Whether you’re ready to get out there and play, join a crowd of raving fans, or meet up with the gang to watch the big game –Montréal’s got it going on!
For Montréalers, recreation and leisure is simply a no-brainer: we bring the party to the sports field and turn all athletic activity—whether we are participating or not—into an event. It’s just a part of our fundamental approach of actively engaging in all that life has to offer.
If that means bundling up for a day of snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, skating or tobogganing smack dab in the middle of downtown on Mount Royal, we’re good to go.
Or catch us rollerblading or cycling—year-round—along hundreds of kilometres of interconnecting paths that weave across town and to the islands. You can even wheel your way through the Old Port by Segway for a change of pace.
Golf suits you to a “tee”? Many a business deal has been made on one of Montréal’s numerous courses, all located within minutes of the city centre. World-class and challenging, Tiger’s even played here.
We’re not just land animals, either. After all, we live on an island! Rafting, kayaking, sailing and swimming are within minutes of the downtown core. Our winter “water sports” turn frozen, with ice skating in the Old Port or on one of the many rinks sprinkled throughout the island.
Winter fires up with Habs hockey fever—our beloved Canadiens de Montréal—and summer roars with Alouettes football and Impact soccer. June brings the Grand Prix Formula 1 jet set while international tennis stars make a city-wide smash at the Rogers Cup in August.
