Sainte-Catherine Street

Rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal's shopping artery

The Montreal audio-guided tour takes you onto Rue Sainte-Catherine, the most important shopping street in the city. It represents the largest concentration of fashion and clothing shops in the country.

Eleven kilometres of shops and life

With its eleven kilometres and its some twelve hundred shops, Rue Sainte-Catherine is the ideal place to go shopping, as they say in Quebec. Towards the east, it comes alive with bars, theatres and restaurants, before becoming the main street of the Village, the gay district of Montreal, where the rainbow flag flies permanently. It is one of the liveliest arteries in the city.

What there is to see

Rue Sainte-Catherine concentrates department stores, fashion shops, cafés and terraces, but also many theatres and performance halls. Part of it becomes pedestrian in summer, in the heart of the Village and the Quartier des spectacles. It is the artery par excellence for feeling the pulse of Montreal life, by day and by night.

Practical information

Rue Sainte-Catherine crosses the centre of Montreal from east to west, over about eleven kilometres. It can be walked freely at all hours and on the level; some sections become pedestrian in summer. The shops, bars and theatres keep their own hours.

Why is Rue Sainte-Catherine famous?

It is the most important shopping street in Montreal, with the largest concentration of fashion shops in the country, over about eleven kilometres.

What is the Village?

The Village is the gay district of Montreal, located towards the east of Rue Sainte-Catherine, where the rainbow flag flies permanently.