With a Euro-vibe that goes as far back as 1642, Montréal is an incredible destination to get that faraway-feel right on your doorstep, here in North America. The city offers event attendees a magical mix of history and cutting-edge contemporary culture. For events that show off the best of both those worlds, we’ve got the venues for you.
Château Ramezay
Buttressing the busiest and most famous square in Old Montréal, Place Jacques-Cartier, Château Ramezay will invite your attendees to relive more than 500 years of history within a gorgeous Greystone building that was the first in Québec to be classified as an historic monument.
Maximum capacity: 100
Château Dufresne
The Olympic Stadium may just outside the window, but your attendees will have their eyes full of the beauty of this Beaux-Arts private home dating back to 1918. Hold your event among Château Dufresne’s luxuriously decorated domestic interiors as they were when inhabited.
Maximum capacity: 150
Marché Bonsecours
It’s been an icon on the Old Montréal skyline wince 1847 and today is a space designed to host lavish events, from intimate to large-scale. Add your own mark to Marché Bonsecours’s rich history in any of its fully-equipped multipurpose reception halls.
Maximum capacity: 975
Site historique Marguerite-Bourgeoys
Introduce your attendees to experience 2,400 years of history via the treasures encased at the Marguerite-Bourgeoys historic site. The church, from 1771, sits on a former First Nations encampment and was built upon the foundations of the city’s first stone chapel erected in 1675.
Maximum capacity: 356
Le 9e
This centrally located venue drips with glamour from within the 9th floor of the Eaton Centre. Your attendees with amaze at Le 9e’s meticulously restored Art Deco space, originally designed in 1931 to resemble the dining room of a chic transatlantic ocean liner.
Maximum capacity: 450
Maison Principale
Maison Principale is an elegant event venue housed in a renovated 1932 building that boasts 42-foot ceilings, intricate architectural details and 15 crystal chandeliers alongside the cutting-edge technology needed for any event. Expect to see glamorous selfies from all your attendees.
Maximum capacity: 750
MUMAQ — Musée des métiers d’art du Québec
The MUMAQ craft museum in the north end of Montréal drips with history in every room, through its impressive collection of objects but also its rentable event spaces. It is housed in a Neo-Gothic church originally built downtown in 1868, then dismantled and relocated, stone by stone, in 1930 to its current location.
Maximum capacity: 60
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