I played a game set in Montréal a few years ago (before Montréal 2074 got out), but I only had a handful of paragraphs written down.
Montréal is the largest sprawl in Québec, with a population between 4 and 6 millions. The sprawl is located at the junction point between the Saint Laurent and Outaouais rivers, and spread over two large islands and the two banks.
- The île de Montréal. Downtown Montréal comprises the Vieux-Montréal, Mont Royal and the international district (the business skyscrapper district), Chinatow.
The Ville Intérieure is the underground area which connect subways stations, malls, hotels, the university and Chinatown..., forming a giant mall. During winter, it allows to walk from one place to another without getting out. As a result, it also allows to walk from one extraterritorial enclave in downtown to another.
Little Italy and the larger Italian and Haitian districts are in the northern suburbs.
The Montréal-Trudeau international airport is on the western part of the island. The West End, which comprises the English-speaking neighbourhoods of Kirkland and Beaconsville, is outside the limit of the city of Montréal, directly south of the airport (getting loud fly-over), on the southwestern tip of the island.
- The île Jésus is covered by the city of Laval. It includes residential neighborhoods, hi-tech and pharmaceutical industries and services companies.
- The rive sud [southern bank] around the city of Longueil, includes residential neighborhoods and aerospace industries. The outer suburb are called the couronne sud [south crown].
- The rive nord [northern bank] most significant location is the Montréal-Mirabel international airport, which is mostly used to cargo airplanes and as such is mostly corporate ground. The outer suburbs is (you guess it) the couronne nord [north crown].
Corporate presence
18 zones d'entreprises were established in the Montréal sprawl. There were attributed to Ares Macrotechnology (two, AresSpace/Pratt & Whitney in Longueil, plus the former Cross, now Info-Santé in Laval), Aztechnology (three, Aztechnology in downtown Montréal, their subsidiary Génétique in Laval and their subsidiary Esprit Industries in Montréal East), ESUS (two, in Trudeau and Mirabel), MCT (in downtown Montréal), Evo, Monobe International, Neonet, Prometheus Engineering, Renraku Computer Systems, Saeder-Krupp, Yokogawa and Zeta-Impchem.
Lone Star Security Services operates the local branc Gendarmerie SA, which handle law enforcement in all Québec.
Criminal activities
The Mafia runs Montréal underworld. The top two families are the Rizzuto (sicilians) et and the Cotroni (calabrese), in Little Italy and the northern boroughs of Montréal Island. Both are in touch with the powerful Bonanno family of New York City. The West End Gang (irish) controls the english-speaking areas of Kirkland and Beaconsville. The Hellsouls bikers gang, who do business with the mafia, also have their headquarters in West End.
The Triads are almost never seen outside of Chinatow, and the Yakuza never managed to gain a foothold in Montréal.
