what it's REALLY like living and working in Montreal, Canada 📍*real* days + pros & cons (VLOG)

[@ZoePritchard]

where are you watching from?? 📍🌎

[@lydiahmt1199]

from Ottawa & my sis from Algeria 😂🤌🏼 VERY DEMUUURE seeing u posting girl!

[@maloumasereel966]

Belgium 💕

[@millennialmoneyprogress]

Los Angeles!

[@grace06x]

Connecticut!

[@siobhanod]

Ireland

[@latifa.882]

Great video Zoe :) ! As a Montrealer myself, I think it would be interesting if you filmed a day/week in your life where you visit your favorite spots(restaurant, coffee shop, park) in a specific neighborhood.

[@ZoePritchard]

SUCH a good idea!! 💖

[@ohlivvyjayne]

I'm usually a quiet viewer--but just gotta say that I loved this style of vlog. Felt like hanging out with a good friend IRL and rolling with the punches of life's minor inconveniences. I appreciate the realness 🤪

[@ZoePritchard]

oh yayyy 💖💖 thank you!! and thank you for commenting hehe

[@Val-gq6xx]

I'm from Montreal, but I still learn so much about my own city watching these videos. I've traveled a lot recently and I'm always so impressed by all these other cities I sometimes forget to appreciate my own. People I meet while traveling will ask me what fun things there are to do in Montreal and I'm just like why would you wanna go there when you live here lol

[@ZoePritchard]

i feel you!! it's so easy to only see the downsides of the city when we live here. I find getting out of my bubble and exploring new neighbourhoods always reminds me why I wanted to move here 💖

[@maloumasereel966]

Girllll so glad you posted, I was having such an off day and needed a video to do the stupid kitchen clean-up lol so this is amazing timing 💖💖

[@ZoePritchard]

aw yay hope your day turns around and your kitchen gleams hehe ✨🩷

[@RetroSnowflake]

I'm visiting Montreal in a few weeks and I can't wait to explore it for a few days ☀ I am definitely adding that candle cafe to my itinerary!

[@ZoePritchard]

oh yayy!! i hope you have the best trip 💖

[@PlantmomjoyMD]

OMG, you have the best unexpected facial expressions i.e. when the phone rang. Your hip hop moment went right out the door 😂😂.

[@ZoePritchard]

hahahaha i was cracking up when editing those clips 😂😂

[@PlantmomjoyMD]

@@ZoePritchard I bet!! Great video. Always looking forward to the next one. Just know you're always brightening up someone's day❤️.

[@RobynLazare]

Born and raised in Montreal! Lived all over the Island but moved to NDG 10 years ago. Monkland Village for the last 5 years, you literally video’d my building. Thank you for highlighting this area of the city, I completely agree that it is the best Montreal has to offer for so many reasons. Monkland Villager all the way❤

[@ZoePritchard]

ahhh no way!!

[@AngelaFafard]

I've been living in Monkland for close to a decade as well and absolutely think it offers the best of both worlds - access to the highways, cafes, restaurants, cute parks, it has it all! :)

[@Kariannelhx]

You need to this video in the winter!! Snow is the worst! 😂

[@ZoePritchard]

i need to but it might just be me crying inside 😂😂 ahaha im kidding ill make it fun 🫶🏼

[@poppycalliope]

I loved how realistic this video was! You didn't only show us the amazing parts of the city, we also got to see the few things that might not be that charming (the bikes not working 😂) great video Zoe 💌✨️

[@ZoePritchard]

ahaha those bikes 😭 so glad you enjoyed the vlog!! xoxox 💖

[@Sophora121]

Loved this! so fun to see your city from someone else's perspective. Also, you remind me so much of Tara Michelle 🥰

[@emmashearer9740]

Vancouver :) Thank you for showing such honest and real videos!

[@ZoePritchard]

looveeee Vancouver!!

[@catherinemarcotte5514]

This video felt so nostalgic (I similarly moved to mtl 10 yrs ago, moved in with my friend Camille ahah) and so cozy just seeing my neighbourhood and city, from someone else's perspective. Glad I found your channel today!

