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I love the Mounties!
I love Canada, especially in the Fall!!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
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From far and wide,
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O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

How do you say iPhone in French?

I was just in that neighborhood last week. I saw that they were doing some renos to La Bay. I don't think that'll be the building though. Can any locals provide details?

I know people outside Montreal and Toronto won't be too happy. That would make 2 locations in the Montreal area and 3 in Toronto. Vancouver and Calgary have been rumored about getting an Apple Store for a while.

@ Spark,

et vous iphone?

non! je suis iphone!!!

Is an iphone an iphone by any other name?

Think Different!

@ Spark

Ah-Funnah!

inspector Clouseau would say "ah-foon"

Seems that the store will be located on Ste-Catherine Street, corner of De La Montagne, in front of Ogilvy.

Right in the middle of all the flagship stores in Montreal.

what about Calgary?
There was a HUGE iPod Ad on a face of a building downtown Calgary...

Apple never gets it right in Canada. Why in god's name would they build their first flagship store in Montreal. Toronto would be a much better choice so would Vancouver or Ottawa. Oh well at least we'll get the iPhone sometime after South Korea...

Good news !
But i'm not sure the glass staircase will last long with all the sand the city puts on the sidewalks during winter. It tends to stick to your boots and you carry it everywhere !
We'll see.
And I want an Apple Store in Quebec City !

C1: I thought it was je fohnay? Damn Rosetta Stone.

Montreal used to be great. Not anymore.

Yessssssss sir!
Finally a Temple in my home town.
It will be located corner La Montagne (near Crescent st.) facing Ogilvy. Very hip location.
Now... the only thing missing in Beaverland: the iPhone!
If only Rogers (ATT Canada) would come to sense and lower their rates...

Merci Steve.

YEAH!!!! Enfin Tabarnak!!!!!

@ Spark : you can say Aïl-Faune

If I remember my Montreal geography, that's the main drag downtown, a few blocks from McGill U, where I spent two years way back when. I expect there will be many more students carrying Macs within the next year or two.

Hell no to Rogers carrying the iPhone they rip people off!

Hey Apple get with Google and start a new test cell phone company up here....please.....please...we're not so big population wise.

I was in Montreal for Expo 67.
I'm guessing the city might have changed some since then.
I'd like to go back. A flagship Apple Store is a good reason!

Why Montreal? Toronto is a more central location, and is surrounded by a greater population (in metropolitan area AND in a 300km radius). Maybe they're thinking of having one in Montreal and one in Calgary, to kind of balance out the geography of the country. Having a store near to each coast but not on it makes sense to me. And before you accuse me of being Pro-Toronto, I'm from Saskatchewan. A store in Calgary would be nice, and seems like a realistic goal.

--mAc

Apple already has three stores in Toronto, this will be their second Montreal location.

@ mAc-warrior:
I'm pretty sure that Toronto will also get it's Apple Store.

Besides, Montreal and Laval will probably be the only french (bilingual) Apple Stores in Americas! So, it's surely a strategic move that will not stops other Stores development.

Why Montreal?

Real Estate and retail space is cheaper in Montreal than in Toronto or Vancouver. Also, I wonder if Apple is trying to raise is profile in Quebec.

Canadians are like Johnny's Pizza ... there're kinda nice.

Jees, aay...

Yer gettin a flaigship store, eh? Ya dont gatta pouut aboot it...

@Bill,
As a Montrealerr I take exception to that. If there is something you do not like about Montreal, spit it ouit. If not STFU!
Montreal is the greatest city in Canada (I was raised in the west before people start crapping on me). THe people are friendly and helpful...even to americans (ha ha)!
Yes we do have a store in nearby Laval which surprised the hell out of my why Apple ever did that...and it is a great store by the way.
Welcome Apple to the land of Poutine

The store is in Laval (island north of Montreal), not even in Montreal. Kinda wierd if you ask me... Though makes sense if they had always planned to build a flagship store downtown MTL. Anyways, flagship store downtown! Can't wait!

Why in the world is there no Flagship on Queen St W in the Tdot?!??!?!
I've seen 4 spots for prime "Apple-Land" get gobbled up by the likes of American Apparel, H&M;, MEXX, and soon Urban Outfitters in the last few months. Meanwhile, we have 2 tiny stores in outer GTA-Toronto, and one OK size store in the Eaton Centre. They could've taken Queen & Yonge even! Maybe someday.. ..Toronto loves you WAY more than Montreal

MDN MW: From, as in: "You're 'from' Montreal, eh? I hear you have a way better Store than us:("

Why Montreal? Is that a real question!?

Because Montreal has style! "Think Different" is the slogan not "We like people with cash and no taste";)

@no squirt for you:
i was in montreal for expo 67 also. i grew up in northern new york, about halfway between montreal and new york city.

