Is Montreal Safe for Women?

Montreal is one of the safest cities in Canada for solo female travellers! The public transit system is extremely well designed with safety in mind and all the neighbourhoods in and around the city are very safe for women!

I feel pretty safe in Montréal, i have no problem going home alone at night as a woman. The person i would try to avoid are crackheads, particularité in certain parts of Montréal or near the train station. Otherwise, after one month here, i didn’t get any safety problem.

Montreal is a very safe city (one of the safest in the world). Of course that you always need to be careful and not put you in trouble for any reason, especially when you don't know no one in the city/province/country. But overall, I never experienced a bad situation in Montréal 🙌.

I think Montreal is fairly safe if you take reasonable precautions. You do see homeless people and some who appear to be mentally ill downtown and in the metro stations. However, these people generally leave you alone if you are minding your own business.

Many public spaces (parks, libraries, sports facilities, campus) are safe to walk around and chillax. In case of danger it’s easy to run out to public places, it’s not far, about 2-3 min of running and you’ll find yourself in an open area with lots of people. But still, it varies from neighbourhood, time and context. Most shopping centres are convenient and are safe to walk around. Coffee shops and restaurants are also safes to dines with friends.

Group travel

I was traveling with a group and still got approached by people with questionable intents, some beggars who were rude as well, so I wouldn’t say it’s entirely safe for solo traveling. Only in certain areas though, like alleys and I experienced it along Chinatown. During the day, much better, so many lively people. They still wanted to speak English so that was a relief. Did not get to interact much with the locals, unfortunately. I loved visiting Old Montreal, touristy but worth it. I had the best noodles with the biggest bowl ever, I forgot the name but definitely check that out. Poutine was bomb. Worth to visit if you are visiting Canada and are not too far away from Montreal.