Canada, with its relatively open immigration and asylum policies, has become a cosmopolitan culture with all the benefits of a multicultural society. The major cities—Toronto, Vancouver, and of course Montréal—are particularly diverse and lively in terms of their human inhabitants.

Here, the Monkey makes a new friend in Montréal's Chinatown. Located in the heart of the city, between the old city and the high-rise downtown, Chinatown is a colorful and enjoyable area to explore.

Montréal is home to at least two well-known universities, Concordia and McGill. Here, the Monkey visits the genteel grounds of McGill's campus, which is wedged between downtown and the foot of Mont Royal. The building behind the Monkey is the Redpath Museum, a McGill-affiliated natural history collection housed in what is said to be the oldest North American building constructed for the express purpose of housing a museum. The Redpath was built in 1882.

On chic Rue Sherbrooke in Montréal's downtown district, the Musée des Beaux-Arts is the city's premier fine arts museum, and also one of the oldest museums in Canada (opened in 1912, but with a history in the local arts scene dating back to the 1860). There are several other museums in the surrounding streets, creating a cultural zone in conjunction with nearby McGill University (top right).

Day or night, Montréal's most happening street may just be Rue St-Denis. Long and lined with bars, cafés, restaurants, boutiques, and bookshops, St-Denis is one of those streets that reminds reticent city dwellers why they opt to live in cities. Here, the Monkey peers down on a stretch of St-Denis par nuit.

Desolé petit Singe, mais ça n'est pas votre maison! A lovely Montréal mansion in the Rue Sherbrooke area, near equally posh McGill University.

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