'in Montreal for Expo 67', been there, ' spent 2 years at McGill' done that.

The new Apple flagship store will be a Metro (subway) ride away from Canada's second and fourth largest cities, Montreal and Laval.

It's not The Center of the Universe (Toronto) but it is a good choice for Apple's Canadian Flagship Store.

If anyone at Apple is reading, Calgary is the fastest growing city in Canada. Calgary is the Canadian city with the highest per capita income. It's population has the youngest average age. There are more university graduates in Calgary than any other Canadian city. Last but not least, Calgary has the highest birth rate of any city Canada.

The second best place to buy a Mac in Calgary is a chain of Drug Stores, the third best is a Camera Store.

Fertile ground for an Apple Store, HINT, HINT, HINT.

Why is it you only have to mention the word "Canada" in an article in the US and all the trailor trash comes out of the woodwork (as shown in the above collection of idiotic comments)? Why are some people in the US so hung-up on other cultures?

'cause we now the rest are scum!

ABQ Peter: My family drove to Montreal from Atlanta in a VW bus. Quite a trip. I remember that the crowds at the fair were constant and beyond huge. But friendly people and lots of fun for all.

Great News...

Montreal is nice... wish it were Toronto.

j

Apple had a survey taken, and about 45% of small businesses that do not already use Macs said they would use Macintosh computers if Apple was to open a "real" (flagship) store in Montréal, compared to about 5% in Toronto. One of the reasons is that Apple's computers are so much easier to set up in french (or any other language, by the way) than Windows computers (keyboards, menus, etc.)

Yeah, I went to Expo 67 as well, seeing as I grew up near Mt. Tremblant!

@ Baba Euro
"Why are some people in the US so hung-up on other cultures?"
 
That's not my experience. Almost all my American acquaintances are knowledgeable about the cultures of the world and many speak foreign languages.

@Big Al
I hope somebody at Apple is reading your comments (though i am not sure why Apple staff would visit Apple rumor site like this one )

@Baba Euro

Your comment is an equally inept generalization by the way.

@US_rules

US rules where? did you check the news lately?

Montreal-- very hip, trendy. It'll work (although I agree with the Calgary contingent). War to Leopard's Timeline. Boo to the world's worst backup software, Backup. Maybe some Apple genius in Canada can finally show me how to get my "archived" photos back from the dead.

Apple must already have the largest network of stores that any computer maker has had.

Wonder if one day they will become the largest dedicated electronics retailer...

Possible.

@crabapple

"Is an iphone an iphone by any other name?"

But aren't every french entities supposed to protect their "language of civilized world"?

Translate movie title, dubbing instead of subtitling,

So supposedly iPhone should called iTéléphone or some sort...

and iPod is iCosse...

Top 10 reasons Montréal is a good spot for the Apple flagship store:

10. It is a new topic other than the iPhone. Remember that guy that used to go on and on about renaming this place? This is MacDaily news, and the traffic should be full and diverse. The world comes here.

9. Zune Thang is unsure whether or not there is a Zunes in Canada so he won't make a post down this thread.

8. It stuns and silences the cyber "we think we are the world" loud mouths long enough for les Canadien to have a little yarn.

7. It educates the people a bit about Canadian geography, an excellent preemptive move to any potential invasion. Imagine little Johnny answering the teacher's question: "Should we invade Canada or [insert any country here]?" with " {Insert any country here}.
Teacher- And why is that Johnny?
Johnny-Cause I know where Toronto is already and I have a friend there.

6. You can get sail there by boat from the sea, yet end up docking on fresh water.

5. It has the longest history of the other major competing conglomerates (Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver. Heck I would even consider Halifax and Edmonton, Winterpeg for various reasons. While we are at it, why not shine the Apple logo onto Niagara Falls at night? The Canadians could call it a light invasion.

4. The sport identity of Canada is hockey and frankly I believe that Les Habitants are the flagship there, as opposed to the Maple Leafs. The Senators are hot too, so Ottawa gets my thumbs up. You never want to ignore the Capital city.

3. It is near the park Lafontaine. Class, style and fashion.

2. Ad mare ad mare. Regardless of where the flagship store is located, it's influence with extend from and to sea to sea. That is the beauty of the land and the people who live there.

1. It is the closest major conglomerate to North America's greatest, completely walled and most romantic city...Québec city. I am sure those of you who have been there and shared the intimacy with the place are smiling with memories.

0. The power to be your best is a wonderful complement to the joie de vivre. N'importe où, partout.

-1. Montréal, c'est une femme.

Darn it! I want some poutine from Montreal! LOL Same thing for St. Hubert and Coq Rapide chicken!

Any news on opening date? oing to Montreal in August (2008 that is).