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Every city on the Formula 1 calendar throws a party. Montreal throws the party.
For the weekend of May 22 to 24, 2026, the Canadian Grand Prix transforms this city into something much more than a sporting event (even though it’s arguably the biggest one of the year). The circuit fills with 300,000 fans over three days, the terrasses overflow, folks dress down by day and up by night, Crescent Street becomes a open-air festival, and the whole city leans into it.
That's what makes Montreal different from most stops on the F1 calendar. The race is genuinely great—unpredictable, fast, unforgiving, with a track that has humbled some of the sport's biggest names—but it's almost secondary to the experience of being here when it happens. Locals who've never watched a lap of Formula 1 in their lives still feel the weekend.
Pour ceux qui ont Montréal à cœur
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