Just thought I'd update everyone, hope it's in the right forum. I have signed my contract with my employer in Montreal (same as my British employer but Canadian office) with a start date of 3rd August, just waiting on LMO exemption confirmation and then that's me! I don't know how realistic 3rd August is in terms of hearing back but got my fingers crossed!

Going to be staying with a friend for a few days in Dorion, will look for a flat in either Dorval, Lachine or NDG whilst I'm there but am already shortlisting. Apart from Craigslist and RentMtl, does anybody have any experience with good rental websites?

Probably pointless me replying as (insert Italian accent) I know nothing! However I just wanted to say good luck!

Don't you mean Spanish?

I think she's quoting Sophia Loren.

I thought Manuel from the Dragonfly episode of Fawlty Towers.

No. I thought " The Millionairess". I've spelt that wrong! Help, please.

I second that. Which means it must be Spanish!!!

Anyways did anybody notice the question in my orginial post?!

Im looking in montreal as well, to be honest I've found www.mls.ca to be the best, heard alot of stories of scams on craigslist

I use kijiji for advertising my vacancies.

Really? I have shortlisted a few apartments on Craigslist...

What have you heard?

Hi there:
Here are some links for apartments/flats in the Montreal region - all in French. If you have some passable French you'll be able to x10 you search for appartements available (as the language of majority in Montreal is of course . . . err . . . Esperanto?) Seriously - any search for apartments/flats, furniture, shops, etc, should be done in French; doing so will increase your chances of finding your goods/services multifold.

There are four large French newspapers in Montreal that contain classified advertisements - these are opposed to a very regional (and dare I say poor quality) English one The Gazette, apparently printed in Hamilton, Ontario - they may be of use if you can get Saturday editions (La Presse, Le Devoir, the free Voir and the super sexy Le Journal de Montreal). I'm guessing that with Gore's invention of teh internets that most newspapers are now printed upon inferior post-consumer-duodenum-digested-polymer-backed-carton-refabricated-paper-fibres, which one must suppose has reduced the quality of what is said in the papers .

These links may be of some use (n.b. I used the first Saga link to find a place in the swanky & trendy Plateau de Montreal):
http://www.sagarealties.com/logement...l_a_louer.html
http://www.toutmontreal.com/eetp/imm...logements.html
http://www.logisquebec.com/apparteme...a-louer_v.html
http://www.montrealenligne.com/ser_appart.php
http://www.trouveunappart.com/
http://www.appartements-a-montreal.com/
http://www.logemoi.net/toutes_les_annonces.php

"Hang on a minute lads, He has a great idea". Cheers Mr Caine I shall crack on with some research on the above. Bon Soir to you