The Venue
The Montreal Impact play their home matches at Stade Saputo. It was built back in 2007 while the Impact were still playing in USL. Located in Olympic Park, the stadium can sit up to 20,341, making it the second largest soccer specific stadium in Canada. It also has a natural grass field.
The Impact have three supporter groups: Ultras Montréal, 127 Montréal and 1642MTL.
Things To Do
Mount Royal
This is probably the best place to start of your trip. It’s a beautiful walk (or bus ride, if you’re lazy), it’s entirely free of charge, and the Belvedere observatory offers amazing views of downtown Montreal and the mountains over on the south bank. Great selfie spot, too.
Basilica Notre-Dame
I’m not one to recommend visiting religious buildings unless it’s absolutely necessary- and in this case, it is. The Notre-Dame Basilica is one of the finest of its king, with one of the most ornate gothic facades in the world, and a strikingly beautiful chapel at the back. This is where you’ll find the impressive organ everyone talks about. Also, it’s where Celine Dion got married. #fancy
Montreal Insectarium
The Montreal Insectarium in the largest “bug museum” in North American and one of the largest in the world, featuring live scarabs, tarantulas and scorpions. Don’t be sluggish and pay the museum a visit.
Bars and Restaurants
Sucrerie De La Montage
This “sugar shack” just west of downtown Montreal is where all of your lumberjack breakfast dreams come true. The all-you-can-eat feast is an endless spread of eggs, sausage, ham, mashed potatoes, meatballs, meat pie, beans, and thick, crispy bacon. You can top it all off with maple syrup, which was made just outside the front door, and wash it all down with — you guessed it — boozy maple syrup drinks (wine, sangria, whiskey). The grand finale is the Tire A La Neige, where you essentially eat fresh maple taffy off a slab of snow with a tiny wooden stick.
Terrasse Sur L’Auberge
One of the most stunning views in the city is quietly on top of a nondescript hotel right by the boardwalk of Old Montreal. Duck into a hidden entryway, take a rickety elevator up to the fifth floor, and then follow the sound of laughter and clinking glasses to discover a breathtaking vista of the Old Port. Fair warning: the sangria pitchers here are killer.
Frite Alors
There are 8 style of poutine to choose from at this fry-house, including a hearty sucker topped with steak, ‘shrooms and fried onions. The thing that really makes it, however, is their selection of 17 different sauces to dip the fries in. And in case you were wondering, those fries are trans-fat free! Phew!
