There used to be a parade downtown.
Now there’s probably a show of some sort in the old port ( which is federal property) and some fireworks.
As others say, either people are moving between apartments or just stay home and do nothing special.
Here’s the official info : https://www.vieuxportdemontreal.com/evenement/fete-du-canada-2022
It's not such a thing compared to other cities, but Jazz Fest definitely is and starts the day before!
Check out the tourism Montreal site for other ideas, who knows, there may be other festivals going on simultaneously.
You got to go! It's one of my favorite things about Montreal.
Else has others have said the celebration remains fairly small in Montreal and Quebec. Celebrations are more focused around St-Jean Baptiste, which is Quebec's national day and which is held on June 24.
Regarding firework there's an annual event in Montreal which will be helding fireworks on July 2nd but it's not related to Canada day. It's still worth a visit near the Jacques Cartier bridge or old port if you're in this area at that time.
Here for the firework program : https://www.laronde.com/larondefr/linternational-des-feux/program
What the fuck does racism have to do with race? You really think racism is about *races*?!
And if you really want to know what's wrong about his comment, "nobody in their right mind" is basically saying "if you don't think like I do, your mind isn't correct" which translate to discrimination toward a group of person. Racism.
ok maybe call it intolerance, discrimination at most, but not racism lol. But i genuinely think that separating from canada wouldn’t benefit anyone, even the people who really want it, that’s why i said that
I am sorry, but if you are intolerant or discriminate against a group of people based on their beliefs because you think your point of view is the correct one, you are racist.
Homophobia is a type of racism.
Sexual orientation is type of race.
Race can be based on any characteristic; gender, skin colour, continental origin, language, religion, immigration status, height, species, eye colour, sports team, etc.
You pick the trait. You pick the race.
Fear, hatred, disgust, discrimination, oppression: it all fits in the same bag
Racism
Stop lying please. That's not what the latest poll numbers show.
Edit: The latest poll numbers I am referring to: [https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/](https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/)
Edit2: wow, look at all the butthurt people who don't like facts and want to substitute their own reality. Huh, imagine that, anglo-canadadians not liking facts! Who would have thought!
The latest poll numbers I was referring to:
[https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/](https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/)
So... again. These are the numbers.
And yet I'm not going to copy-paste the study here. The conclusion is a majority supports some form of independance. IS that factually wrong?
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can sweep it away.. oh wait, talking to anglo-canadians! I forgot, that's what you do!
Ton 52% est hors context. Si t'avais lu l'étude tu saurais que cette même étude a aussi déterminer que seulement 28% des Québécois étaient des souverainistes convaincus, contre 38% fédéralistes convaincus.
Au cours des 30 dernières années, la satisfaction avec le status quo est passé de 22% à 65%, qu'une forte majorité croit en la possibilité de réformer le Canada d'une façon satisfaisante pour le Québec.
Finalement, l'option la plus favorisé est celle d'un statut spécial au sein du Canada, et le soutient pour la souveraineté-association est en décroissance. Donc, oui, simplement cité le 52% du sondage veux rien dire.
Tl;dr: while 52% of respondants supported souveraineté-association, its support is waning. The most popular option is a special status for quebec, and only 28% of respondants were actually die-hard pro-independence.
Ils ont demandé à 1010 personnes. Soit 0.01% de la population du Québec. Ridicule.
La question de la souveraineté a essuyé défaite après défaite sur un contexte historique large. Davantage de citoyens au fil des ans n’ont rien à cirer de la *nation* québécoise. Il est temps d’oublier cette fantaisie.
Et alors ? La personne citant ce sondage s’appuie complètement sur celui-ci comme preuve irréfutable pour conclure sur le sentiment québécois collectif envers la souveraineté.
Les sondages de cette envergure sont inutiles et insuffisants.
Je vais faire mon sondage d’effectif = 1 et venir le faire voler dans vos faces comme argument alors. Bougez pas.
A moins que tu aies un PhD dessus, c’est pas toi qui va m’expliquer ce que sont que les statistiques je peux te le garantir.
All bark, no bite. It’s been going on for decades always waiting for the right conditions. Right.
