Thank GOD! A good video, with really helpful information! Definitely, we will watch you a lot. My wife and I are moving there in the next 6ish months. This is the first video we watch and was amazing the tips.
Thanks for this--as someone living in Montreal since 1992, I can say that everything is pretty accurate & true. The only thing I could add is frenglish (We like to mix both languages in the same sentence). But you mentionned it with your dep example. As we used to say here, we like to meet in the middle. Great list that you've done. I've subscribed & I'll be sure to watch other videos from your channel.
Haha... I love your take on Montreal. I'm finally moving back in a couple of months and it's nice to see that some things haven't changed lol. I love your name by the way! :D
@@ThisisYulia Oh my god! I didn't want to leave! I am making plans to move there now - I have completely fallen in love with the city. Thanks again for your videos - they help me to prepare.
The French immersion program run by English Montreal School Board is a success. The kids of my relatives are trilingual. They are using French (instead of English) in some subject classes.
A little classical music would be great with a cup of coffee sir ... Really very nice and relaxing .. 👍🏻. I have some suggestions if you go into the cafe and have a hot drink while showing the snow from the window, that would be great 😊
The Russians I have met are surprised that Canadians do not tolerate the cold very well. It makes sense, since Canada was colonized by France and then England. This was only 500 years ago. The French and English are both not people from cold countries. The only people in Canada who really know the cold are the Inuit (Eskimos) and the Amerindians. They have been here for at least 12 000 years, not 500, LOL. "Piégé dans son ventre glacé, écrasé par sa longueur, le Québécois connaît l'hiver, mais ne l'a pas apprivoisé...'' 🙂.
@@ThisisYulia welcomed dear you got such a nice vlog I really find useful info while watching your videos since we are trying our luck in migrating to Canada 🙂 to Québec to be exact 😉
If you want to live in Québec and don't intend to learn french if you don't already know it, stay home. If you were going to Mexico you would learn Spanish, right? It's the same here. If you intend to go live somewhere avoiding to learn the local language and prefer to live in english thinking that people will always accomodate you, choose a place where you can fully live in english, that will be easy to find in North America.
I kinda agree with you but not really. for me French is the 4th language, so I’d rather speak English if I can. I feel like you need to know at least the basics of French to integrate better 👌🏼
i agree with you but montreal is the exception or the oxy moron. Similar to how quebec is the exception in Canada (New brunswick is 50 50 yea but still english is accepted as they run everything in both languages), montreal has traditionally been divided by st laurent street where west is more english and east is more english. Plenty of areas also like westmount, TMR, cote saint luc, west island, laval these days, montreal west (are suburbs) etc are predominantly english; so if you intend to stay in montreal and have little incentive to leave the greater montreal area you can make do with only English. HOwever yes it is one's best interest to learn French and I would say it is also in one's best interest to learn English as rest of Canada is english, and having career options definately help knowing both languages. I honestly believe that New Brunswick got it right where both languages are used in an official capacity, but Montreal end of the day is both English and french.
Justement Montréal peut être pénible pour ce genre de personne qui s'y installent sachant qu'elles n'ont et n'auront aucun intérêt pour la langue et la culture française, et qui même le revendiquent (comme ici). Je ne sais pas ce qui est le plus triste, sa bêtise à elle ou bien celle des "Québécois" qui y participent ? Peut-être de la simple provoc gratuite d'une personne acculturée et perdue dans la belle province.
Actually, I know people who arrived in Montreal already knowing French as a second, third, fourth language etc... but who subsequently lost their French over time whilst living here. Sad but true. This applies to Montreal only, though, not the rest of the province of Quebec.
@@tanbir11 That is right. Montreal's slogan is "Concordia Salus" (which essentially means "Harmony between French and English"). Everything is available in both English and French : newspapers, magazines, radio/TV programs, schools, universities, hospitals etc... you name it. I know people who were born here and who only know a few words of French. They call Montreal "Two Solitudes". The two main language groups know very little about each other, even after centuries of co-existence. Of course there are many ethnic communities, most of which side with the English speakers, even though they might already know French. They see themselves as living in Canada/North America first, and Quebec second. The old-stock Québécois see them as outsiders. Even people from France are seen this way.
