Being the largest French speaking city in Canada, do you think you can get by with just knowing English in Montreal?
Yes, but knowing a few basic French words certainly helps!
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It was the same in Quebec City. Everyone was telling us we're gonna be screwed not knowing French, but we had no problem getting around in English. Even the handful of people who only spoke French, still communicated with us through Google Translate and hand signals. And one time we were in a Subway and the English speaking girl immediately came over to us when she saw we don't speak French. Most people spoke at least some English. I agree that the most challenging part was ordering in restaurants where the menu was only in French and there were no pictures of the food. Or having to pay for something through computer, that was all in French and had a different style keyboard.
But people were exaggerating with these Quebecers! I only had one BLACK Uber Eats driver laugh at me for not knowing French, but aside from that, no one scolded us for not knowing French, and were happy to talk to us in English. I think even more people speak English in Quebec City, because it's more touristy. So I was really surprised and confused by some of the comments I read online. I honestly can't understand why so many people hate Quebebers. They may be the friendliest people I've met in North America, and they're so calm and polite.