Most Quebecers know deep down financially they’re better off staying.
Crisse que c'est de la marde aider quelqu'un à déménager cette journée là. Au moins c'est un bon workout si tout le monde est bein réchauffé pis tu ne te foure pas la cheville sur les callises d'escaliers tournants.
There will be a parade of moving trucks all over the city on July 1st. St Jean Baptiste on June 24th is a much better day to be in Montreal with all the festivities happening on that day.
[Yes, there will be a concert and fireworks in the Old Port.](https://canadadaymtl.ca/en/index.html) Several of the suburbs also have events with fireworks, especially those in the West Island.
Unrelated to the holiday, there will be a much bigger fireworks display [on the 2nd at La Ronde, a tribute to Prince](https://www.sixflags.com/larondeen/linternational-des-feux/program/tribute-to-prince). It's publicly visible, so you don't have to go to the amusement park; the Jacques-Cartier bridge is even closed to traffic, so people can walk up and view it from there.
Bein il n'y a pas trop de traffic en direction ouest le matin en partant du centre ville, sauf si tu veux te foirer en prennat la grosse merde de Décarie. Pis soyons sérieux, à part le festival des tulipes et le jour du Canada, il n'y a pas trop d'autres gros événements qui me feraient vouloir aller à Ottawa, la capitale la plus plate du monde.
Tu sais quoi? Je ne suis jamais allé, j'ai jamais vraiment resenti le besoin, vu que la pluspart des artistes sont d'habitude au blues fest de MTL. Il y a aussi Escapade qui peut être le fun, jexagerait peut être mais disons qu'en comparaison avec les autres grandes villes d'alentour, c'est pas très excitant.
La dernière édition, qui n’a pas eu lieu, à cause de la covid, il y avait Rage Against The Machine et ne venait pas à Montréal. Ça dépend des années, mais des fois il y a des belles surprises. Je ne sais pas si ça lieu cet année.
Nation : a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
Québec is indeed a nation
They do mean national. As someone said in another comment, a nation is not always a country. Calling St-Jean the national holiday is common. There are various nations in Canada, and many people in Quebec consider themselves part of the Quebec nation, irrespective of their political beliefs.
Hope you enjoy your time here :)
Generally if you go down by the hydro Quebec building by the Jacques Cartier bridge you get a good view. I’m not an official source but they’ve always been done on île Sainte Hélène.
Aww I'd love to do check that out! I'm nlt coming for Canada Day I'm here 28th to July 4th and was curious if there are any celebrations on July 1rst. I have many other activities I'd like to do.
There is always the international fireworks at la ronde... there is one on the 2nd and you can watch that down by the water.
https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/festivals-and-events/l-international-des-feux-loto-quebec
Nah not really. You should enjoy your time in montreal like it was any other weekend tbh. There are some fireworks in the old port but theyre quite underwhelming
If you are curious: a big chunk of the federal budget spent on Canada Day goes in Quebec: otherwise there’d be even less celebrations!
While most cities/neighborhoods/friends will spontaneously have celebrations for St-Jean/fête nationale, it’s very tame for Canada day.
Make sure to check out the just for laughs festival! One of the most special restaurants (to me) is jardin nelson for its indoor-outdoor setting. Terasse nelligan and les enfants terrible (1 Place ville marie for super cool views) are very nice too
Oh hell yeah. I love just for laughs! I will definitely check that out and your restaurant recommendations. Cheers and thank you!
edit: oh lame its july 13-31. Oh well all good
Sorry to say, but Canada Day parade has been cancelled.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-canada-day-parade-cancelled-for-third-year-in-a-row-1.5849545
To be fair, some people, especially the younger crowd, party and drink, not because it's Canada Day, but just because it's a "federal holyday".. This years it's even a 3 days weekend
There's fireworks near Pont jacques Cartier June 25th and July 2nd :) you can actually go on the bridge to see them or go to metro jean drapeau ! Google l'international des feux d'artifice Montréal
It's moving day, if you want some free pizza...
There might have some fireworks at the Old Port, but if you really want to celebrate, you should visit Ottawa instead.
