What Living in Montreal is REALLY Like (NDG Montreal Vlog)

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A Day in NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce), without a doubt one of Montreal's most underrated neighbourhoods. I explore NDG with Leigh, a local to NDG who moved to Montreal from the US when she was younger. NDG is a residential area of Montreal, that looks great to live or visit.

0:00 - Neighbourhood Tour of Montreal's NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)
13:26 - Behind the Scenes
17:15 - How to Support The New Travel

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MAP OF OUR WALK THROUGH NDG:

Yummy NDG lunch spot:

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[sundriedolive]

NDG is in my opinion the hidden gem of mtl. I moved here in 2017 after a lonely first year in the city and immediately felt so accepted and enveloped by the community. Getting a job in this neighbourhood and being introduced to the local crowd changed my life, for many years I actually watered one of my regular's plants while she went away in the winter! Best food, best people, diverse and loving community. I seriously can't say enough about NDG.

[mauricegauvin]

I stumbled upon your channel by accident, but I enjoyed seeing how someone new to the city sees it with fresh eyes. I was born outside of Montreal, moved to the South Shore with my family and as soon as I could moved into the city in the early 1980s. I worked, studied and partied all throughout the city until opportunities brought me to Ottawa, Whistler and Kingston. Through it all I would come back to see family and friends and feel the vibe again. It's always in motion, hot spots come and go, trends change, neighborhoods evolve and that all adds to the mix. I came back again in the winter of 2019 only to find my old hood of NDG still standing, but much ... much more expensive than my old student days. Still, with a bit of searching, I found something that people in Toronto, or Vancouver would die for. "The Deege" is still in my opinion one of the best neighborhoods in MTL.

[logeluan]

As always, fantastic video: you never disappoint.

[sophielachapelle]

Whaaatt you guys passed by two of the main gems of NDG : The Corean - Japanese Grocery and Akhavan, a Middle-Est grocery right beside (corner of Sherbrooke and Beaconsfield)! If you are around... Don't miss going there!

[danf]

0:51 that'd be the GLEN hospital :). It's cool to see my old stomping ground (from 1991 to 2010) I lived on Benny, Grand, Decarie and NorthCliffe which was just a street over from Vendome. Spent my youth there attending higshool/cegep and university. While quite a few things have changed some stayed the same. So many good memories.

[susiex]

My parents moved from Massachusetts to Montreal when I was two, in the late 70s, and settled in NDG. Ive lived in this neighborhood all my life and for as long as I live in Montreal, will never leave. Protect this neighborhood and keep it from becoming a gentrified hellhole, its a gem.

[Dan-pdys]

Very solid video. I’m a native anglophone Montrealer and I will say that the anglophone community spends a lot of time in NDG, especially in the Monkland Village and Sherbrooke areas. Others do too but definitely one of the more anglophone and multicultural neighbourhoods. Tons of pubs, restaurants, cafés, chill atmosphere. You explored a good chunk of it!

[DigitalMentorGroup]

Grew up in NDG, near Monkland, and you've stirred some incredible memories for me. Thanks!

[m.e.]

Glad you found the neighborhood. It's great in it's walkability and full of small shops and restaurants. You missed chalet BBQ though which is legendary in the area. I'm happy la louisiane is still there after 20+ yrs. Had a good birthday dinner there once. The Empress used to be cinema 5, a repertory theatre and I saw lots of films there like The Terminator. It had a great interior and if you sat in the front row you could put your feet up on the stage and dump your coats and bags there in the winter. Too bad it's been left to fall apart like that. The neighbourhood has always been great, but recently rents have been going up and people are being priced out like one guy in the news who has to move to Brossard.
You should check out Cote de neiges next!
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[SkooksLaster]

4:30 is my favorite park, the Park Girouard.

6:14 Monkland is honestly my favorite street som many places that are so convinient and you can walk on any road and feel like this neigborhood is so welcoming.Also that particular corner shown at 6:14 has my favorite restauraunt: Al Dente

9:00 that Esposito has probabluy gone out of stock of kitkats the amount of times i stole some as a kid.

