Is Montreal a deep talent market for tech/finance?

Montreal indexes 86/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with deepest french-english bilingual professional talent in north america.

Talent index: 86/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 26.5%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Montreal office talent and salary benchmarks

Montreal indexes 86/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with deepest french-english bilingual professional talent in north america.

TL;DR

Talent index: 86/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 26.5%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Talent depth

Deepest French-English bilingual professional talent in North America. Structural AI research cluster (Yoshua Bengio at MILA, Element AI alumni). Strong aerospace, video games, and creative industries talent.

Cost-to-locate

Total cost of locating in Montreal is the sum of rent, fit-out">fit-out, and salary delta vs. comparable markets. Use the City Comparator tool to benchmark Montreal against peer cities on a single normalised view.

Key facts

city	Montreal
country	Canada
region	Americas
classARentLocal	38 CAD/sqft/yr
classARentUsd	$28/sqft/yr
vacancy	18.6%
typicalLeaseYears	10
typicalRentFreeMonths	12
submarkets	5
primeYieldPct	6.6%

Frequently asked questions

Is Montreal a deep talent market for tech/finance?: Deepest French-English bilingual professional talent in North America. Structural AI research cluster (Yoshua Bengio at MILA, Element AI alumni). Strong aerospace, video games, and creative industries talent.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

Primary sources for this page

CBRE Marketview reports — CBRE
JLL Office Insight — JLL
Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat — Cushman & Wakefield
Savills World Research — Savills
Colliers Global Office Outlook — Colliers

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