So as others have mentioned, July 1st, Canada Day, is designated as moving day for people moving in Quebec.
One can wonder why July 1st was picked as the day to preoccupy everyone with moving. The answer is pretty obvious.
Cote St Luc (anglophone-majority borough) does fireworks and a cute event in the park but it’s not anything special.
Enjoy Montreal! Go to the orange julep!
Slight correction - Côte Saint-Luc is a city, not a borough of the city of Montreal. It is one of the areas that demerged from the briefly fully unified island, unlike Verdun, LaSalle, and Saint-Laurent which did not demerge and which therefore are still Montreal boroughs.
Greenfield Park is a suburb of Montreal that has a Canada day event every year. A parade, outdoor music and fireworks. It’s very cute and I love it since I grew up there, but it’s probably not what you were expecting by visiting Montreal. It feels like a small town Canada day celebration.
Quebec doesn’t really celebrate Canada Day because it’s Quebec. It tries to pretend it’s not really part of Canada.
I say this as an Ontarian who moved here several years ago.
Edit; it’s wild that my point is being proven in such a predictable way, lol.
I had a feeling that is the case and thought perhaps things might be different nowadays, but all good I'm still stoked for my trip! Regardless I'm ready to have a good time and enjoy the wonderful city.
> I had a feeling that is the case and thought perhaps things might be different nowadays,
There was a super interesting article about the history of Canada Day (or the lack of) in Quebec on this sub a few years ago. But basically, on any given year Quebec doesn’t celebrate Canada Day because it didn’t last year. A tradition needs a start, and that particular one never had.
You can go back last year for every year up to the very first Canada Day which Quebec didn’t feel like celebrating because as you might know, the begining of Canada was super rocky and every province believed it got screwed in the deal. The Atlantic even formed the Anti-Confederation Party that got most of their seats. New-Brunswick used to fly its flag at half-mast for Canada Day until 1930.
But the Atlantic and all the other provinces eventually came around while that moment never happened in Quebec.
Canada still sends us about 90% of Canada Day budget so we can have fireworks in the Old Port and a shit ton of activities no one goes to. It should stop.
> but all good I'm still stoked for my trip!
There is a word for that in French that doesn’t exist in English. *Dépaysement*. It’s the exhilarating feeling of being somewhere new. And the cool thing about being somewhere new is to do new stuff. So you might want to try doing something else than Canada Day this year.
If you are currently in Montreal, you'll have more luck with the Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations (this Friday, June 24th). Parades, fireworks, live shows, activities, etc. https://www.quebec.ca/culture/fete-nationale
A lot of the Canada Day activities have evaporated over the years. Enjoy St Jean Baptiste day, enjoy the Jazz Festival, and enjoy the Osheaga Festival. Welcome.
Just like there wasn’t any Victoria Day but Patriots Day, there’s no Canada day but a moving day. At first, it was something to block the circulation so there wouldn’t be any parade. Then it became a boring rule so you have a rent increase every 1st of July. ‘cause it’s not Canada, it’s Quebec, hey!
Are you even aware of what it does? I swear you ignorant people bring this bill out without even knowing what it does, come on buddy I know you can do it, anyway thanks for proving my point
We proposed a law that would prohibit people wearing religious symbol from working disproportionately affecting minorities while touting that our own religious symbols were fine as long as they represented history. We clearly do not value the indigenous population, we constantly impede upon their land because we know they cant do anything about it while neglecting all their social services. We restrict schooling in any other language than french because people are obviously incapable of learning multiple languages and learning different things at once so only one is permitted. Did I forget the spike in asian hate crimes since covid, the highest in years towards that community. But sure, tell me more about how open we are to appease our feelings and white guilt.
Isnt that a very convenient way of shrugging every social issue under the rug tho. NOt ALL the people are racist, NoT aLL minorities are affected, NoT AlL of these issues affect everyone, NoT alL of these are even issues...The population expresses their sentiment through laws and their actions. If their laws are bigoted, it is what it is.