[@ZoePritchard]

OMG no way!! Parallel lives haha 💖💖 so happy to have you here!

[@maristelasantos8714]

Hey, Zoey! I’ve been following you for a few years now. I’m watching you from Brazil. I married a Canadian and I’ll be moving back to Canada early next year (I did a year of my undergrad at UofT). You’re so sweet and engaging. ✨

[@ZoePritchard]

thank youu 💖💖 hope you have a great move back!! xo

[@debrafirestone861]

The winters are terrible there but I was there the summer before coronavirus I loved it there is a lot to do

[@brendastopek2694]

Great video. I love my city of Montreal. You explained it perfectly.

[@JessicaenIngles]

Thanks for this video. I’m traveling to Montreal in 5 days so I saved all your recommendations on maps, can’t wait to see that beautiful city. Colombia watching! 🇨🇴

[@ZoePritchard]

oh yay!! i went to Colombia a few years ago and loved it 🩷🩷 I have two other “life in montreal” vlogs you may want to check out for more places to go. My Colombian bestie is also in the “day to night” one x

[@JessicaenIngles]

@@ZoePritchard ohh that's awsome. I'm so glad you enjoyed Colombia! I already saw one of the videos I'll check the other out. Thank you!!

[@Arabellahandcrafts]

Very cool getting suggested this video and romanticizing where I live (Monkland Village ) makes me appreciate it

[@ZoePritchard]

that's so cool!!

[@cxseymakeup2273]

I love this video. I found you years ago through one of your videos about moving to Montreal when I was thinking of moving there and fell in love with your channel🥰

[@ZoePritchard]

ahhh love that!! thank you for being here for so long 💖

[@grace06x]

I do think Vermont's roads are better because they get less traffic. VT is a very small state compared to other East Coast states. if you go to MA and NY the urban roads are horrible.

[@ZoePritchard]

ahhh this makes sense! man I love Vermont hehe 💖

[@carriez16]

I live in MA and agree!! Our roads are so terrible :/

[@Salani2]

Loved this! This is the first time watching your content! I’m similar to you, I came to Montreal for uni and I’ve been here ever since!

[@ZoePritchard]

yayyy!! glad you enjoyed the vid hehe

[@blackstripened]

Such a nice vlog! And love the editing in the beginning!! ❤️❤️Ps. Your HAIR!!! Wow!!!

[@ZoePritchard]

omg THANK YOUUU💖💖

[@RekaLaposi]

Hi Zoe, really appreciate your videos. The make the day a bit brighter. Sending you a hug from Europe Austria 🌼

[@ZoePritchard]

thank you so so much 💖💖

[@jabreaamari]

watching from DC in the states so i def get you about the traffic and construction lol so grateful for the metro!

[@itsorabbit]

❤❤❤❤ Love your content!!!! Thrilled to see someone who lives in the same city to make the city walk around different neighborhoods. Keep going girl!!!! Btw, where did you get your handbag that you carried to the hair salon/ with the book? ❤❤❤❤

[@ZoePritchard]

ahhh thank you!! the black bag is from a random leather store in Nice, France 🙈 they don't have an online store sadly :(

[@avaq2588]

OMG first comment so excited to watch!!

[@ZoePritchard]

yayyy 🩷🩷🩷

[@SuperTetra123]

Yay new video from Zoe! ❤️🫶🏻

[@ZoePritchard]

💖💖💖

[@mildredpierce7728]

Boring Grandma Lecture Incoming…..Keep your longish hair. It’s Gorgeous. You will have no choice, but to chop it when it thins as you age. 💕💕💕💕

[@ZoePritchard]

🙈🙈🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@elianemenard9812]

I live in Montreal too and love the vlog, it's nice to have your point of view of the city ☺️

[@ZoePritchard]

thank you!!

[@stevenm2949]

Great vid! But Zoe you need a helmet when on the bixi; not worth the risk; this is coming from someone who bikes 50km/week in Montreal

[@nauticaaa333]

I’m planning a vacation trip to Montreal soon and this is the video i been looking for! i live in the US so it’s been a dream of mine to visit since i was a kid!

