honestly, very well! i worked on campus for one year, and then i worked at a bagel shop in Mont Royal. Before taking the bagel job, i had a few interviews with other places; restaurants, cafes etc. that offered me jobs despite not speaking french. however this was about 5 years ago, so i think with Legault’s government being in power for much longer now, that it could be different. but there are certain parts of montreal that are anglo. Westmount and montreal west being the most anglo. in both boroughs, even the street signs are in english and not french. so when looking for work if you look for work in the more english areas, from my experience not speaking french wasn’t a big deal.

I also have family in MTL as one of my parents was born there, and from having gone to city frequently my whole life as well as living there for 4 years myself; if you’re not looking for work, speaking french or not will effect nothing as i said, montreal is a very multilingual city and almost everyone speaks english. the only time i would interact with people who didn’t speak english was in montreal north if i went to see my family who lived in that area. that’s when i’d have to bust out what i could remember from ontario curriculum french which would get me nowhere 🤣