Student Housing near Downtown

Downtown (Centre-ville) is Montreal’s central business area (CBD), and it is home to the city’s biggest concentration of museums, art galleries, and shops, as well as Mont-Royal Park and Chinatown. Amber offers a wide range of options for Downtown student accommodation. Many of the listed properties have shared and private lodgings, and we provide several options for Downtown student accommodation. It is simple to locate and reserve amber student housing. With our search engine, we’ve made it easier for you to locate the ideal student housing for your requirements and budget, which allows you to look for apartments in a certain city, neighbourhood, or close to a specific institution. You may also sort the accommodations by price and distance from the school or let us recommend the best possibilities. When you reserve your ideal student housing with us, you will have a fantastic home base from which to enjoy student life and the pleasures of living in this cultural city. These Downtown student accommodation options are also close to universities such as McGill University, Concordia University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, University of Montréal, Ryerson University and HEC Montréal.

The Downtown Montreal neighbourhood is located on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal and is home to several business offices as well as the vast bulk of the city’s skyscrapers. Buildings cannot be taller than Mount Royal by legislation in order to retain the mountain’s visual supremacy and intimidating aspect. Saint Catherine Street, Canada’s busiest commercial avenue, serves as the central axis for Downtown. High-end retail in Montreal includes the Holt Renfrew Ogilvy department store and the Les Cours Mont-Royal shopping centre. Other major streets include Sherbrooke Street, Peel, de la Montagne, de Maisonneuve and Crescent. 

This Montréal neighbourhood is small enough to be explored on foot yet offers a plethora of things to see and do. It is the city’s financial centre, but it also houses three universities, three museums, and Montréal’s entertainment zone, the Quartier des Spectacles, where important festivals such as the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal take place. Strolling down Sainte-Catherine Thoroughfare, Canada’s longest commercial street will be a treat for shoppers. From there, it’s just a short walk to Montréal’s enigmatic underground city or to the top of Place Ville Marie’s observatory for a 360-degree panorama. A night on the town entails seeing a play at Place des Arts and eating at one of the three swanky new food halls.

Amber offers studios, flats, and other affordable student housing alternatives to students in and around this Montreal neighbourhood. When studying abroad, you should only select the finest. Amber offers exquisite en-suites, student flats, and studios in this area. Most of the facilities include a communal or private kitchen and various extra amenities such as gyms, gaming rooms, study areas, and WiFi. These rooms are conveniently placed in hip neighbourhoods with lots of cafés, restaurants, and businesses to select from, and they are not far from many major institutions in the area. Some of amber’s top Downtown student accommodation options include Drummond, Harrington Housing, McGill Ghetto, Gramercy, Dorchester, Sherbrooke and Harrington Housing.

After college tuition, your housing expenditures while living in Montreal will most certainly be the most expensive. To assist you in planning your budget and costs, we have offered rough estimations of a few extra fees you would have to pay when living in the city as a student. Most of these predicted prices will vary depending on personal preferences, but they are a good starting point for assessing your prospective spending.

1. Housing and bills: CA$550/month

2. Food: CA$350/month

3. Transportation: CA$80/month

4. Telephone: CA$40/month

5. Books and school supplies: CA$350/year

6. Miscellaneous: CA$200/month

Living in Montreal is made beautiful by its numerous attractions, but it also offers an outstanding public transit system, particularly for students. The public bus transit system (STM) is convenient, efficient, safe, affordable, and clean.

Walking

Weather permitting, Downtown Montreal is walkable, but be wary of furious vehicles attempting to pass through crowds of pedestrians crossing the street. The new bike lane on Boulevard de Maisonneuve allows for simple and generally safe biking into and out of Downtown Montreal. Many blocks are linked by 30 kilometres of subterranean pedestrian tunnels, arcades, and shopping complexes. When the weather outside is bad, you may wander and buy in comfort.

Rail

Downtown Montreal has two railway stations: Central Station, which provides both intercity (via Train and Amtrak) and commuter rail services of the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). Lucien-L’Allier Station is used by additional commuter trains. Student discounts are available, and single tickets cost CA$3.25 (about $2.50).

Bus

Downtown Montreal also has two bus stations: Gare d’autocars de Montréal, which serves mostly long-distance services, and Terminus Centre-Ville, which serves mostly RTL and Exo services.

Metro

The Montreal Metro has two lines that travel east-west through downtown Montreal. Line 1 (Green) runs parallel to De Maisonneuve Boulevard and serves the following stations (west to east): Atwater, Guy-Concordia, Peel, McGill, Place-des-Arts, Saint-Laurent, and Berri-UQAM. Line 2 (Orange) runs a few blocks south of the Green Line, serving Lucien-L’Allier, Bonaventure, Square-Victoria-OACI, Place-d’Armes, Champ-de-Mars, and Berri-UQAM from west to east.