[@ZoePritchard]

oh yay I hope you have the best time!! 💖💖

[@countroshculla]

I really need to catch up on your vlogs. I really loved this out & about (aboot) vlog. Montreal fascinates me.

[@ZoePritchard]

abooot 💖

[@Liliiixx]

Omg Im in Villeray near Rockland and I was so looking for a nice spinning spot!!!!❤ definetly coming to your class ❤❤

[@ZoePritchard]

yayyy!!! i teach barre, not spin but the spin there is so good! 💖💖

[@elizabeththompson1525]

Go for the bob chop!! 💇‍♀️. Is Montreal more affordable than Toronto?

[@ZoePritchard]

yes much more affordable!!

[@bee42Sad]

oh man, this opening reminds me so much of the opening of my middle/ high school favourite - The Hills.

[@ZoePritchard]

ahhh I love that!!

[@MinaMakesVlogs]

hey zoe!! hooray for a new video :-)

[@ZoePritchard]

yayy thanks for watching 💖💖💖

[@christineg6123]

In live in Edmonton. There is a lot of urban sprawl and not public transportation friendly. But they are adding another LRT east to west which will be good.

[@ZoePritchard]

oh thats great!!

[@gemmasheldon1985]

Watching from England. Love your videos, and would love to visit Canada.x

[@ZoePritchard]

thank you 💖💖 i'm dying to visit England again! I went when I was a child, must go back xx

[@johannarahardt5129]

I‘m from Germany but just came back from my one month trip to canada. 🧡 From the bigger cities i saw (Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal), i liked Ottawa the most. Parlament Hill impressed me a lot, i felt like i was in London. 😅 I would love to travel back to canada, especially to the Bruce Peninsula, so beautiful!😊

[@johannarahardt5129]

And funny that you pointed out the construction work in montreal! We wnt there by car and went crazy😂 too many detour-signs 😂

[@ZoePritchard]

Yes, Ottawa is so beautiful!! so glad you enjoyed your trip 💖 I hope to visit Germany one day!

[@Jibril_Abdulkadir]

Watching from missagua great video Zoe Montreal is a big city but whenever been there feels smaller than what I thought lol 😂 there some good things about that

[@ZoePritchard]

i think the Montreal population is like similar to Missasauga 😂😂 and wayyy smaller than Toronto!

[@emilyalves.28]

📍São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 I’ve been following your channel over a year, my friend! ✨😭🫶🏽 thanks for sharing.

[@ZoePritchard]

🇧🇷💚 thank you for being here for so long!! xoxoxo

[@debrafirestone861]

Tim Hortons is like our shops here but we have Wawas convenient stores which are fabulous ❤ they are only in Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York Maryland and Nog sure Florida they everything there from Breakfast lunch dinner and even over the counter drugs

[@lisabeck8202]

Vancouver! But originally from PEI. Van traffic is bad too like you said but nothing compares to PEI potholes wooooff.

[@ZoePritchard]

oh for real??? i NEED to visit PEI 😍😍😍

[@lisabeck8202]

@@ZoePritchard Yes! I'd looove to watch you do an east coast travel vlog! It's worth a visit (**between late June -October) lol.

[@user-gk9ls8os4q]

Hi Zoe! Hope you can make a vlog week soon! ❤

[@ZoePritchard]

hiii! do you mean a week in the life or a week of vlogs? let me know hehe 💖

[@user-gk9ls8os4q]

@@ZoePritchard a week of vlogs please! 🩷 i enjoy watching all your vlogs!

[@isabellapresleyauthor]

I've been living in MTL for almost 3 years, I LOVE Monkland my favourite cafe is Cafe De Mercanti the best cappuccinos in the city! I live about a 15 minutes walk from there, Beaconsfield is a great street to walk down in the fall and winter! People do their decorations nicely there. However, I wouldn't say Monkland is affordable... I mean maybe if you're rooming with 3+ people but definitely not on your own! I've also been lost in MTL many times haha 😅 One thing id say for anyone wanting to move here is, as an anglophone and it's been really difficult here so I would just let people know that if you don't speak French you WILL struggle!

