Shraga18 -“Someone I know is contemplating moving to Montreal. They’re looking for information on schooling, cost of living (large family), communities (they’re yeshivish) etc etc.”
The biggest problem that I found with Moreal is that the Frum communities are not cohesive. What do I mean? When you live in such a Golus amongst Antisemitic French and lots of Muslims, the Frum communities would fare much better if they were all next to each other. Eg. Toronno, basically is cohesive. It started around Bathurst and moved up. When you go to visit the different communities -you’ll see what I mean.
Also, for people not used to very cold, it can be challenging.