For the course…

-…A generally flat course, sanctioned by the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) and a certified Boston Marathon qualifying course.

- A celebration of your health, and raw excitement once the race starts, when you can actually feel the Jacques-Cartier Bridge vibrate below your feet, from the awesome energy and spirit generated by the footsteps of thousands!

- Discover Montreal through your eyes, crossing its different districts, neighborhoods, and historic areas; such as: Notre-Dame Island, Canada's Grand Prix F1 Circuit, Historic Old-Montreal, City Hall, Place Vauquelin, Chateau Ramezay, to name just a few...

For a map of the course highlights, click here.

- Runner Services at every 3 kilometers, separate runner /walker lanes, post-race showers, free massage therapy (and sport therapy services in the finish area), and a baggage check service, ensures you are taken care of. A "rest and relaxation" area in the finish area will allow you to meet up with family and friends, and celebrate your race day together. A light lunch is provided, and an official medal for all finishers. All participants will be provided with a technical shirt.

For the city…

-Montreal is a modern and cosmopolitan city internationally recognized. Home of the 1967 Worlds' Fair, the 1976 Olympic Summer Games, and has hosted many world-class festivals such as the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Grand Prix Formula 1 racing, the Just for Laughs Festival, FINA (Aquatics), NASCAR races, U.N. conferences, and many more!

- Montreal has the world’s largest underground pedestrian network, named the "Underground City”. There are 20 miles of brighlty lit connecting passageways, hubs, and corridors below the city core, where visitors can shop, dine, sightsee, and travel by subway train (the "METRO") to many districts and neighborhoods underground, a real joy in winter! The "Underground City" provides convenient "METRO" access to our "Marathon-Expo" (Place Bonaventure Station) and links you to over 3000 addresses, boutiques, theaters, office buildings, apartments/condo's, cinemas, attractions, universities, hotels, museums, shopping malls and other METRO stations.

-Downtown Montreal is renowned for being an "active" and vibrant city ; with restaurants of many cultures and menus, international “Haute Couture” boutiques, peaceful, shady public gardens, museums and art galleries, shopping malls and charming street terraces and patios. On many streets, such as Crescent, St. Denis, St. Laurent ,or the famous east -west artery Ste-Catherine Street, the nightlife comes "alive" with specialized lounges, bars, and clubs featuring live blues shows and jazz entertainment, Irish pubs, and discos (for those runners still rarin' to go!), “boîte à chansons” (sing-along clubs), English Pubs, local micro-brewery "beer on tap" establishments, and much, much more!

- An internationally acclaimed gastronomy. Whether it be the birthpace of Montreal’s famous smoke meat, the place where bagels "claim their fame" , and finer exquisite plates of culinary art, we offer a diverse cuisine in the widest variety of settings and locales, and we are a member of the established "World Network of Gourmet Cities".

-First city to receive the Geotourism Accreditation from the National Geographic Society for its heritage, and the high quality of services and amenities offered to all guests, runners, and visitors alike!

- A welcoming city with a great deal of charm, sophistication, and "joie de vivre" within a myriad of activities.