I love Quebec especially Montreal i wish visit it My mother tounge is Arabic And English 2nd language If i move to Montreal I will learn french 🔥 ........ From Jordan ❤
Merci, Yulie. Going to Montreal in May. Can you recommended some restaurants? Im am not interested in Michelin star restaurants. Just good food for the average eater.😉
To be fair, you should avoid just about any other restaurant/shop on Jacques-Cartier. Montréal's highest concentration of tourist traps without a doubt
because prices change every year. check my other video about apartment and there to find them: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zSMB0q4r4pA.html
Yes, totally agree. Place Jacques-Cartier is a tourist trap. Do not eat there. Expensive menu items that taste terrible served by a blasé staff. It is already much better on the side streets. There are really good restaurant in Old Montreal. Take the time to look for them. Just avoid Place Jacques-Cartier when it comes to restaurants.
I love Montréal. At night it turns into the devil’s playground. The architecture, the food and the night life is outstanding. No city in Canada even comes close. Let’s be honest, Quebec is a fantastic place. Lots of mountains, farm land and then Montréal. What a life! Never seen a city with so much passion.
@@tamaralouisasaintil7419 Montreal has a passion for life like you never see elsewhere in the world. It’s European and American with it’s own approach to life. Montréal has a soul that you easily fall in love with. Toronto is just a generic city with no cultural identity. It piggybacks United-States for practically everything. Sorry but Toronto brings no flavour to the table.
@@californiabob3231 I was born there and i live in Montréal. To each their own but there’s plenty of cities around the world with wayyyyyyyyy more “passion” than Montréal (even though i don’t really see the passion in Montréal) It’s pretty bland. I do believe that Toronto is a way nicer city than Montréal. It’s funny to me that people would think that about here. I’m glad you like our city tho!
Oh, I remember these wonderful road signs!🙀 But after many years of living in Moscow, we were probably ready and easily dealt with them😸 Or maybe we were just lucky:)))
unless you know someone who can get you into a job, you need to be able to speak/write/read French to work in Montreal/Quebec. Every job ad listed say bilingual required. If you are a student there is more allowance for not speaking a lot of French, and it is true that many people speak English (esp in English neighbourhoods), but French is the main language. I highly suggest learning the language before you come here.
@@ThisisYulia Ca va bientot changer... With such "avoidance" attitudes the province is voting and will vote new laws to impose French to dodgers. On a ce que l'on mérite...
In tech industry, many customers are American or international anyways. Companies hire graduates from all over Canada. One big problem is that software comments are often spelled incorrectly by French Canadians because many French and English words are very similar in spelling. That is why they have software quality assurance.
Really in Montreal your not allowed to turn right thats odd in alberta you can if you come to a complete stop and look both ways then you can turn right!
Salut! J’écris en français car mon anglais écrit est probablement égal ou de moins bonne qualité que la traduction offerte. Seulement préciser que c’est seulement à Montréal, donc sur l’iles. Le reste du Québec on peut tourner à droite sur le feu de circulation qui est rouge. Sauf si un panneau l’interdit.
Can make a video about British Columbia region(cons and pros) Also planning to Take diploma in Lambton college, Mississauga, Toronto can u help about stats of that place
Is it possible to find a part time job as a student in Montreal without speaking French? I think I'll start learning French prior to coming, but it probably will be really basic.
It's not such a good start if you already have a negative perspective. Soyez optimiste ! The Québécois will like you even better if you are "motivée de découvrir la langue et la culture française au Québec". Always "commencer par un bonjour"...
@@ThisisYulia I think If I study English in university I think 💭 I might get a final admission If I study English from 6 months to 12 months. With out ielts
English colleges are Vanier, Dawson, John Abbot, and Marianopolis. Starting in September 2024, students of English colleges need to take five (3 additional + 2 existing) French second language classes to graduate. Starting on 1st Sept 2023, graduates of private unsubsidized colleges in Quebec will no longer qualify for PGWP. There are 48 such establishments listed in Quebec website.
@@jandron94 Enjoy it why you're still allowed some slack to pass absurd laws like this. The era of special Frenchie rights was fun while it lasted but the momentum is gone, indigenous people are Canada's new pets now.
If you dont want to speak french, dont move to Quebec please we want people who speak French here, not creating an English ghetto in Montreal. I have zero tolerance for people coming here and not make the effort to speak and learn french.
