Questions About Toronto & Montreal (to eat, best, cities)

[f1000]

We will be visiting Toronto, Montreal & Quebec City during mid-August. What kind of weather can we expect to encounter?

Also, how far is the drive between Montreal & Quebec City, and are there any noteworthy stops along the route- furthermore, how are the highway signs for a non-French-speaking individual? Thanks

[evanusc]

weather is all three cities should be quite pleasant in Mid August, mostly in the mid 20's I suppose.
Toronto to Montreal is about a 7 hour drive, and Quebec city another 2 hours.
I have never been to Quebec yet, but was told that the minute you enter the border, all signs suddenly changed from bilingual to pure French. It was quite a shock for him.

[pureistheword]

I drove up from the NY border to Montreal once. I was ok with signs, it might help to learn some basic words for it. For me,the hard part was that instead of miles per hour, they use km/h.

[america_dude]

Most speedometers display km/hr in a smaller font underneath the mph, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Basically 100 km/hr is more or less 60 mph.

If you're going in mid-August, plan for the worst (hot and humid, 35 C or 100 F) but hope for the best (20 C or 75 F). In Montreal and Toronto in mid-August, either is possible.

Highway signs in Quebec are in French, but they generally use the same symbols as in America. So a stop sign, for example, would still be a red octagon, but it would say "Arrêt" in the middle instead of "Stop". You shouldn't have too much trouble.

[GucciLittlePiggie]

Originally Posted by f1000

We will be visiting Toronto, Montreal & Quebec City during mid-August. What kind of weather can we expect to encounter?

Also, how far is the drive between Montreal & Quebec City, and are there any noteworthy stops along the route- furthermore, how are the highway signs for a non-French-speaking individual? Thanks

According to maps.google.com: 251 km – about 2 hours 48 mins
I can't speak as to your preferences, but as someone who has made the drive a half dozen times, I've never found the need/desire to make a stop. I did stop in Drummondville once and couldn't find an ATM or anywhere to eat. I think I did something wrong, though.

As for the weather, Toronto's August average is 56-77ºF, Montreal is the same, and Quebec is a couple degrees cooler. I don't think 100ºF is something to ever expect. I've been to Quebec in late August and it felt like autumn.

I've never had a problem with highway signs, although I do speak a bit of French. My VW inexplicably did not have km on the speedometer, though. But yeah, Sortie mean Exit, Pont means Bridge, and Arrêt means Stop. That's all you need to know. Just watch out for flashing green lights. They're sort of like green arrows for making a left turn at an intersection.

I'll be visiting Toronto soon, too. Maybe I'll bump into you...