Ah, Montreal. What a fantastic city.
Based on my friends who are completing their "before-30" checklists, it should be fairly easy to get IT work despite your non-fluency en francais.
I lived for several years in Montreal, and I lived mostly central. The areas I've lived: just west of the McGill campus (downtown or centre-ville), Quartier Latin and le Plateau.
I adored the Plateau...rents can be a bit pricey but there are still some good deals to be had. Many of the buildings are older with the post-card Montreal image of the spiraling staircase. I lived on Coloniale for a while, great street! Lots of students though! But if architecture is your thing, you'll love the Plateau.
I also lived near the corner of Amherst and Ontario, which is in the Quartier Latin...great option with groceries, a veggie market and bakery, several choices of buses and metro stops (Berri, Sherbrooke, Beaudry), close to St Denis and St Laurent (yay awesome restaurant's and great bars!)
Living closer to Cresent and Bishop is quite a bit more pricey, unless you decide to head towards NDG, which is a bit of a bus-ride or metro ride but some great deals for apartments can be found there.
I find that the further you get away from the McGill University campus, the cheaper the rents. A few years back there was a bit of a housing crisis and rental prices near the university went up dramatically.
July/August, eh? What an awesome time to be in Montreal. Fireworks, comedy fest, fringe fest, movie fest...so much fun!!!
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