Why Québec?
Transportation Infrastructure

With three international airports, over 130 regional airports and 45 carriers serving more than 150 domestic and international destinations every week, Québec compares admirably to other jurisdictions!

Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Located just 20 kilometres from downtown Montréal, Montréal–PET Airport was used by 19,4 million passengers in 2018.

Since 2000, $2 billion has been invested to modernize or replace the airport’s facilities and bring them up to the highest international standards.

Montréal-Mirabel International Airport
Mirabel specializes in cargo flights. Operating 24 hours a day, the airport provides carriers with very flexible schedules and efficient and modern facilities at competitive prices.

Montréal Airports 

The Port of Montréal is one of the world’s busiest inland ports! It’s also the biggest container port in all of eastern Canada. Located on the St.Lawrence River, one of the world’s major navigable waterways, it provides the most direct intermodal link between North America’s industrial heartland and markets in Northern Europe and around the Mediterranean.

• Commanding state-of-the-art facilities, Montréal’s port operates non-stop all year long. The road and rail system provides quick access to top markets across central and eastern North America, including states in the Midwestern U.S..
• The Port of Montréal is one of the safest ports in the world.
• The Montréal Port Authority is investing in infrastructure so that it can provide optimal service and increase its capacity to handle containerized cargo.

Québec’s rail system is well integrated into the greater North American rail network, making the train an ideal option for moving goods. 

• Every day, container trains head to Toronto, Vancouver, Detroit, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia thanks to a network of over 30 specialized intermodal terminals.
• Canadian National (CN) is Canada’s largest rail carrier, with a network extending over 32,000 kilometres (20,000 miles) from sea to sea. CN’s head office is in Montréal.

• Canadian Pacific (CP) operates a 23,000 kilometres (13,800-miles) network that serves every urban centre in Canada, as well as the U.S. Northeast and Midwest. It provides access to markets in every corner of North America via the Port of Montreal.
• The Port of Montréal railway system  extends over 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) and includes nearly 100 kilometres (62 miles) of tracks along the city’s docks and terminals.
• CSX : CSX Intermodal, affiliated with CSX Transportation, one of the largest rail companies in the United States, has just built a new terminal in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, just west of Montréal. The terminal’s strategic location allows for greater connectivity, capacity and efficiencies for all cross-border intermodal freight movements to destinations across North America including Cincinnati, Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Baltimore, Chicago and Cleveland.

• North America’s deregulated system ensures highly competitive trucking rates and efficient cross-border traffic.
• The Canada-U.S. border is just a 45-minute drive from Montréal.
• Toronto and Boston are less than a six-hour drive from Montréal, while New York is only seven hours away.
• Québec-U.S. border crossings provide direct access to New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.