Montreal | 3D Cities

International yet intimate; welcome to Montreal. For over a century the center of commerce and culture in Canada, Montreal remains both a cozy, intimate city and a thoroughly modern and cosmopolitan hub. It is the largest city in Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, has the most historic sites of any city in the nation, is a UNESCO City of Design, has won the most Stanley Cup titles, and has been rated the best city in the world for students.

Build up, build often, but not too high

Notably, no building in the city is allowed to exceed the height of the city’s namesake, Mount Royal (233m ASL), which is just off the west edge of most models. Montreal’s tallest building, then, is 1250 René-Lévesque, with its spire reaching 226.5m from the ground. 1000 de La Gauchetière has a roof height of 205m and is the city’s second-tallest; and featuring prominently in the middle of the model is Place Ville-Marie with its 188m-tall four-winged plan. On the east end of the model is the 69m-tall Notre Dame Basilica, for 99 years the tallest building in the city.

The MiniCty models of Montreal are built from laser-scan data from 2015, so are missing some recent residential buildings erected near the Bell Centre: the 184m L’Avenue, Tour des Canadiens (at 167 and 166m), and the pair of Roccabella towers.

Hang this conversation-starter on your wall, you design maven, you.

While our 8”x8” MiniCty models are standard, we also offer a variety of larger sizes to satisfy any desire. Sizes include 12”, 16”, 24”, 30”, 36”, up to a wall-covering 54”x54”. As the prints get larger, the buildings get bigger and the detail increases! But you get a lot more than simply buildings from MiniCty - you get every tree, bus, hill, park, bridge, and detail, and the largest prints include every car, fence, chimney, spire, and shrub! Check out the shop for prices, and ask us if you don’t see the size you want. We do custom work as well - contact us for details!

Banner photo by Calvin411, CC BY-SA 4.0