Parking in Old Montréal: the rules of Ville-Marie

Guide · Checked against official pages on November 11, 2026

Old Montréal (Vieux-Montréal) is a neighbourhood of the Ville-Marie borough, so the borough's parking rules apply on its streets. Here is what the City, the borough and the Agence de mobilité durable say, rule by rule.

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The 24-hour limit

In Ville-Marie, an automobile or any other type of vehicle may stay parked on the street for up to 24 hours. After that, the City says you must move it. The signs on the street still apply.

Paid parking

Paid parking generally applies on arterial roads and commercial streets, and the City sets the paid periods and the maximum time allowed. Since February 1, 2026, the Agence de mobilité durable lists two hourly rates for Ville-Marie: $4.25, and $2.50 in the borough's East sector. To know which one applies where you park, the Agence asks you to check the rate shown on the parking sign or the pay station. You can pay remotely with the Mobicité app.

Resident sticker zones

To get a residents-only sticker in Ville-Marie, you must be the primary driver of the vehicle and your home must be on a street where parking is reserved for sticker holders.

• The limit is 1 sticker per person per vehicle, and 2 stickers per address. The sticker cannot be refunded, transferred or reassigned.
• The price of the first sticker depends on when you buy it, the energy the vehicle uses (100% electric, hybrid or gas) and its engine displacement. The second sticker has a fixed price that depends only on when you buy it.
• People with a low income pay the lowest rate, for the first sticker only.
• Vehicles over 3 tonnes (net weight) are not eligible.
• Ville-Marie does not offer the daily or monthly stickers that some other boroughs sell.

Street maintenance bans

In Ville-Marie, parking bans for street maintenance run from April 1 to December 1. The sign on your street gives the exact days and hours, and the ban holds for the whole period shown, regardless of the weather. More in our guide to street cleaning.

Snow loading

The borough says a snow-loading operation is triggered once 10 to 15 cm of snow has built up. Street parking is then banned at the times shown on temporary signs. The borough gives these times:

• Temporary signs take priority over permanent ones, but the permanent ones still apply.
• If you do not comply with the signs, the City says your vehicle will be towed and you will be fined.
• The borough says thousands of vehicles are towed in Ville-Marie every winter during snow loading, and each tow slows the work by about ten minutes.
• On some streets with a Narrow Street sign, Ville-Marie residents who hold a residents-only sticker beginning with the letter A can use it as the narrow-street sticker during snow loading, including in the designated lot at the corner of Rue Robin and Rue Beaudry, which is open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The City lists the eligible streets.

If your car is gone

The City's Info-Remorquage service finds it by licence plate or on a map. You can also call the Agence de mobilité durable at 514-868-3737. If it went to the pound, the owner pays the storage fees.

Where Panoui! fits

Panoui! reads the City of Montréal's open data on permanent parking signs and shows each known curb in the colour of the rule in force: green, park. Red, don't. Blue, pay. Yellow, for permit holders. Tap a curb for the rule in plain words and when it changes. It doesn't show temporary signs such as snow-loading bans. Panoui! shows the rule, not whether a space is empty. The posted sign always wins, so give it one last look before you leave your car.

Questions drivers ask

Which borough is Old Montréal in?

Ville-Marie. The City lists Vieux-Montréal and the Old Port among the borough's neighbourhoods, so Ville-Marie's parking rules apply there.

How long can I leave my car on the street in Old Montréal?

Up to 24 hours. That is the limit the City gives in Ville-Marie for automobiles and other types of vehicle. The signs on the street still apply.

How much is paid parking in Old Montréal?

Since February 1, 2026, the Agence de mobilité durable lists $4.25 an hour for Ville-Marie and $2.50 an hour in its East sector. Check the rate shown on the parking sign or the pay station.

Next: parking downtown, in the rest of Ville-Marie, how to read a Montréal parking sign and snow removal and towing.