Downtown Montreal

Downtown is the central business district of Montreal, and home to its largest concentration of museums, art galleries and shopping, and to the Mont-Royal Park and Montreal's Chinatown.

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Type: Suburb
Description: neighbourhood, central business district of Montreal in Quebec, Canada
Also known as: “Centre-Ville” and “Downtown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bell Centre and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Bell Centre

Stadium

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Bell Centre, formerly known as Molson Centre, is a multi-purpose arena located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Opened on March 16, 1996, it is the home arena of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, replacing Montreal Forum and it is the largest indoor arena in Canada.

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Museum

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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street West.

Montreal Central Station

Railway station

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Montreal Central Station is the major inter-city rail station and a major commuter rail hub in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nearly 11 million rail passengers use the station every year, making it the second-busiest train station in Canada, after Toronto Union Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Montreal and South West.

Old Montreal

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Old Montreal is what many visitors come to Montreal for: old cobblestoned streets lined with buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries, grand old French restaurants, history museums, and the riverfront Old Port.

South West

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Montreal South West is the area west of downtown, on both sides of the Lachine Canal, bordered by the districts of LaSalle, Verdun and Westmount. It is made up of the neighbourhoods of Petite-Bourgogne-Griffintown, Saint-Henri, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Côte-Saint-Paul and Ville Émard.