Neighborhood

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Discover…Parc-Extension

Parc-Extension (commonly called Park Ex by anglophones) is located in the very middle of the island and is  bordered by L’Acadie Blvd, the Metropolitan Expressway, and Casgrain and Jean Talon Streets.  Parc-Extension is surrounded by Town of Mont-Royal, Villeray, Rosemont and Ahuntsic. It is [...]


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Discover… Plateau Mont-Royal

More or less bordered by Masson and St-Georges streets to the north, Frontenac to the east, Sherbrooke to the south and Parc and Hutchinson to the west, the Plateau Mont Royal (simply referred to as “The Plateau”) is [...]


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Discover… Dollard-des-Ormeaux

Dollard des Ormeaux (also knows as DDO) is located on the West Island. It is bordered more or less by Brunswick Boulevard (Pointe-Claire) to the south, the Bois-de-Liesse nature park to the east, Sommerfest Street (Saint-Laurent) to the west and Pierrefonds-Roxboro [...]


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Discover… Pierrefonds

Located on the northern part of the West Island, in the borough Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Pierrefonds is bordered by the Saint Lawrence River to the north, the edge of the Bois-de-la-Roche agricultural park to the west, Parkinson street to the [...]


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Discover… Pointe-Saint-Charles

Pointe-St-Charles is located in the southwest. It is bordered by the Lachine Canal, the Bonaventure Expressway, the Saint Lawrence River and Highway 20. The neighborhood is surrounded by Verdun, Little Burgundy and the Cité-du-Havre. A very popular area in its heyday, Pointe-St-Charles [...]


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Discover… Mercier

Mercier is located in the southeast part of the island of Montreal, in the borough Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, and is surrounded by Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Rosemont, Saint Leonard, Anjou, and Montreal Est. It is bordered by the St. Lawrence River to the [...]


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Notre-Dame-de-Grâce : keeping everybody happy

You’re a city person. You go to work by metro; you try the little bistro. Problem is, your partner prefers the suburbs — parks for those kids in your future, the sounds of birds singing at the crack [...]


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St. Henri + you = A match made in Montreal heaven?

Dear reader, meet St. Henri. St. Henri, reader. I pride myself on my matchmaking abilities, and I can tell something magical is about to happen. Sick of hearing about your ex the Plateau? Downtown too outgoing? The Village [...]


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The Triangle

A sector included in the Cote-des-Neiges neighbourhood, Le Triangle is bordered by Jean-Talon Street to the south, De La Savane Street to the northeast and Mountain Sights Avenue to the northwest. As its name suggests, the neighbourhood is [...]


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Discover… Verdun

Located at the southwest of the island of Montreal, Verdun is surrounded by Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Ville Emard and Lasalle. It is bordered by Fayotte Street to the west, the De La Verendrye Boulevard to the north, the Saint [...]