The Best Family Hotels in Montreal, Chosen by What the Suite Actually Holds
Best all-round: Hotel BonaventureMontreal quietly solves the family-hotel problem better than most cities: it is full of suite hotels with real kitchens, free hot breakfasts and two-bedroom layouts, plus one rooftop pool that steams away happily in January. What the booking sites will not tell you is which claims survive checking - so every fact on this page comes from the hotel's own site, and the gaps are named instead of papered over.
What are the best family hotels in Montreal?
Hotel Bonaventure is the anchor: a two-storey family suite sleeping six, cribs on request, kids' menus, and the famous heated rooftop pool open year-round with lifeguards and free children's life vests. For value, Montreal's suite hotels are the real story - Residence Inn Downtown has full kitchens and free hot breakfast, Embassy Suites gives every family a two-room suite with cooked-to-order breakfast, Hotel Faubourg's 1,020 square foot two-bedroom suites come with free buffet breakfast, and Les Suites Labelle is the only hotel in the city that states in writing that under-12s stay free, two per room.
Which one fits how you travel
Find the row that sounds like your trip. Every pick below names the traveller it is wrong for, so you can book on fit rather than on rank.
| If you are | Book | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Promising the kids a pool they will remember | Hotel Bonaventure | A heated rooftop pool open every day of the year - swimming while it snows is the story they will tell - with lifeguards and free kids' life vests. |
| Staying four nights or more | Residence Inn Downtown, or Hotel Faubourg on a budget | Full kitchens and free hot breakfast two minutes off Sainte-Catherine, or two-bedroom suites with breakfast and parking bundled from CAD 114. |
| A family of four wanting a door between the rooms | Embassy Suites, or Hotel Zero1 for less | Every Embassy suite is two rooms with breakfast cooked to order; Zero1's 600 sq ft two-bedroom suites do the same layout at a budget-design price. |
| Squeezing the budget hardest | Les Suites Labelle | Kitchenettes in every unit, breakfast included, CAD 21.74 parking, and the city's only written under-12s-stay-free policy. |
| Here for Old Montreal itself | Hotel Bonaparte | Breakfast included, a two-room suite, and Notre-Dame four minutes away on foot - just confirm the child arrangements by phone first. |
- Free cancellation on most rooms
- No booking fee
- Prices on Trip.com
What the bands mean
Bands are relative tiers in Canadian-dollar terms, not quotes. The checkable anchors from the hotels' own pages in August 2026: Hotel Faubourg's room-plus-parking-plus-breakfast package from CAD 114 a night, Les Suites Labelle's parking at CAD 21.74 against Embassy Suites' CAD 39.14, and the citywide truth that Grand Prix week in late May reprices everything. The euro symbols below are relative markers, cheapest to dearest, exactly as on every non-UK page of this site.
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- The pool-and-view properties and Old Montreal boutiques
The 8 hotels, and who each one is wrong for
Walking times are to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks. Distances measured on OpenStreetMap foot routing at 4.5 km/h in August 2026, from each hotel's door. Two anchors: Place d'Armes for Old Montreal and the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Peel for downtown - each card says which it uses.
Above Central Station
Hotel Bonaventure
€€€Best all-roundThe rooftop institution above Place Bonaventure: 2.5 acres of gardens, a heated outdoor pool open every day of the year with a lifeguard always present and free kids' life vests, a two-storey family suite sleeping up to six on two queen Murphy beds and a king, cribs and foam mattresses on request, kids' menus for under-12s, and even daycare referrals on a day's notice.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 3 minutes to Central Station at 190 m, 10 to Sainte-Catherine at Peel, 15 to Place d'Armes, all measured to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- The one-hotel Montreal family holiday: swim in the snow in January, walk everywhere from the middle of downtown.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Anyone allergic to brutalist concrete - Place Bonaventure is a fortress from the street, and the magic is all on the roof.
- The catch
- The catch: Underground parking is CAD 28 a day and the pool belongs to everyone in the hotel - summer weekend afternoons get busy.
Peel and Sainte-Catherine
Residence Inn Montreal Downtown
€€The aparthotel answer on Peel: every unit from the 433 square foot studios to the 633 square foot one-bedroom suites has a full kitchen with stovetop, the one-bedrooms add a private sofa bed and separate living room, and a free hot breakfast runs daily. Two measured minutes from Sainte-Catherine.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 2 minutes to Sainte-Catherine at Peel at 154 m, 5 to the McGill campus gates to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- Families of four staying three nights or more who want to stop paying restaurant prices for cereal.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Anyone arriving by car - the hotel itself has no parking, only an off-site lot 300 m away.
- The catch
- The catch: Per-suite maximum occupancy is not published on Marriott's own pages, so confirm the headcount at booking rather than at the desk.
Edge of Old Montreal
Embassy Suites by Hilton Montreal
€€Every standard suite here is two rooms - separate bedroom plus a living room with sofa bed, wet bar, fridge and microwave, official maximum four people - and the rate includes a free cooked-to-order breakfast and a complimentary evening reception. Cribs are on the amenity list. It sits between the Quartier international and Old Montreal.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 5 minutes to Notre-Dame Basilica at 351 m, 7 to Place d'Armes to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- A family of four who want a door between the kids and the evening, plus breakfast solved.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Families of five - the two-room suites cap at four, and there is no bigger layout.
- The catch
- The catch: No pool, and on-site parking runs CAD 39.14 a day - the steepest of the family picks.
