{"id":27388,"date":"2015-03-15T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=27388"},"modified":"2019-07-15T14:22:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:22:51","slug":"living-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/15\/living-in-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27391\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10757619535_36c3f8d2a5_z.jpg\" alt=\"Montreal skyline\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10757619535_36c3f8d2a5_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/10757619535_36c3f8d2a5_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bienvenue \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al! <a title=\"Montreal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Truck-Rentals\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trucks&amp;utm_content=20150315-livinginmontreal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal<\/a> is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the ninth-largest city in North America. Needless to say, there is plenty to do and see in The City of Saints. Here\u2019s what you need to know about living in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Locations\/Quebec\/Montreal\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=movinginsider&amp;utm_content=20150315-livinginmontreal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<strong>Weather<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Canadian winters are famously cold. Montreal is no exception with winter temperatures averaging -9\u00b0C (15\u00b0F) and bringing cold, windy and icy conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Spring and fall are typically very mild with an occasional extreme climate shift, especially in the spring. Rising heat waves toward the end of spring usually introduce \u201cIndian Summers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Summers in Montreal are humid with temperatures rising to an average of 26\u00b0C (78\u00b0F).<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<strong>Places to visit<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Montreal Biosphere\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ec.gc.ca\/biosphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal Biosphere<\/a>: Now in its 15<sup>th<\/sup> year as a museum, the Biosphere is devoted to\u00a0environmental education.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Notre-Dame Basilica\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basiliquenotredame.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre-Dame Basilica<\/a>: Founded in 1642, the chapel is a major part of Montreal\u2019s\u00a0 Catholic heritage.<\/li>\n<li>Rue Saint-Paul: Montreal\u2019s oldest street is paved with cobblestones and home to other\u00a0famous landmarks, such as Bonsecours Market and Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secour Chapel.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Underground City\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtl.org\/en\/experience\/guide-underground-city-shopping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underground City<\/a>: Officially known as R\u00c9SO, Underground City is a set of\u00a0 interconnected \u201ctunnels.\u201d It spans over 32 km (20 miles) and is home to shopping\u00a0malls, apartment buildings, hotels, businesses, an amphitheater and universities.\u00a0It\u2019s even a transportation hub allowing access to seven metro stations and a bus\u00a0terminal.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mount Royal\" href=\"https:\/\/lemontroyal.qc.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Royal<\/a>: The jewel of Montreal\u2019s city parks is the city\u2019s highest peak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Getting around<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The <a title=\"STM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stm.info\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transport de Montr\u00e9al<\/a> (STM) is the go-to for getting around Montreal. Public transportation options include the metro, busses and shared taxi busses. You can check schedules and fares on their site. They even offer The OPUS Card, which allows its users to charge all STM transit fares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have any suggestions for Montreal newcomers? Share them with us in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bienvenue \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al! Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the ninth-largest city in North America. Needless to say, there is plenty to do and see in The City of Saints. Here\u2019s what you need to know about living in Montreal. \u00a0Weather Canadian winters are famously [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":27391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1312,1666,1665,7],"tags":[1240,1667,1668,1669,174],"class_list":["post-27388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada-local","category-montreal","category-quebec","category-tips-tricks","tag-canada","tag-living-in-montreal","tag-montreal","tag-quebec","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27388"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50498,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27388\/revisions\/50498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}