Attention Canadians!!?

Question

I'm going to Canada next yr on a working holiday..and i cant decide on which city...out of Toronto, Vancouver or montreal??? Your opinions please!!

I want a city with an awesome night life & plenty of stuff to do...

Also, if i choose montreal can i get by with not knowing any French??

:)

Answer 1

Go to Toronto Yonge Street (longest street in the world) it's very close to many attractions in Toronto,there are plenty of great night clubs,bars etc and don't forget to go to the Eaton Centre and visit CN tower (world's tallest building).Hope you have a great time in a great city :) GTA

Answer 2

Each definitely has its charms.... for example if you want AUTHENTIC Chinese food, Vancouver is the best place to look!  But, overall i'd have to go with Montreal; it has the most vibrant cultural scene of any city in Canada, and exudes a semi-European, very sophisticated vibe that Toronto just can't match. (The Metro (subway) system is better also!).  If you learn a BIT of French and make an honest effort to use it, most Montrealers will meet you more than halfway - but in most "hot spots" there will be folks who speak English anyway. Montreal has the best Jazz in Canada also, i might add.  Be careful around traffic, however: that "European flavor" extends to the driving style: i think drivers there get points added to their liscence instead of subtracted, if they run over pedestrians - that's what it feels like anyway :--).

From equally charming New Scotland,

Ross mayhew.

Answer 3

go to toronto!! its like LA

Answer 4

Vancouver so much to do there it's a real beach place with lots of culture

Answer 5

Montreal definitely has the best nightlife and not being able to speak English won't be an issue...people are amazingly friendly there, you will have a blast on Crescent street!!  ;)

Answer 6

Only people from Toronto like it. The rest of Canada (and the world) enjoys anywhere BUT Toronto.

I'm an anglophone originally from Western Canada (Calgary), and I've travelled all over the world (over 50 countries). My favourite city is Montreal. It has the best restaurants, music (many, many music festivals, including one of the world's best jazz festivals), winter snow festivals, nightlife (it is Canada's city that doesn't sleep), culture and sport. (Whether or not you like Al Gore, he recently went to a Montreal Canadiens hockey game, and told reporters he had never seen fans as amazing as that in any sport anywhere in the world ... this is a pretty common thing for visitors to say about the city's love of its sport).

Montreal is a truly bilingual city and, believe it or not, there are people who have lived in the city for their entire lives without knowing any French. If you learn a bit of French and try it out whenever you can, people will appreciate it (and it's a great way of making friends), but it's not absolutely necessary. It is a place where some people have conversations in one or both languages interchangably, to the point where the unofficial lingua franca is 'franglais', a mixture of both languages.

I hope you'll give it a try! You won't regret it.

Answer 7

I've been to all three cities, at different stages in my life. Montreal seems to be the most nightlife orientated city in my books. It just screems cultural vibe and canadian identity with a unique Quebecor feel. Toronto is a more New York style city, whereas Montreal would be similar to New Orleans perhaps? Vancouver is wonderful too, but i'm not too familiar with the night life there - It is a culturally rich  and diverse city with the scenery to gaze upon - if you're interested in immense scenery and a vivid city go with Vancouver!

Answer 8

I'd say Vancouver or Montreal

Answer 9

all three cities are good but you need French to get along in Montreal.  I've been to all three and I perfer Toronto, Vancouver and if I have to go Montreal