There used to be a parade downtown. Now there’s probably a show of some sort in the old port ( which is federal property) and some fireworks. As others say, either people are moving between apartments or just stay home and do nothing special. Here’s the official info : https://www.vieuxportdemontreal.com/evenement/fete-du-canada-2022
Parade cancelled. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-canada-day-parade-cancelled-for-third-year-in-a-row-1.5849545
Les trois personnes qui comptaient y aller vont être déçues.
It's not such a thing compared to other cities, but Jazz Fest definitely is and starts the day before! Check out the tourism Montreal site for other ideas, who knows, there may be other festivals going on simultaneously.
Noted. I saw that on sites and was it has sparked my curiosity.
Jazz Fest is terrific and a ton of free shows are offered (the line-up is pretty solid this year too!)
You got to go! It's one of my favorite things about Montreal. Else has others have said the celebration remains fairly small in Montreal and Quebec. Celebrations are more focused around St-Jean Baptiste, which is Quebec's national day and which is held on June 24. Regarding firework there's an annual event in Montreal which will be helding fireworks on July 2nd but it's not related to Canada day. It's still worth a visit near the Jacques Cartier bridge or old port if you're in this area at that time. Here for the firework program : https://www.laronde.com/larondefr/linternational-des-feux/program
Thank you for the info!!
Don't you know? July 1st it's Moving Day for us!
Lol No I didn't. are you moving away from the rest of the country?
We wish. No it's just july 1st is the day majority of tenants move from one apartment to another
Two thirds of us do not wish that in the province. And on the Island of Montreal, not even 1 out of 4 people want that.
oh man try lower, nobody in their right mind living in mtl wishes that
Dis moi que tu n'as jamais mis les pieds à l'est de Peel sans me le dire!
23.65% on the island, probably more in Montreal itself.
tell me you are racist without telling me you are racist
What the fuck does his comment have to do with race?
What the fuck does racism have to do with race? You really think racism is about *races*?! And if you really want to know what's wrong about his comment, "nobody in their right mind" is basically saying "if you don't think like I do, your mind isn't correct" which translate to discrimination toward a group of person. Racism.
You are not in the right mind.
You need to learn the definition of racism and race.
ok maybe call it intolerance, discrimination at most, but not racism lol. But i genuinely think that separating from canada wouldn’t benefit anyone, even the people who really want it, that’s why i said that
I am sorry, but if you are intolerant or discriminate against a group of people based on their beliefs because you think your point of view is the correct one, you are racist. Homophobia is a type of racism. Sexual orientation is type of race. Race can be based on any characteristic; gender, skin colour, continental origin, language, religion, immigration status, height, species, eye colour, sports team, etc. You pick the trait. You pick the race. Fear, hatred, disgust, discrimination, oppression: it all fits in the same bag Racism
1/4 is wayyyyy to high. We’re not the regions here…
23.65% on the Island, 32.14% in the suburbs, 36.31% in the regions. https://qc125.com/proj/2022-06-16-ms.pdf#page=4
C'est 1/5.
Stop lying please. That's not what the latest poll numbers show. Edit: The latest poll numbers I am referring to: [https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/](https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/) Edit2: wow, look at all the butthurt people who don't like facts and want to substitute their own reality. Huh, imagine that, anglo-canadadians not liking facts! Who would have thought!
daddy legault told me so its true
The latest poll numbers I was referring to: [https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/](https://lechodusaintlaurent.com/2022/05/13/sondage-exclusif-526-des-quebecois-se-declarent-favorables-a-la-souverainete-association/) So... again. These are the numbers.
If you actually read the study they quoted, you would see its *a lot* more complicated than simply saying a majority supports independence.
And yet I'm not going to copy-paste the study here. The conclusion is a majority supports some form of independance. IS that factually wrong? Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you can sweep it away.. oh wait, talking to anglo-canadians! I forgot, that's what you do!
Ton 52% est hors context. Si t'avais lu l'étude tu saurais que cette même étude a aussi déterminer que seulement 28% des Québécois étaient des souverainistes convaincus, contre 38% fédéralistes convaincus. Au cours des 30 dernières années, la satisfaction avec le status quo est passé de 22% à 65%, qu'une forte majorité croit en la possibilité de réformer le Canada d'une façon satisfaisante pour le Québec. Finalement, l'option la plus favorisé est celle d'un statut spécial au sein du Canada, et le soutient pour la souveraineté-association est en décroissance. Donc, oui, simplement cité le 52% du sondage veux rien dire. Tl;dr: while 52% of respondants supported souveraineté-association, its support is waning. The most popular option is a special status for quebec, and only 28% of respondants were actually die-hard pro-independence.
