Montreal, Quebec is located in southwestern Quebec on the St. Lawrence River. Montreal Centre runs from east to west along the centre of the island and encompasses the downtown district. The communities that make up the Centre include Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Côte-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, LaSalle, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Le Sud-Ouest, Mont-Royal, Montréal-Ouest, Outremont, Saint-Laurent, Verdun/Île-des-Soeurs, Ville-Marie, Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension and Westmount.
Montreal is the largest city in Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. Its multinational culinary landscape is as incredible as its selection of boutiques and shopping venues. Montreal’s many neighborhoods provide unique environs within Greater Montreal. Trendy and colourful, Plateau Mont Royal offers high-density living, tree lined streets and the nightlife of the pedestrian-only Prince Arthur Street. Westmount, a residential area, contains schools, an arena, a pool, Westmount Park and King George Park, and the Westmount Square residential towers and shopping complex. Bordeaux-Cartierville, in the north, has large parks along the river and an arena, a skate park, a pool, a playground, tennis courts and soccer fields are great additions for the family. LaSalle, in the south, is a mixed residential/commercial area that has among its features the Angrignon Mall, the Lachine Canal and the Canal de l'Aqueduc, with their recreational areas, the Île aux Hérons migratory bird refuge and the Fleming windmill, which is used as the borough's symbol. Montreal’s downtown Underground City offers 30 km of indoor pedestrian walkways and shops below street level.
Parks, natural spaces, and biking and walking trails fill this city. The St Lawrence River and the nearby Thousand Islands offer local and regional getaways. Take a trip and canoe the La Mauricie National Park or the lakes and mountains flanking the northern shore of the St. Lawrence River. Golfing, fishing, boating, hunting and camping are seasonally available as are skiing, snowshoeing, hockey and sledding.
Montreal businesses are many and varied and include aerospace, pharmaceuticals, printed goods, software engineering, telecommunications, textile and apparel manufacturing, and transportation. The service sector includes engineering, finance, higher education, and research and development. The Port of Montreal is the largest inland port in the world and Montreal is the leading Canadian city for scientific research.
Six universities and twelve junior colleges call Montreal home and create the highest concentration of post-secondary students of all major cities in North America. Among these schools are McGill University, one of the oldest schools in Canada and a major research university, and Concordia University, known for its John Molson Business School program.
The climate provides warm humid summers, with temperatures averaging 19 C to 23 C and highs of 27 C, and cold winters, with temperatures averaging -5 C to -9 C and lows of -13 C.
Montreal’s Center area offers a broad and varied selection of unique neighborhoods that are filled with culture, community and recreation. . If you want to know more about real estate around this part of Montreal or find houses for sale, a good place to start is to see which homes are on the market. Use the forms on this page to find out more about real estate in Montreal Centre. Customize your search to find exactly what you want and get updates on new Montreal MLS listings.
