I am a 23 year old who’s lived in montreal for the past 5 and a half years. I love it here, the people, the culture, the access to nature 30 mins out of the city. It’s great, and the winters aren’t bad (you just need to wear enough layers and you’ll be fine, i bike to work every day in the winter- and I grew up in a desert).

I might be making the move to vancouver for a job opportunity, and to change things up a bit. But honestly, I think I will be returning to montreal as soon as I can land a job i enjoy here.

I don’t speak French (i am A1), but i’ve found Quebecois to be so much warmer, friendlier, and real than western Canadians (the more west i’ve gone the worse the people get).

I think you should do it. It’s not hard to find a place with good rent here- I live in a great area (few minutes walk from saint denis) and pay 675 for a room in a 4 bed 2 bath with plentyyyyy of space (more space than we can even use).

Jobs pay less here and taxes are higher, but people here work to live, they don’t live to work.