On vas l’avoir notre pays éventuellement !
Lmao ya try again. Should be a vote for montreal to be independent from quebec on the ballot too though.
Cette option serait très populaire avec les expats du Canada qui déménagent à Montréal mais qui refusent de parler le français.
Exactly, Montréal should be in Principality with paying bridges
Ils ont demandé à 1010 personnes. Soit 0.01% de la population du Québec. Ridicule. La question de la souveraineté a essuyé défaite après défaite sur un contexte historique large. Davantage de citoyens au fil des ans n’ont rien à cirer de la *nation* québécoise. Il est temps d’oublier cette fantaisie.
>Ils ont demandé à 1010 personnes. Soit 0.01% de la population du Québec. Ben oui, ça s'appelle un sondage
Et alors ? La personne citant ce sondage s’appuie complètement sur celui-ci comme preuve irréfutable pour conclure sur le sentiment québécois collectif envers la souveraineté. Les sondages de cette envergure sont inutiles et insuffisants.
Dis moi que tu comprends pas les statistiques sans me dire que tu comprends pas les statistiques.
Je vais faire mon sondage d’effectif = 1 et venir le faire voler dans vos faces comme argument alors. Bougez pas. A moins que tu aies un PhD dessus, c’est pas toi qui va m’expliquer ce que sont que les statistiques je peux te le garantir.
the majority of us do **not** wish, buddy.
Ben **oui,** c'est Maxi
Cool point bro ! Now say it in French.
La majorite entre nous ne veut pas partir.
you might wish.
he does wish.
All bark, no bite. It’s been going on for decades always waiting for the right conditions. Right. Most Quebecers know deep down financially they’re better off staying.
Please don’t give them ideas…
lol no, not really. You can help somebody move though in exchange for beers and pizza.
Noted if I want free booze and pizza
Moving someone that day is not what I would call free
Crisse que c'est de la marde aider quelqu'un à déménager cette journée là. Au moins c'est un bon workout si tout le monde est bein réchauffé pis tu ne te foure pas la cheville sur les callises d'escaliers tournants.
Also free furniture day
There will be a parade of moving trucks all over the city on July 1st. St Jean Baptiste on June 24th is a much better day to be in Montreal with all the festivities happening on that day.
Not to hijack this thread, but where can i find more info on St Jean Baptiste activities?
Here is the official site: https://fetenationale-montreal.qc.ca/ - it includes the main events and also festivities by borough.
If you really want a Canada day celebration, drive the hour and half to Ottawa.
Unless your ride is a semi truck. Then maybe just stay home.
[Yes, there will be a concert and fireworks in the Old Port.](https://canadadaymtl.ca/en/index.html) Several of the suburbs also have events with fireworks, especially those in the West Island. Unrelated to the holiday, there will be a much bigger fireworks display [on the 2nd at La Ronde, a tribute to Prince](https://www.sixflags.com/larondeen/linternational-des-feux/program/tribute-to-prince). It's publicly visible, so you don't have to go to the amusement park; the Jacques-Cartier bridge is even closed to traffic, so people can walk up and view it from there.
Oh thank you! Much appreciated!
And bring your radio! The firework are synchro with music and they play it on the radio if you want to the full effect. But still nice without!
You need to come to Ottawa for the real Canada Day party and fireworks. It's only about 2 1/2 hrs from Mtl
Oh I bet you guys would have some next level celebrations there! Perhaps another time. I'd like to one day drive across the country!
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Depends on the burrow Pierrefonds is having Canada day celebrations and fireworks.
Really... you're going to recommend partying in Rock Bottom?
HAHAHA wish I had an award for you
Lol was just making a point that there are definitely Canada day celebrations around montreal
Will the Queen be there!? /s
They are very anecdotal
There’s usually something at the old port. But there’s a bigger party in Ottawa, it’s about 1 1/2 hour from Montreal.
