Montreal Districts

Ville Marie District

The Ville Marie district is like a huge mosaic. Its areas form an intricate pattern of economy and culture, past legacy and present achievement, and old and new traditions. It’s the street-level vibe that makes the district such a great place to be, an engaging melange of urban daily life and free-spirited night-life.

When you come and visit, pack your hearts desires because this is a place that can easily grant them. Shopping is almost an art form in Downtown Montreal. There are many nearby canvases to choose from, including the shops and the boutiques on St-Catherine, and in the Underground City where thousands of stores link beneath the city streets.

The Old Montreal, the Old Port, the Quartier international, the Golden Square Mile, the Mont Royal and Jean Drapeau parks are only some of the many elements that fashion the territory.

The district and borough offers a dynamic life environment. This is where students, store owners, professionals and households with high and low-income all socialize.

This is where the orient flavours of Montreal Chinatown, the turmoil of the Quartier latin and the animation of the Montreal Gay Village totally occur.

On the cultural level, the district offers quite a large assortment of activities. Its infrastructures like the ones found in the Quartier du musée allow this type of variety. The majority of events of large extent take place in the area, especially in the new Quartier des spectacles.

On the economic level, the development of Downtown Montreal goes by the revitalization of its commercial main arteries.

Along René-Lévesque, the Quartier des affaires goes on Bleury near Park Avenue and as far as Guy in the west. Its office buildings accommodate head offices of important companies and prominent names in the business world.

The numerous amount of activities that take place in the vicinity and the large number of people that live on the territory represent quite a challenge for the administration.

Prostitution, drug-addiction and homelessness form part of the major stakes that require the collaboration of all the local organizations.

And then, to ascertain a fluid circulation in the downtown area and a decent level of cleanliness, to maintain the road structures in good condition and to take pressure off the rush hours are some of the many elements that directly influence the cost of the maintenance and of the development of the services offered to the population.

Thank you for visiting Ville Marie District.
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Ville Marie Borough / Local Street Map of the Borough (PDF)

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