GA Map & Transport Links

All transport required as part of the Assembly programme will be arranged for delegates by the General Assembly administration.

Delegates and resource people who have registered and provided their arrival times, will be met at the airport or train/other transit station by the WSCF General Assembly welcome team and transported to the Assembly venue.

All delegates are requested to send their itineraries directly to GA Coordinator Jane Sorensen, please forward emails with your travel booking details to ga.coordinator.2008@gmail.com Address the forwarded emails “Dear Jane” to get through the spam filter.

Delegates and resource people will be transported to the airport or train/other transit station in time for their return trip check-in, after the conclusion of the Assembly or (for resource people) at the end of their stay at the Assembly.

Ms. Jane Sorensen
WSCF GA 2008 Coordinator
Email: ga.coordinator.2008@gmail.com
Mobile: + 1 514 691 5263
Skype: jane.a.sorensen

From Montreal airport

Should you need to get to the Assembly on your own, Montreal taxis charge a set rate from the airport to most parts of town which is C$ 35.00 (plus C$5.00 tip).

The Montreal airport bus (L’Aerobus) leaves at intervals of 25-30 minutes and connects to downtown hotels.

The Aerobus fare is C$14 one way. From downtown Montreal take the metro to Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf (see metro section below).

Please inform the General Assembly Co-ordinator Jane Sorensen if your flight is delayed or you have some other problem in arrival or departure timing.

It is approximately 10 minutes from downtown Montreal to the General Assembly venue by metro.

From Montreal railway station

To reach the GA venue Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf from the Montreal railway station, enter the Montreal metro system at Bonaventure metro station. To find Bonaventure metro station, follow the signs that direct you there from the main railway terminal. From Bonaventure, take the orange metro line in the direction of Côte Vertu. Leave the metro at the Côte Ste. Catharine metro station and take the 129 bus in the direction of Place-des-Arts. The bus stop in front of Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is one stop after the "Decelles" bus stop.

GA Venue - street address

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
3200, Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Montréal, Quebec
H3T 1C1
Canada
Phone: + 1 514 342 9342

GA venue maps and location

The General Assembly venue Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is situated next to the University of Montreal on the northern slope of Mont Royal. The following map shows the GA venue’s surrounding area and is marked with the three nearest metro station stops.

Nearby Metro stations (exits marked with purple arrows)
13.Edouard-Montpetit Metro station
14.Université de Montréal Metro station
15.Côte des Neiges Metro station

To see the College and its immediate surroundings in context go to the College location on Google maps. If you enter the College’s postal code (Montreal H3T 1C1), Google puts a marker on the map to help you find it. Use the plus and minus keys to zoom in and out of the map to see how the College fits into Montreal city.

Montreal Metro - Underground rail system

The metro lines operate with departures every six minutes, except during rush hour when departures are every 3 minutes. The closest metro stop to Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf is Université de Montréal on Boulevard Edouard Montpetit. To reach the Université de Montréal metro stop, walk out behind Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and across the grounds of the neighbouring business school, the Hautes Etudes Commerciales.

Montreal city centre by metro

To reach Montreal city centre, take the blue line metro in the direction of Snowdon, then change to the orange line in the direction of Montmorency. Alternately change to the green line in the direction of Honoré Beaugrand.
Metro stops in Montreal city centre are Berri-UQAM, Saint-Laurent, Place-des-Arts, Place d’Armes, Square Victoria. To plan your metro journey see the Montreal Metro map.

Standard Montreal Metro fares

A one-trip metro ticket is C $2.75
A weekly metro pass is C $19.25
A six-trip strip metro ticket is C $12.00
Note: Only children under 18, senior citizens over 65 and students resident in Montreal full-time (and registered as students in a Montreal University) are entitled to reduced fares.

Tourist card Montreal transport tickets

Montreal has a Tourist Card which allows unlimited travel for one day or three days on all Montreal buses and the metro. Tourist cards cost C$9.00 (one-day unlimited travel ticket) or C$17.00 (three-day day unlimited travel ticket) and can be bought from Snowdon metro station and several other downtown metro stations including Berri-UQAM, Saint Laurent and Place-des-Arts.

Buses

Bus 129 goes right past the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, from Cote Ste. Catherine metro on the orange line above the Snowdon transfer (in French correspondance). The college bus stop is just after rue Decelles, right at the driveway for Brebeuf. To get to downtown Montreal on Bus 129, take it in the direction of Parc Avenue and continue to the eastern downtown metro stop, Place-des-Arts. View the bus 129 route map

Bus 51 leaves from Chemin Edouard-Montpetit, near to Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. It goes eastward joining the Cote-Ste-Catherine route for while and then continues east to Laurier metro, at the top part of the “Plateau” which is a well-frequented and vibrant area. View the bus 51 route map.

Bus 165 leaves from Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges and continues on to the western downtown metro stop, Guy-Concordia. View the bus 165 route map.

Bus 535
Bus 535 is a rush hour U-shaped bus route that goes from Cote des Neiges to Rene Levesque to Parc and back. View the bus 535 route map.

For more information on the Montreal metro and buses go to the Montreal Public transport website.