Post secondary Education in Montreal

1POSTS

6 years ago

Hi there,
We are UK and Canadian Citizens, planning to move back to Canada in 2023. We are form the UK, then used to live in Toronto, then lived in the UK again for a long time so Montreal will be new!
Our youngest will be 16 at our planned time of moving and have just finished GCSEs. We would like her to be able to go to college, but her French is NOT strong. She is not mega academic, but is very artistic. Can anyone recommend an English speaking post-secondary college? Also, if we live somewhere like La Plateau will that be tough on her without fluent French? We thought somewhere central like that may be more fun for her to be and more buzzy. Any advice appreciated!
Thanks!

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Abdel VIP Member

475POSTS

6 years ago

Hello,

When I used to live in Montréal, I heard about those two institutions:

Cégep Marie-Victorin (section anglophone)
Adresse
7000, rue Marie-Victorin
Montréal (Québec) H1G 2J6

Collège Dawson
Adresse:
3040, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H3Z 1A4

The first is somehow far away from the center of Montréal, it’s in Montréal-Nord. The second is around Dow-town close to métro Atwater.

The best is to surf on their website , check about all information you would need, and send email (or even call) to the administration and get more clarifications .

Also, check the map and think about where those are and where your future house/apartment would be.

Wish you good luck.

Regards

Abdel

Isabelle_Bernard New member

4POSTS

5 years ago

Dawson College is indeed the main English CEGEP in Montréal. CEGEP is a step between high-school and University. Your daughter can pick either a 3 year technical program or a 2 years pre-university program. https://www.cegepsquebec.ca/en/cegeps/c … n-college/
Then the 2 English-speaking Universities are Concordia U. and McGill U.

As for the neighborhood, English is understood by the majority of residents everywhere in Montreal. Anyone working with customer service has to be bilingual. Saint-Laurent is a street crossing Montréal from North to South in the center. In general, the more you go West, the more English it is and the more you go East the more French. Keep in mind that about 40% of people living in Montreal don't have French as a native language and a lot of them have English as their native language.

The Plateau Mont-Royal is the neighborhood with the largest French from France community (they tend to be less fluent in English), and it's one of the most expensive district of Montréal. The west of Plateau Montreal (Mile-End district) has more Anglophones.
I'm not sure langage should be the reason you chose one specific neighborhood as you can get along with any of the 2 languages anywhere in the city.