Rene-Levesque Est
Hotel Faubourg Montreal
€The east-downtown suite hotel: 500 square foot studios up to a 1,020 square foot two-bedroom suite with two queens and a sofa bed, kitchenettes with full-size fridges in every unit, free hot-and-cold buffet breakfast, guest laundry around the clock, and a stay-and-park package from CAD 114 that includes the garage.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 9 minutes to Place d'Armes at 656 m; Chinatown is on the corner to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- Driving families - the package maths of room, parking and breakfast in one figure is the best in the city.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Shoppers - Sainte-Catherine's main stretch is a measured 23 minutes away, so this is a metro-and-old-town base.
- The catch
- The catch: The hotel's own FAQ page is placeholder text, and neither crib policy nor room occupancy is published - ask by email before relying on either.
Quartier Latin
Les Suites Labelle
€Best valueThe value sleeper by Berri-UQAM: 97 studios and suites, every one with a real equipped kitchenette including a stovetop, continental breakfast included, parking at CAD 21.74, and the only written kids-stay-free policy in Montreal - under-12s free sharing with an adult, up to two of them.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 16 minutes to Place d'Armes at 1.2 km; the metro at Berri-UQAM reaches everything faster to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- Budget families who want the policy in writing and a kitchen for the picky eater.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Anyone wanting a lively doorstep at night - the blocks around Berri-UQAM station are functional rather than charming after dark.
- The catch
- The catch: The two-bed family studios publish no maximum occupancy, and the garage caps vehicles at 1.76 m - no roof boxes.
Chinatown and the Quartier des Spectacles
Hotel Zero1
€A budget-design hotel at the Chinatown gate whose 600 square foot apartment-style suites are built for exactly this job: two private bedrooms with a queen each, or one bedroom plus sofa bed, a separate living room, dining nook and mini-kitchen, marketed by the hotel itself as perfect for a family of four.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 7 minutes to Place d'Armes at 499 m, with Chinatown's dumpling row across the street to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- A family of four who want two real bedrooms at the price other hotels charge for one room with a cot.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Light packers of patience - valet parking is CAD 36 plus tax with no in-out privileges under 48 hours, and breakfast costs extra.
- The catch
- The catch: The Quartier des Spectacles side of the block is festival central - brilliant in daylight, loud on event nights.
President-Kennedy at McGill
Delta Hotels Montreal
€€The downtown four-star that keeps children genuinely occupied: an actual kids' game room on the amenity list, an indoor pool, and a location on President-Kennedy four measured minutes from the McGill campus green. Marriott's own pages call it family-friendly and, unusually, mean it.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 4 minutes to the McGill gates at 316 m, 6 to Sainte-Catherine at Peel to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- Families who want a conventional full-service hotel with a pool and something for a rainy hour.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Morning swimmers with a schedule - the pool closes midday on weekdays, reopening at five.
- The catch
- The catch: Suite occupancy, cribs and kids-eat policies are all unpublished on Marriott's own pages - the family label rests on the game room, the pool and the location.
Old Montreal
Hotel Bonaparte
€€€The Old Montreal boutique that families can actually use: 36 rooms in a stone townhouse a four-minute walk from Notre-Dame, with breakfast included for every room, a two-queens category, and a Prestige Suite of two private rooms and two bathrooms for a family that wants the old town outside the window.
- Walk to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- 4 minutes to Notre-Dame Basilica at 313 m, 7 to Place d'Armes to Place d'Armes, or Sainte-Catherine at Peel for the downtown picks
- Right for
- A special-occasion stay where cobblestones, the basilica and breakfast in the room beat a pool.
- Wrong for
- Wrong for: Anyone needing certainty on numbers - the hotel publishes no occupancy figures, no crib policy and no parking information at all; phone before booking with children.
- The catch
- The catch: No pool, no gym, no parking details - the trade for sleeping inside the postcard.
Where not to book in Montreal
Montreal has no bad family neighbourhoods downtown - the traps are calendar and detail traps. Grand Prix weekend in late May reprices and fills the entire city; check the race date before trusting any quote for that window. Around Berri-UQAM and the eastern Sainte-Catherine strip the street scene runs scruffier at night - fine for teens, less relaxing with a stroller. And treat every unpublished detail on this page's cards as real: three of the eight hotels publish no crib policy, so the five-minute confirmation email beats an argument at check-in.
When to book
Six weeks out is enough for most dates, with three exceptions that need booking the moment dates are fixed: Grand Prix week in late May, the festival crush from the Jazz Festival in late June through Osheaga's weekend at the start of August, and any school-holiday overlap with those. November and April are the honest bargains - the city between seasons, with suite-hotel rates at their softest.
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Photo credits (8)
Photos via Wikimedia Commons, used under their respective licences.
- Place Bonaventure with the downtown towers behind, above Central Station: Jeangagnon - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Rue Sainte-Catherine West, the shopping spine below the Peel hotels: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
- The stone fronts of Rue de la Commune facing the Old Port: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
- Boulevard Rene-Levesque in winter, the corridor of the eastern downtown hotels: Andrepoiy - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- The skating rink on the Esplanade by Place des Arts, west of the Quartier Latin: D. Benjamin Miller - CC0 · source
- The paifang gate of Montreal's Chinatown on Boulevard Saint-Laurent: Bohemian Baltimore - CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
- The green of the McGill University campus beside the President-Kennedy hotels: Jeangagnon - CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
- Rue Notre-Dame in Old Montreal, the quarter around Hotel Bonaparte: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA - CC BY-SA 2.0 · source