Families/Guests – should enter the venue from the Centennial Centre Main Entrance, where tickets will be scanned and head to the Ballroom on the 2nd floor.
Graduates – should enter from the Centennial Centre Main Entrance with their line-up cards and regalia, and head to the Ceilidh to line up for the ceremony.
Members of the Platform Party (e.g. senior executives, academics, honorary degree recipients, award winners), staff and volunteers – should enter from the Centennial Centre Main Entrance and head to designated location shared with them in the ceremony instructions.
Shuttle Service
Complimentary shuttle service will be available for all graduates, families and guests. The service will be available on June 4 with the bus leaving from 680 Sherbrooke W. and heading to Mac Campus (Centennial Centre). After the ceremony, the bus would return to 680 Sherbrooke W. The June 4 shuttle schedule will be posted here closer to the ceremony date.
Car/Taxi Drop-off
You can get dropped off at the Centennial Centre by car or taxi. The venue is located at 21111 Lakeshore Rd, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9.
Drop-offs would be in the parking area behind the building, and you would need to walk around using the walking paths to access the main entrance (see above photo).
Metro/Bus/Train
To get to Macdonald Campus from downtown by metro and bus, you would need to get to Lionel Groulx metro station and then take buses 211, 405 or 411 and get off at the Sainte-Anne/Terminus Macdonald stop.
Public transportation in the city is handled by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).
Fares: Learn more about STM transit fares.
You can also take the EXO Commuter train-Hudson/Vaudreuil line from the Lucien-L’allier or Vendome stations to the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Station, which is the closest stop to Macdonald Campus
Fares: Learn more about the EXO fares
Airport
McGill’s Macdonald Campus is 20 minutes away from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport. You can travel to Macdonald Campus by Taxi, Uber or Eva.
Parking
There is limited visitor parking available at Macdonald Campus.
Please visit the parking website for details on how to purchase a pass for convocation.