Top 10 Indigenous Cultural Experiences in Montreal
1- Native-Immigrant
Google 4.9 Stars (32 Reviews)
Native Immigrant was a culturally engaged interdisciplinary arts collective founded by Montreal-based artivist Carolina Echeverria. The collective’s ten-year journey (2013-2023) of creativity, innovation, and collaboration touched hearts and minds through artistic expressions and events that spanned the global north and south.
5442 Côte Saint Luc Rd
https://www.nativeimmigrant.com/
2- Dock 5160 - Verdun Cultural Centre
Google 4.7 Stars (243 Reviews)
Quai 5160, the “Maison de la culture” located in Verdun, offers fascinating cultural events including a wide variety of exhibitions, presentations and artistic works.
5160 Bd LaSalle, Verdun
514-872-4995
https://montreal.ca/en/places/quai-5160-maison-de-la-culture-de-verdun
3- Centre d'art daphne
Google 4.7 Stars (6 Reviews)
daphne is a non-profit Indigenous artist-run centre committed to serving the needs of emerging, mid-career, and established Indigenous artists through exhibitions and associated programming, workshops, residencies and curatorial initiatives. daphne encourages a culture of peace through critical, respectful exchange with our Indigenous and non-Indigenous peers and audiences.
5425 av Casgrain, Unit #103
514-495-8088
4- Images Boréales Inuit Art Gallery
Google 4.6 Stars (110 Reviews)
Inuit in Northern Canada (Nunavut) have been producing bone, ivory and stone art for thousands of years. The oldest sculptures were decorated objects and tools, often embellished with figurative drawings. The Guilde Canadienne des Métiers d’Art had an early interest in Inuit art; but it was not until 1949 that it really became known during a first exhibition organized at the Guilde gallery in Montreal.
4, rue St-Paul Est
514-439-1987
https://imagesboreales.com/en/
5- Native Friendship Centre of Montreal - Centre d’Amitié Autochtone de Montréal
Google 4.6 Stars (59 Reviews)
For over 40 years the NFCM has been the primary central service and referral point providing assistance and support to the urban Indigenous population of Montreal and their families, those migrating to or in transition by safeguarding their health, social, and legal conditions and by assisting these individuals in the achievement of their dignity and their quality of life. The NFCM is mandated to provide access and referral to health and social services, through central, suitable, and appropriate facilities where cultural, educational, recreational, and social activities can be held. The Centre also seeks to promote cross-cultural awareness in the Greater Montreal Area by promoting engagement and participation with other sectors.
2001 Saint-Laurent Boulevard
514-499-1854
6- Ashukan Cultural Space
Google 4.5 Stars (74 Reviews)
The mission of Productions Feux Sacrés (PFS) is to establish bridges between Indigenous artists and audiences of all ages and backgrounds, including in urban areas, so that these artists can assert themselves, develop and better live from their art.
130 rue Saint-Pierre
514-840-8815
https://www.productionsfeuxsacres.ca/
7- First Nations Garden
Google 4.5 Stars (38 Reviews)
The First Nations Garden opened in August 2001, presents the close bonds First Nations and the Inuit have always had with the plant world. It is designed to evoke a natural environment, and is the first infrastructure of its size anywhere in Montréal dedicated to the First Nations and the Inuit of Québec. The 2.5 hectare garden is the culmination of three years' work and the realization of one of Brother Marie-Victorin's dreams.
https://espacepourlavie.ca/en/first-nations-garden
8- Centre Des Memoires Montreal
Google 4.4 Stars (518 Reviews)
To achieve its mission, the MEM gives pride of place to citizen voices from yesterday and today. It reveals “Montreal”, the different facets of Montreal in all their richness. Whether you are originally from Montreal or have adopted the city, you are part of its history. The MEM wants to hear from you and share your memory. He celebrates with you and thanks to you the pride of being Montrealer!
1210 St Laurent Blvd
514-872-3207
9- La Guilde
Google 4.4 Stars (63 Reviews)
A cultural destination accessible to all, leading art gallery, and resource for Inuit art, First Nations art, Métis art, and Fine Crafts in Canada.
1356 Sherbrooke St. W.
514-849-6091
10- Galerie Le Chariot
Google 4.2 Stars (60 Reviews)
The Canadian Arctic has been inhabited by humans for at least 4,000 years. The ancestors of today's Inuit migrated from northern Alaska around 1,000 A.D. Today the Inuit population, about 45,000, is widely distributed across Canada's north. The Inuit were until fairly recently a nomadic people, and it was late as the 1950s that they have settled in permanent communities, in which Inuit carvers produce sculptures using local stones such as serpentine, steatite, Basalt, whalebone, ivory and antler as their materials.
446 Pl. Jacques-Cartier
514-875-6134
https://www.galerielechariot.ca/