Canada operates on the metric system of weights and measures. Visitors will find weather temperature reports given in degrees Celsius, gasoline sold by the litre (milk and wine by millilitres and litres) grocery items in grams and kilograms, fabric lengths in metres, and road speeds posted in kilometres per hour.

1OC=33.8OF
1 meter=1.094 yard
1 km=0.62 mile
1 mile=1.61 km
1 pound=453.6 grams
1 liter=0.22 gallon

Most downtown shopping complexes have their own underground parking lots. The city also runs many lots with thousands of spaces and the commercial arteries all have parking meters with varying hourly rates. Street signs show where parking is allowed and when.

Montreal is the second largest metropolitan centre in Canada and the largest French-speaking city outside France. Approximately one million seven hundred thousand people live on the island and over three million three hundred thousand in the greater metropolitan area. The city of Montreal has an area of 177 square kilometres; the island of Montreal, 494 square kilometres and the greater metropolitan region, 3,509 square kilometres.