Living in Montreal - Living in Gatineau

Housing in Montreal

If you have applied for university housing in Montreal, please check your Minerva account for specific details regarding your housing application.  You can also consult the Student Housing website for additional details.

For on-campus and off-campus housing, including shared lodging, you can view the McGill Student Housing site for information. The site offers many resources including apartment listings, tenant rights/legal info, and other useful tips and resources.  

About Montreal

Something to note is that Montréal Island and the City of Montréal are not the same.  The city of Montreal is divided into 19 boroughs. Many services like public transit (STM), and emergency services are shared across the whole island.  Other resources include:

• Tourisme Montréal Tourism - official website for Montréal Tourism; including listing of festivals and hot spots.
• Ville de Montréal - the official portal for the City of Montréal.
• Société de transport de Montréal (STM) - Montréal public transit system.

The McGill First Year Office offers a Montreal Essentials resource to help you, including a guide about the cost of living in Montréal.

If you are new to Québec or Canada, there is a Learning about Québec guide available from Immigration Québec.

Clerkship

New 3rd year Integrated Clerkship opportunities are currently being developed in the local area and throughout the RUISSS McGill territory. Clinical placements are at bilingual or francophone sites. Students should be prepared to do some commuting for required rotations and to benefit from the wide range of experiences at these excellent clinical sites.  Please consult the Distributed Medical Education site for information. You are encouraged to speak to the current medicine students when you are looking at where to live while studying at McGill.  

Housing in Gatineau

You can search the Logis Quebec website, and enter Gatineau and the type of housing you are seeking (eg: condos, apartment, room), to view the listings.

Here are other sites you can consult: Logements Gatineau; Louer.ca; Pour louer; Logement à louer; CALOUER.com; Location.DuProprio.com; Tonlogis.ca; Versailles.ca; La Régie du logement; ​​​​​​HOMgatineau.com

About Gatineau

• Tourisme Outaouais – official website for Outaouais Tourism; including listing of festivals and hot spots.
• Ville de Gatineau - the official portal of the City of Gatineau.
• Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) - Outaouais public transit system.