Summer Activities in Montreal

Discover Montreal in Summer

• See the city from up high at La Grande Roue: 362 Rue de la Commune E., La Grande roue de Montréal is a Ferris wheel built at the Old Port of Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the festivities for the 375th anniversary of the city.
  
• Go picnicking at the Le Parc Mont-Royal: 1260 Remembrance Rd, Parc du Mont-Royal, Montréal’s green jewel, is affectionately known as “the mountain.” The park is home to an exceptional fauna and flora well worth discovering.
  
• Ride insane roller coasters at La Ronde: 22 Chem. Macdonald La Ronde, an amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built as the entertainment complex for Expo 67, the 1967 World Fair. Today, it is operated by Six Flags under an emphyteutic lease with the City of Montreal, which expires in 2065. It is the largest amusement park in Quebec and second largest in Canada.
  
• Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal : 110 Notre-Dame St W, Visited by nearly one million people each year, Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal is an active place of worship and an iconic heritage building.
  
• Appreciate nature at the Botanical Garden, , Address: 4101, rue Sherbrooke E., Montreal, QC The Botanical Garden is always amazing, but there's something spectacular about it when the flowers are first in bloom.
  
• Pick up some fresh groceries at Marché Jean-Talon: 7070 Henri Julien Ave, Situated in the heart of Little Italy, Jean Talon Market is one of the oldest public markets in Montréal. Inaugurated in May 1933, it was first called the Marché du Nord, but in 1983, its name was changed in honour of Jean Talon, the first intendant of New France. Village-like and family-friendly, it’s a place where generations of both merchants and customers have grown up.
  
• Le Plateau-Mont-Royal: Go native in Plateau Mont-Royal, where bespoke shopping, hip eateries, and wacky paint jobs attract locals and transplants alike, making it one of the city's most diverse and distinctly authentic experiences. A creative hub, Montreal's artistic elite pack the cafes along Rue Saint-Denis, where young painters and fashion designers draw inspiration from the playful murals and stately Victorian homes that dot the Plateau's side streets.
  
• Enjoy the city lights on an evening walk: Montréal during the day and Montréal during the night is a tale of two cities. After dark, the city transforms: the bare stone walls of Old Montréal become history projected, while the Jacques-Cartier Bridge lights up in flashes of colour over the St. Lawrence River. Building facades in the entertainment district turn into movie screens, and the power of light to trick the eye gives some of Montréal’s first buildings all new life. Here’s just a few of Montréal’s light installations you won’t want to miss.