A Street View of Montreal's Downtown Photo Credit: Stock Photo

Montreal's Downtown (Centre-Ville)

Downtown: Montreal's Busiest Neighbourhood

Downtown is easily Montreal’s busiest neighbourhood. It’s where all the action happens, and where many of Montreal’s best-known attractions are located. Montreal’s downtown area is a perfect combination of modern and historic buildings. You’ll find various commercial buildings, stores and malls.

Walking in Downtown Montreal

If the weather is nice, walking is a great way to get around Montreal, particularly downtown. Montreal’s downtown area is a pleasant neighbourhood to walk around. In the summer time, Montreal’s atmosphere is quite lively and upbeat, and there is no better way to experience this than with a stroll in downtown Montreal or Old Montreal. Montreal’s downtown area tends to be quite crowded and there is always traffic, even at night! Taking a stroll through downtown Montreal is an enjoyable way to see all that there is to see in downtown Montreal. Anytime of the year it's an absolute pleasure to walk around the downtown area. Walking is a great way to appreciate Montreal’s architecture and culture.

Shopping Downtown

Montreal’s downtown core is a shopper’s heaven. Featuring more than 3,000 shops and boutiques, you will find whatever type of store that you are looking for. You will find everything from specialty boutiques to well-known name-brands like GAP and Old Navy. Many of the stores in downtown Montreal are situated around Ste-Catherine Street.

Ste-Catherine Street

The downtown area’s most popular street is Ste-Catherine Street. Ste-Catherine Street is a commercial street with hundreds of name-brand stores, tourist boutiques, movies theaters, fast food restaurants, cafes and bars. In the summer time, there are several street performers and artists that perform along Ste-Catherine. To Find out more about Ste-Catherine Street, click here.