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Population of 3.7 million in the metropolitan area |
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Unique gateway between the economies of Europe and America |
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Quality of the workforce: Highly qualified, multilingual (more than 80 languages spoken) |
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Cosmopolitan city in which Spanish is spoken by approximately 20% of the population |
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Presence of the Montréal Exchange, specializing in derivatives trading |
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Montréal is home to many major public and private portfolio managers |
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Reliable and modern technological, telecommunications and transportation infrastructure |
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Same time zone as New York, Boston and Toronto, with direct flights to these and other major cities |
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Recognized technological hub |
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University metropolis of Canada, with 6 universities and 450 research centres |
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Safe environment (one of the lowest crime rates in North America) |