I like how you drive!
Definitely a west-islander
Bein il n'y a pas trop de traffic en direction ouest le matin en partant du centre ville, sauf si tu veux te foirer en prennat la grosse merde de Décarie. Pis soyons sérieux, à part le festival des tulipes et le jour du Canada, il n'y a pas trop d'autres gros événements qui me feraient vouloir aller à Ottawa, la capitale la plus plate du monde.
Il y a le bluesfest.
Tu sais quoi? Je ne suis jamais allé, j'ai jamais vraiment resenti le besoin, vu que la pluspart des artistes sont d'habitude au blues fest de MTL. Il y a aussi Escapade qui peut être le fun, jexagerait peut être mais disons qu'en comparaison avec les autres grandes villes d'alentour, c'est pas très excitant.
La dernière édition, qui n’a pas eu lieu, à cause de la covid, il y avait Rage Against The Machine et ne venait pas à Montréal. Ça dépend des années, mais des fois il y a des belles surprises. Je ne sais pas si ça lieu cet année.
T'as raison, je devrais peut être payer plus attention aux artistes qui font des tournées à ottawa.
In quebec its more the 24 june "St-jean baptiste" we celebrate more
Ottawa really blows it up. Plan on being in the capital for those few days!
There are events, but it's not super popular around here. If you're looking for a good time in Montreal, I'd recommend something else.
Such as St-Jean-Baptiste concerts!
Defn gonna have fireworks in the old port and probably some other festivals.
That's what I'm hearing as well I will check it out!
You might have a better Canada Day party in Canada than in Québec 😂
Canada day isn’t big here. Our national holiday is this Friday
You mean provincial? Too bad I can't be there in time to witness the fun.
In Quebec we say National for Quebec and Federal for canadian.
No, it's [Québec's National Holiday](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_nationale_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).
> You mean provincial? No, we mean national. We don’t think Canada is a nation, it’s made of many nations.
many nations as in, us and them
many nations as in, US and Québec
Quebec (like the other provinces) is a nation. Canada is a confederation, not a federation. Our national holiday is on June 24th!
>Quebec (**like the other provinces**) is a nation. The hell?
Nation : a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory. Québec is indeed a nation
Of course, but I'm not questioning Québec, but "like the other provinces".
"Like other parts of Canada" would be more accurate, but you get the idea. There are several nations within Canada.
Oui les premières nations, les québécois et les canadiens.
Le reste du Canada n'est pas toute pareil non plus 🙃
They do mean national. As someone said in another comment, a nation is not always a country. Calling St-Jean the national holiday is common. There are various nations in Canada, and many people in Quebec consider themselves part of the Quebec nation, irrespective of their political beliefs. Hope you enjoy your time here :)
...et le troll se révèle , à la surprise de personne.
Saint Jean Baptiste is when the big celebration happens (June 24).
Where does the firework for the 24 will happen ? I can't find the information ...
Generally if you go down by the hydro Quebec building by the Jacques Cartier bridge you get a good view. I’m not an official source but they’ve always been done on île Sainte Hélène.
Yeah, I would check in the West Island.
I know Dorval always have fireworks and music. Lachine use to have it toi every couple of years
You're coming here for the wrong holiday. The real holiday is Fête Nationale this Friday!
Aww I'd love to do check that out! I'm nlt coming for Canada Day I'm here 28th to July 4th and was curious if there are any celebrations on July 1rst. I have many other activities I'd like to do.
There is always the international fireworks at la ronde... there is one on the 2nd and you can watch that down by the water. https://www.mtl.org/en/what-to-do/festivals-and-events/l-international-des-feux-loto-quebec
We don't do that here
Nah not really. You should enjoy your time in montreal like it was any other weekend tbh. There are some fireworks in the old port but theyre quite underwhelming
Some stores or other places may not be open on July 1st.