[@ZoePritchard]

oh I need to check out that cafe!! and yes its more for those big apartments that Monkland area is great 🙈 also I haven't check apartment prices there in years, but back 7 years ago it wasn't bad (for 3 beds LOL)

[@johannemarchand3772]

From Lachine ( Montreal ) too, a nice place if you want to see a nice spot for a bike ride.

[@ZoePritchard]

loveee Lachine!! 🩷🩷🩷 and Parc Renee Levesque (though I can never remember if that is Lachine or Lasalle)

[@evaantoniia]

This is a really great idea ❤ and I sometimes have days where I feel like I should be fired from being a human 😅😊

[@ZoePritchard]

haha right??

[@BellaSun-z8f]

OMG GUYS I LIVE IN FREAKING MONTREAL!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I AM LIVING IN THE SAME PLACE AS A KZbinR

[@ZoePritchard]

hiiiiiiii 🩵🩵🩵🩵

[@BellaSun-z8f]

@@ZoePritchard HIIIII omg I am such a big fan now!! Love from kirkland (montreal)

[@yoselinlopez2843]

Watching from Panamá 🇵🇦

[@debrafirestone861]

Wawa’s coffee is fabulous snd Dunkin

[@arielgiroux]

Ottawa girly too!! Omg did you ever go to hello 123 on Monkland? So rude of them to close😭😭😭😭💔 anyway I can’t wait to live in Montreal somedayyy 🤞🏻

[@ZoePritchard]

SO RUDE OF THEM! their pancakes were so good 💖 wishing for that for youuu! xo

[@diannatorres3049]

Love your video! Are you bilingual? Looking for a job with English environment but it has been so hard 😭😭 Any suggestions?

[@valm.5243]

From Toronto...considering a move to Montreal for a change and to improve mon français!

[@Gratitudemindset_111]

Could you do a video for any of us wanting to move there take us through various neighborhoods and the pros and cons about each 😊

[@ZoePritchard]

this is such a good idea!!

[@FrankHuynh]

Montreal looks cool!

[@meggggg]

lollll this video is too accurate! Montreal is my arch nemesis. I have to go there every few weeks for work and it is always the death of me lol Although Monkland is my favourite area there, the city stresses me out way too much to ever move there 😬

[@ZoePritchard]

arch nemesis hahahahaha 💖💖

[@Flyer4EVER7]

Brampton❤

[@ZoePritchard]

🇨🇦❤️

[@ashmosphere]

omg i also came here for uni and never left :)

[@ZoePritchard]

love this 💖💖

[@julianajb]

Hey Zoe! Which concealer do you use? Do you think it lasts on you? Any that I try it goes away so quickly on my skin 😭❤ thanks!

[@ZoePritchard]

hii! its the Benefit Boiing concealer and its so good!! i also love Merit

[@debrafirestone861]

The roads are bad if you get a lot of snow

[@janals2]

Sydney Australia 💕

[@meleealways]

Houston, TX😊

[@ZoePritchard]

🇺🇸❤️

[@christineg6123]

Did you know french before moving to Montreal?

[@ZoePritchard]

yes, I learned french in school growing up :)

[@pepprmint38]

New York City...and no it's definitely not as romantic as people think it is to live here :D

[@MinaMakesVlogs]

same!! i’m trying to appreciate the city a bit more 😮‍💨

[@ZoePritchard]

you guys are living my dream hehe 🩷🩷 but i can imagine it has its cons for sure!

[@MinaMakesVlogs]

@@ZoePritchard yeahh i think for me it’s a struggle finding a good balance between feeding off the energy of the city and staying grounded as a human being. on one hand it’s kind of a thrill to stay in a cycle of always striving to do more and be better, because you meet so many people that also have big aspirations and it’s contagious!! but it’s also a reminder that when you have that mindset, it gets harder to stay present and content with what you have. wanting to improve, having ambition, but living in the present and being grateful, it’s kind of an exhausting little dance 😮‍💨 i also know that it’s quite privileged to have this as a “struggle”. i’m trying to get better with putting things into perspective and being grateful more often

[@anixing4176]

From Spain 🎈

[@debrafirestone861]

Hybernate in the winter and malls are inside underneath

[@cuteycuteylala]

I know you have a bf now, but can you do a video on how dating is in MTL? Maybe back to when you were single, or friends experiences?

