Current conditions

 Main economic hubs

Four hubs of economic activity on the harbourfront

• Civic and institutional
• Industrial-port operations
• Recreational and tourism
• Film-television-multimedia

Civic and institutional hub

Administrative district

Palais des Congrès, PM.

Administrative district

• Civic and institutional district in Old Montréal
• Château Ramsay, City Hall, Courthouse, Sulpician Seminary and Notre-Dame Basilica

Quartier international

• Institutional district enhanced by the Quartier international de Montréal
• ICAO, WTC, Caisse de dépôt, Palais des Congrès

Industry and port operations hub

Alstom

Basins area

A crucible of industrialization in Canada and the central industrial role of the Montréal Harbour

This hub has undergone huge changes over the past
half century

• Opening of the Seaway in 1959
• Port operations converted to container transport
• International container-handling operations shifted eastward
• Port operations still present on the harbourfront

Recreational and tourism hub

Old Port

Place Jacques-Cartier

• Old Montréal: 12 million visitors/year
• Old Port: 8 of the 12 million visitors/year
• Jean Drapeau Park: 10 million visitors/year
• Lachine Canal: 1 million visitors/year

Concentrated attractions

• In the heart of Old Montréal, within a radius of 500 m around Place Jacques-Cartier
• At the Casino, for Jean Drapeau Park

Film, television and multimedia hub

Cité Multimédia, SHM.

• Emerging for a number of years now downtown, and on the harbourfront in particular
• Main broadcasters present
• Film studios and film and television production
• Cité Multimédia
• Educational institutions
• Exhibition and performance venues