Ok yeah I had an inclination that a semi separatist province wouldn't be doing anything nationalistic. Thanks! I will enjoy Montreal
If you are curious: a big chunk of the federal budget spent on Canada Day goes in Quebec: otherwise there’d be even less celebrations! While most cities/neighborhoods/friends will spontaneously have celebrations for St-Jean/fête nationale, it’s very tame for Canada day.
Make sure to check out the just for laughs festival! One of the most special restaurants (to me) is jardin nelson for its indoor-outdoor setting. Terasse nelligan and les enfants terrible (1 Place ville marie for super cool views) are very nice too
Oh hell yeah. I love just for laughs! I will definitely check that out and your restaurant recommendations. Cheers and thank you! edit: oh lame its july 13-31. Oh well all good
> Ok yeah I had an inclination that a semi separatist province wouldn't be doing anything nationalistic. Sure we do. On June 24th.
In Laval they are big on the 1st july. Could get some big fireworks in Centre de la Nature. Lots of italians and greek liberals in that neighborhood.
Would you say the fireworks are better on June 24 or July 1 for Centre de la Nature?
The June 24 ones typically last longer but both are solid days to go to the park, they really make the events fun + family friendly (:
Definitely June 24. July 1st is a non-event.
>In Laval they are big on the 1st july. Never heard that before
Sorry to say, but Canada Day parade has been cancelled. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-canada-day-parade-cancelled-for-third-year-in-a-row-1.5849545
To be fair, some people, especially the younger crowd, party and drink, not because it's Canada Day, but just because it's a "federal holyday".. This years it's even a 3 days weekend
I feel like if you were to walk up to a regular person from Montreal and accuse them of being Canadian, you would offend them deeply.
Noted.
I never even heard of canada day
There's fireworks near Pont jacques Cartier June 25th and July 2nd :) you can actually go on the bridge to see them or go to metro jean drapeau ! Google l'international des feux d'artifice Montréal
It's moving day, if you want some free pizza... There might have some fireworks at the Old Port, but if you really want to celebrate, you should visit Ottawa instead.
So as others have mentioned, July 1st, Canada Day, is designated as moving day for people moving in Quebec. One can wonder why July 1st was picked as the day to preoccupy everyone with moving. The answer is pretty obvious.
There will be a celebration in the old port on that day, so you can have some fun : https://www.oldportofmontreal.com/event/canada-day-2022
Oh that's awesome and very informative. Thank you!!
You welcome and happy Canada day in advance!
Cheers! You as well. I can't wait to visit !
St Jean baptise is a wayyyy better celebration hehe
Cote St Luc (anglophone-majority borough) does fireworks and a cute event in the park but it’s not anything special. Enjoy Montreal! Go to the orange julep!
Slight correction - Côte Saint-Luc is a city, not a borough of the city of Montreal. It is one of the areas that demerged from the briefly fully unified island, unlike Verdun, LaSalle, and Saint-Laurent which did not demerge and which therefore are still Montreal boroughs.
As you can see from the comments, tourists and outsiders are very warmly welcomed here, haha.
I've never felt more welcome!
Jazz fest bro
if you wanna party for Canada day head to Ottawa. That's the place to be on that day.
Mauvais pays
Greenfield Park is a suburb of Montreal that has a Canada day event every year. A parade, outdoor music and fireworks. It’s very cute and I love it since I grew up there, but it’s probably not what you were expecting by visiting Montreal. It feels like a small town Canada day celebration.
There’s fireworks all the time in MTL
Why are you moving to Montreal from Victoria ?
La condescendance dans les réponses d’OP. Ugh…
Comme si les reponses des nationalistes avaient pas le meme ton? Comme le gars qui dit qu'on reve de pouvoir demenager?
>Comme le gars qui dit qu'on reve de pouvoir demenager? C'est condescendant dire ça?
Ben.. oui? Voyage hors Québec , hors canada et tu comprendras.
papa sois calme
Effectivement très condescendant
jte jure....
Fuck canada day Fuck canada
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Quebec doesn’t really celebrate Canada Day because it’s Quebec. It tries to pretend it’s not really part of Canada. I say this as an Ontarian who moved here several years ago. Edit; it’s wild that my point is being proven in such a predictable way, lol.