10:21 fun fact that restaurant was open only for like 8months so they were pretty lucky to be there at that time.

11:24 ahh the Benny library just infront of it is the swimming center were i stole so many lost and found goggles


im getting so nostalgic ahh I LOVE MY CHILDHOOD!! i love seeing all of this

[AvroBellow]

DUDE! YOU MISSED CHELET BAR-B-Q!!! How does one walk so close to Chalet Bar-B-Q and not get drawn in by the smell? It's like walking down Atwater and not noticing the Forum!

Ah NDG (aka No Damn Good)! The neighbourhood that William Shatner, Jay Baruschel and I all call home!

That mural next to the Provi-Soir (or as it is now known, Couche-Tard) on Sherbrooke at Madison is very well-known. Our Lady of Grace! The mural with the child and the Rubik's Cube is my favourite and I didn't know what it was called until now. I think that it's on the northeast corner of Sherbrooke and Decarie Boulevard facing west not too far from the border with Westmount. You can see it from the legendary Chalet Bar-B-Q at the corner of Sherbrooke and Addington on the west side of the Decarie Expressway.

Hahaha, Vendome Station. It looks like a moon base. It's pronounced "Von-Dome" and it's one of two stations in NDG. The massive modern-looking multicoloured building is the Montreal SuperHospital. The other Metro Station is Villa-Maria which is on the east side of the Decarie at Monkland. It has a red/orange/yellow colour theme with some circles of those colours (and for some reason, also purple). Vendome is a short walk down a few steps and is right under the street but Villa-Maria is DEEP because the gradient of the land rises considerably as you go north. This is especially noticeable on Girouard between Sherbrooke and Terrebonne.

NDG is incredibly beautiful with its huge old Sugar Maples providing somewhat of a shady canopy over the streets and avenues. They give NDG its tranquil atmosphere. The Monkland village has some great restaurants and boutiques.

NDG is one of the last bastions of Anglophone Montrealers, a stronghold that has endured despite not being on the West Island.

[DisruptedSinner]

Thanks for the Montreal area videos, I'm really enjoying them and how viewers are being included in the tours. I think this should be a regular segment even if you do revisit some areas multiple times. I'm actually moving back to Montreal after being away for almost 20 years and these videos really bring back a lot of memories. I can't wait to move back. :)

[canadious]

I am super excited to see you continue to show off each unique section of Montreal island. No one else has done it on youtube

[sierralvx]

This was beautiful! 🐢 I usually go right through this neighborhood on the bus to my friends house in West Montreal, I should walk through more often! I can't wait to run into you on the street one day!

[rochelleeallenn]

so weird seeing my street being filmed and put on YouTube !! i walked by every spot in this video 19377226 times happy to see people visiting / showing my neighbourhood i grew up in it’s so underrated!!

[macrostephanie]

My old neighbourhood, lived around the corner from that theatre, saw many great movies there over 40 years ago!

[kristinereyes]

Welcome to our neighborhood. I lived just across ndg park 🙂

[NJack-uuej]

After some reflection, I realize that a major reason I've enjoyed this lovely video so much is that it doesn’t report on a tragedy or violent crime. I hadn’t realized how over-saturated I’ve been with video footage of our beloved neighbourhoods showcasing only tragic news events or wild weather (such as the tornado-like storm that hit NDG Park in 2017, which, btw, was the last thing I remember watching about NDG until I came upon your vid). Thanks!

[stevenhiggins]

Hi Dan, I really enjoy your videos and I appreciate them. I'm also from Winnipeg, and I moved to NDG over a year ago, and your videos really helped me make my decision on where to go. As an Anglophone, NDG seemed like the best place for me to land in. I'm glad you enjoyed the area and that it treated you well, not to say that I've had a different or worse experience.
All in all, NDG is a beautiful borough and Montreal is a beautiful city with so much history and culture. I've lived here, in Hochelaga, and on the Plateau, and I've worked in Dorval, Mount Royal, and in Saint Laurent, and so far I like it here the best.

[maritimus_]

cool to see my neighbourhood and even my street in one of these videos haha