America. Today it continues to be an important centre of commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, culture, tourism, film and world affairs. Montreal is part of the aerospace world centers, with industry leaders such as Bombardier Aerospace, Bell Helicopter, Pratt & Whitney and CAE, turning the city into a world class center of product development and PLM applications.
Montreal's summers are warm, at times hot and humid, with average high temperatures of 26 °C (79 °F) and low of 16 °C (61 °F).
Montreal’s Official Tourist Guide: http://octgm.com/guide/
Montreal’s Tourism site: http://www.tourisme-montreal.
Short movie on Montreal: http://www.tourisme-montreal.
Some Press kits from Montreal’s Tourism: http://www.tourisme-montreal.