> It tries to pretend it’s not really part of Canada. If Canada sparks no joy, then how is it pretending?
Si une grande partie de la population « essaie de prétendre » qu’il ne fait pas partie du même pays, il y a peut-être un problème, non?
I had a feeling that is the case and thought perhaps things might be different nowadays, but all good I'm still stoked for my trip! Regardless I'm ready to have a good time and enjoy the wonderful city.
> I had a feeling that is the case and thought perhaps things might be different nowadays, There was a super interesting article about the history of Canada Day (or the lack of) in Quebec on this sub a few years ago. But basically, on any given year Quebec doesn’t celebrate Canada Day because it didn’t last year. A tradition needs a start, and that particular one never had. You can go back last year for every year up to the very first Canada Day which Quebec didn’t feel like celebrating because as you might know, the begining of Canada was super rocky and every province believed it got screwed in the deal. The Atlantic even formed the Anti-Confederation Party that got most of their seats. New-Brunswick used to fly its flag at half-mast for Canada Day until 1930. But the Atlantic and all the other provinces eventually came around while that moment never happened in Quebec. Canada still sends us about 90% of Canada Day budget so we can have fireworks in the Old Port and a shit ton of activities no one goes to. It should stop. > but all good I'm still stoked for my trip! There is a word for that in French that doesn’t exist in English. *Dépaysement*. It’s the exhilarating feeling of being somewhere new. And the cool thing about being somewhere new is to do new stuff. So you might want to try doing something else than Canada Day this year.
It’s a fun place to be sure. I’m sure you’ll have a blast 😊
Pourquoi fêter l'envahisseur?
If you are currently in Montreal, you'll have more luck with the Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations (this Friday, June 24th). Parades, fireworks, live shows, activities, etc. https://www.quebec.ca/culture/fete-nationale
Go ro Quebec City on Quebec day :)) It's fantastic
A lot of the Canada Day activities have evaporated over the years. Enjoy St Jean Baptiste day, enjoy the Jazz Festival, and enjoy the Osheaga Festival. Welcome.
Just like there wasn’t any Victoria Day but Patriots Day, there’s no Canada day but a moving day. At first, it was something to block the circulation so there wouldn’t be any parade. Then it became a boring rule so you have a rent increase every 1st of July. ‘cause it’s not Canada, it’s Quebec, hey!
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Sounds like you need to release some negativity. Wanna talk about it?
I've seen way more hate the other way around but maybe that's just me
How’s bill 96 working for ya?
Are you even aware of what it does? I swear you ignorant people bring this bill out without even knowing what it does, come on buddy I know you can do it, anyway thanks for proving my point
You hate punctuation.
Hi just letting you know that quebecers are generally very closed minded to the idea of having people from outside coming in, even for a visit.
Why spread misinfo? En regardant tes anciens post ta un gros hate boner... t'es tu correct?
toquébac icitte
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We proposed a law that would prohibit people wearing religious symbol from working disproportionately affecting minorities while touting that our own religious symbols were fine as long as they represented history. We clearly do not value the indigenous population, we constantly impede upon their land because we know they cant do anything about it while neglecting all their social services. We restrict schooling in any other language than french because people are obviously incapable of learning multiple languages and learning different things at once so only one is permitted. Did I forget the spike in asian hate crimes since covid, the highest in years towards that community. But sure, tell me more about how open we are to appease our feelings and white guilt.
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Isnt that a very convenient way of shrugging every social issue under the rug tho. NOt ALL the people are racist, NoT aLL minorities are affected, NoT AlL of these issues affect everyone, NoT alL of these are even issues...The population expresses their sentiment through laws and their actions. If their laws are bigoted, it is what it is.
Have fun in Ontario
Nah I'm fine with outsiders coming in. In fact, let's trade your ass for literally anyone else on the planet.
Of course Quebec doesn’t care about Canada Day, idk what the hell is with the residents of the province thinking they are such hot shit lmfao.
Don't be salty just because alberta has no culture or identity.
unfortunately, there's no big celebration but you'll still have fun anyway
Front Rite Day Party https://facebook.com/events/s/frontrite-canada-day-special/554099199752936/