[@debrafirestone861]

And Quebec too

[@tamaraesquivel7663]

Arizona 🏜️

[@ZoePritchard]

love Arizona!!

[@gabriellemerida6067]

Brazil☺️

[@ZoePritchard]

🇧🇷🇧🇷💚💚

[@staceyperigo7652]

LMAO at "gas flap"

[@NewGuy2024]

34:20 In Canada do you have to constantly hold the pump handle to keep gas flowing?

[@ZoePritchard]

yes!! unless theres a trick i dont know about 😂

[@cupcakes122422]

@@ZoePritchard theres a little clip usually at the bottom of the handle (on the inside) that you can use to keep the gas pumping once it starts. I never use it though (grew up in Ontario and in Vancouver now!)

[@ChocolateCaramelle]

In montreal most are broken, it's rare you find one you don't need to hold.

[@azulsamad-i9i]

South Africa Cape Town

[@nicholebento8914]

Germany :)

[@ZoePritchard]

🇩🇪❤️

[@giteshaneja4562]

How to learn french if living in montréal?

[@AverysMoneyMoves]

$114 to fill up your gas tank 😭 do you have a big tank or is gas in Canada more expensive?

[@ZoePritchard]

i have a big tank and my car requires premium gas 😭

[@katherinedionson-wb1qe]

Hi everyone! I'm from Montreal too but having prob finding a job as I am not super fluent with french. Anyone can help referring? Merci

[@joenroute9646]

Time to learn French. In Rome do as Romans do.

[@Lisa-vz8gg]

I always think… if I had to move to any city, it’d be Montreal. I’ve gone twice on a school trip. Of course LOVE old Montreal. Would love to go back and explore more.

[@ZoePritchard]

oh yay!! so cool 😍

[@joycemonson5873]

Toronto

[@ZoePritchard]

love it!!

[@Lovelyrose1125]

From Israel 🌸

[@alexisriemen8120]

Your gas prices are wild compared to the US 😳

[@Sunday.scaries]

Me watching this about to move from Ottawa to montreal👁️👄👁️

[@ZoePritchard]

omg so exciting!!!!!

[@katewt]

Toronto, but I would prefer to be in Montreal 😂

[@ZoePritchard]

noorrrr hahaha 😂😂😂

[@debrafirestone861]

It eats up the roads

[@ksenijabodlaj7447]

Slovenia

[@debrafirestone861]

But I wouldn’t go there in wonter

[@debrafirestone861]

Don’t they fill the potholes ?

[@ZoePritchard]

not always 😂

[@ChocolateCaramelle]

Depends on where the pothole is.

[@SH-ly1uy]

So if this shows how it really is in Montreal, then your previous videos about the city were a lie?!

[@ZoePritchard]

hahaha all a lie ✨

[@Billymays618]

Absolutley hate Montreal….glad I moved out and live in Toronto

[@ZoePritchard]

LOL happy for you

[@quackywhackityphillyb.3005]

Overpriced, too boring

[@joenroute9646]

Bon débarras

[@maloumasereel966]

00:51 still no duvet cover? 🤪😂

[@ZoePritchard]

nooo theres one!! hahaha 😂😂

[@ZoePritchard]

oh wait this was filmed when I still didn't have one 😂 i'm ded i promise i have one now!!

[@maloumasereel966]

@@ZoePritchard hahahaha I’m cracking up, I believe you 🤣

[@user-dd365]

😊 what’s the duvet from?

[@amelieauliajg]

Girl btw can you tell us your secret for your perfECT EYEBROWS (!!!) 🫨🗣️

[@ZoePritchard]

i dont wax or tweeze them (except in the middle) + always brush them UP + anastasia brow freeze when i wear makeup 🩷

[@debrafirestone861]

Tim Hortons is like our shops here but we have Wawas convenient stores which are fabulous ❤ they are only in Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York Maryland and Nog sure Florida they everything there from Breakfast lunch dinner and even over the counter drugs