Montreal Christmas Market 2023

Montreal Christmas Market 2023

Christmas Markets, local products, festive circuits, and fabulous settings, discover the unmissable events to visit during the Montreal Christmas season.

• Visiting Montreal? Le Square Phillips Hôtel & Suites, is a 4 star hotel rated “Superb” by guests and offering great rates, spacious rooms and a pool. It is located close to the gay village and the Christmas markets.

Christmas in Montreal

• With the soft snowflakes landing on your palm and cosy log cabins offering mulled wine and hot cocoa, there is no better place to be than in the heart of Quartier Latin, in downtown Montreal.

Le Grand Marché de Noël

• The Montreal Christmas Village takes over the Atwater Market in late November with European style chalets featuring Holiday treats and trinkets. Enjoy a trip to Santa’s workshop, buy a Christmas tree, sample Sugar Shack fare, and—catch choir performances and live shows throughout the evening.
• Montreal’s Grand Marché de Noël also offers excellent gift shopping and stunning illumination of historic downtown streets. Seventy stalls sell decorations, artisan, and local products in a traditional holiday market setting.
• Book a room at the luxurious Le Mount Stephen for a genuinely fabulous festive escape housed in a historic mansion dating from 1880, beautifully decorated for the Holiday Season and offering the perfect location for exploring the best of Montreal.
• The Christmas Market is a 15-minute taxi ride from Montreal’s famous gay village.

Christmas Spirit at the Gay Village

• Montreal’s compact Gay Village has an upbeat vibe and a lively club scene that turns festive in late November.
• The main drag, Rue Sainte-Catherine, is home to the city’s most famous gay bars and eateries.
• Rue Amherst is known for its boutiques and antique shops. Nearby, the neoclassical Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Church contains the Chapel of Hope, dedicated to those who have died from AIDS.

Merry Montréal in Old Montréal’s Place Jacques-Cartier.

• This atmospheric Market has friendly outdoor fire pits, warm wine, and live music. Visitors can browse dozens of stalls offering candles, crafts, gifts, and accessories. Merry Montreal is host to the biggest New Year’s Eve party in the neighbourhood.

Light at Luminothérapie

• Interact with luminous art exhibitions at the Luminothérapie in the Quartier des Spectacles, a perfect seasonal treat.

Noel dan le Parc

• You can feel the Christmas spirit when you enter the small log villages at Noel dan le Parc located in the heart of downtown Montreal. Discover a welcoming ancestral village with swing seats, seesaws, a sheep pen, wishing trees and even motorized carts.
• The Market features a cheerful canteen where you can enjoy hot beverages, sausages and marshmallows; you can even grill them to your standards around a bonfire! The atmosphere is festive: circus artists, fire eaters, storytellers, clowns, giant puppets and many other activities to entertain young and old throughout December.

Fireworks in Old Montreal

• On Saturday nights in December, the sky comes alive with lights accompanied by music from award-winning composers.

Where to stay in Montreal?

The following hotels are all close to the city’s top attractions and nearby gay village

Sofitel Montreal,    Hôtel Le Cantlie,    Le St-Martin Hotel,   Hotel Zero 1