Mercado Monkey in Montréal, QC

Multilingual websites and SEO for Montréal companies

In Montréal, French comes first by law. We help you comply while still reaching customers who search in English or Spanish.

Working with MontréalMM·2026
Location
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Local time
— · Eastern Time: Montréal is one hour ahead of Torreón in winter and two hours ahead in summer
Currency
CAD
Population
About 1.8 million in the city and more than 4 million in the metro area
How we work
Video calls · bilingual team
Office: Av. Morelos #703 Pte, Col. Centro, Torreón, Mexico
Is there a digital agency that works with businesses in Montréal?

Mercado Monkey is a bilingual digital agency based in Torreón, Mexico that works with Montréal businesses on Web development, SEO, Custom software, Digital marketing — remotely, in your time zone, since 2017.

Montréal's economy is distinctive: a global aerospace center home to Bombardier, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada, an AI research hub built around Mila, major game studios like Ubisoft, life sciences, a busy port, and a restaurant and tourism scene that draws visitors year-round. All of it operates in a city that works primarily in French, with a sizeable English-speaking minority and a large, entrepreneurial Latin American community. Choosing which language goes where on a website is a business decision here, and a legal one.

Quebec's Charter of the French Language, strengthened by Bill 96, requires commercial information to be available in French with no other language given better treatment. We build sites with a multilingual structure from day one, with French as the primary version (built from your French copy or your translator's), and English and Spanish written by our own team. We also run SEO separately for each language so every version ranks on its own merit. Nearshore pricing helps when a project needs three languages instead of one.

Hispanic market. Montréal has a large, well-established Latin American community with roots in Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru and Chile, and Spanish is one of the most widely spoken non-official languages in a city that works primarily in French.

02Local industries

Built for Montréal's economy

  • Aerospace and advanced manufacturing

    Technical corporate sites in French and English for suppliers selling to the region's major manufacturers.

  • Tech and AI startups

    Nearshore software development and product sites for startups that need engineering capacity without local hiring.

  • Education and language schools

    Multilingual sites with online enrollment and campaigns for schools welcoming international students.

  • Restaurants and tourism

    French and English menus and reservations, plus local SEO to compete in the Plateau, Mile End and Old Montréal.

  • Latino-owned retail and services

    French and Spanish sites for businesses serving the Latin American community while staying compliant.

03Where we work

Areas we serve in Montréal

  • Centre-ville
  • Vieux-Montréal
  • Plateau-Mont-Royal
  • Mile End
  • Saint-Laurent
  • Laval
Competing online in Montréal

Montréal searches split between French and English depending on the neighborhood, and Google treats each language as its own market. Machine-translated sites tend to underperform in both. Google Maps and reviews drive restaurant and service decisions, while B2B relies heavily on LinkedIn. In the Latin American community, Facebook and Instagram remain the main channels for recommendations and discovery, often in Spanish.

How we work with you

Montréal is one hour ahead of Torreón in winter and two hours ahead in summer, so we start early to overlap with your morning. Work runs on video calls and a shared project board. Invoices can be in CAD or USD, with contracts in English or Spanish. The French version is handled with native professional translators and sent to you for review before anything goes live.

05Process

How we get started

  1. 01

    30-minute call

    Tell us what you sell, who buys it and what isn't working. Free.

  2. 02

    Audit and proposal

    We review your site, Google Business Profile and local competitors, then send scope, timeline and deliverables.

  3. 03

    Weekly sprints

    Progress every week on a shared board plus a short video call to approve.

  4. 04

    Launch and measure

    We go live, wire up Analytics and conversions, and report what moves month by month.

06Preguntas frecuentes

Montréal: frequently asked questions

Can our Montréal business have a Spanish version of its site?
Yes, as an additional version. Quebec law requires commercial content to be available in French, with at least equal prominence to any other language. A well-written Spanish section helps you reach the Latin American community without creating compliance issues.
How do you work with a Montréal company from Mexico?
Over video calls, email and a shared board. Montréal is one hour ahead of Torreón in winter and two hours ahead in summer, so we start our day early. We invoice in CAD or USD and can sign contracts in English or Spanish.
How does local SEO work in a city with two main languages?
We treat each language as a separate market: French and English pages with their own keywords, correct hreflang setup and an accurate Google Business Profile. That way you appear for French searches in the Plateau and English searches on the West Island.
What does Bill 96 mean for a commercial website?
Broadly, commercial information, including your website, must be available in French, and versions in other languages can't be more favorable or complete. We design the site structure to meet that; for specific legal questions we recommend confirming with a Quebec advisor.
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