How is Montreal if you dont speak french? (to live in, stats)

[robertpolyglot]

Doable.

The only problems might be the transit system - no provisions for Anglophones - and the street signage - learn the days of the week in French or your car might be towed.

Also, no right turn on red on the island of Montreal.

Again, it feels just like a big North American city.

[UrbanLuis]

Hows it Montreal if your don't speak french?

If your a student going to concorida or mc gill, its ok, It doesnt matter.....If you want to acutally live and work there it kind of sucks.

[Antoyne_42]

Learning french while living in Montreal is obviously a big plus not only to find a good decent job but to participate in the cultural and social life on the city.

That being said, Montreal is not exclusively a french city. It is a bilingual city with a predominance of french. It is also a multicultural city where all kinds of people from all over the world coexist peacefulle. mainy of them do not speak french at all and are doing well. Of course if you are 60 years old it will be more difficult to learn a language but if you are 25 then it should be relatively easy. But,once again, many people living in the West Island or the West end and even downtown do not speak french at all or very little and many of them are doing very very well. It depends on your line of work, of course.

Montreal is seriously thriving at the moment and it is a great time for anyone out there to be in this city and participate in it's development and expansion. Plus, according to many, housing is muchy cheaper than most North American city therefor making it very attractive to many groups of people including artists, students and long term travellers.

[nehs]

Originally Posted by BIMBAM

Holding Metro doors open is NOT COOL and NOT ALLOWED. They close when they're supposed to close, if you can't get in you wait for the next one.

Right! I was just wonderng what this person meant by saying they don't hold the metro door. Yeaahhhhhh, right that's what New Yorkers do every single morning and delay the train. I would actually think " hey, that's cool atleast montrealers follow rules by not holding train doors".

[Annuvin]

Originally Posted by wrcousert

Why would you even consider emigrating to another country without first taking the effort to become fluent in their native language?

The language spoke by the vast majority of Canadians is English, not French. Sorry Frenchie... Quebec is a part of Canada, not the other way around.

[MexiQuebecois]

Originally Posted by Annuvin

The language spoke by the vast majority of Canadians is English, not French. Sorry Frenchie... Quebec is a part of Canada, not the other way around.

Each province decides its own official language, so Québec is in its right to say French is the sole official language, just like Alberta chooses to have English as the sole official language, and at the Federal level both English AND French are official languages. So them "Frenchies" as you call them have nothing to apologize for.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Annuvin

The language spoke by the vast majority of Canadians is English, not French. Sorry Frenchie... Quebec is a part of Canada, not the other way around.

Looking at and listening to the Canada that's outside my window here it sure seems a lot more French than English.

A wider perspective on such things is always a good idea.

[jambo101]

Coming to Quebec as a tourist can be a great experience, coming as a full time resident with the intention of learning French once you get here is not in your best interest when it comes to functioning within the French society particularly when it comes to the prospect of finding meaningful employment.
Your better option would be to move elsewhere in Canada initially and learn French there,once proficient then move to Quebec.

[Annuvin]

Originally Posted by MexiQuebecois

Each province decides its own official language, so Québec is in its right to say French is the sole official language, just like Alberta chooses to have English as the sole official language, and at the Federal level both English AND French are official languages. So them "Frenchies" as you call them have nothing to apologize for.

Good lord...

Originally Posted by Acajack

Looking at and listening to the Canada that's outside my window here it sure seems a lot more French than English.

A wider perspective on such things is always a good idea.

Unless you are in Quebec or some tiny hamlet in Northern Ontario, English is the most widely spoken language in Canada. Seriously, Quebec IS NOT the epicenter of Canada. In fact, it is a dying culture that is bankrupting itself into oblivion by trying to pretend that the French language is still relevant.

[midnightjack]

Originally Posted by Annuvin

Good lord...



Unless you are in Quebec or some tiny hamlet in Northern Ontario, English is the most widely spoken language in Canada. Seriously, Quebec IS NOT the epicenter of Canada. In fact, it is a dying culture that is bankrupting itself into oblivion by trying to pretend that the French language is still relevant.

Yeah, your language and your american culture is THE BEST IN THE WORLD, and the color you like the most is the BEST COLOR IN THE WORLD and where you live is the best city in the world : please stay there !