Chinatown, Montreal

Chinatown
Quartier chinois
The paifang on Saint Laurent Boulevard
Chinatown is located in Montreal
Chinatown
Chinatown
Location of Chinatown in Montreal
Coordinates: 45°30′27″N 73°33′39″W / 45.50759°N 73.5608°W / 45.50759; -73.5608
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontreal
BoroughVille-Marie
EstablishedEarly 1890s[1]
Elevation
70 ft (20 m)
Postal Code
Area code(s)514, 438

Chinatown (French: Quartier chinois) is a neighborhood located in the area of De la Gauchetière Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The neighbourhood contains many Asian restaurants, food markets, and convenience stores as well being home to many of Montreal's East Asian community centres, such as the Montreal Chinese Hospital and the Montreal Chinese Community and Cultural Centre.

Chinatown, Montreal
Simplified Chinese蒙特利尔唐人街
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMéngtèlì'ěr Tángrénjiē
Wade–GilesMeng2t'e4li4erh3 T'ang2 jen2 chieh1
IPA[mə̌ŋtʰɤ̂ljɚ̂ tʰǎŋtɕə̌ntɕjé]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMung4dak6lei6ji5 Tong4jan4gaai1
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蒙特婁中國城[2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMéngtèlìlóu Zhōngguóchéng
IPA[mə̌ŋtʰɤ̂lǒʊ ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒʈʂʰə̌ŋ]
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese滿地可華埠
Simplified Chinese满地可华埠
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmun5 dei6 ho2 waa4 fau6
  1. ^ "Discover a neighbourhood: Montréal’s Chinatown", mtl.org
  2. ^ "國人於蒙特婁市中國城及舊城區觀光時,請留意隨身物品安全". Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada (in Chinese).