Montreal Road Network Map
Oriented perpendicular and parallel to the Saint Lawrence River rather than true magnetic north, Montreal's streets wrap around Mount Royal with extensive bicycle network integration.
Road Typology & Facts
Local / Native Name
Montréal
Urban Grid Pattern
River-Parallel Grid & Mountain Radial Loop
Estimated Road Ways
28,000+
Geographic Bounding Box
45.41, -73.97 to 45.70, -73.47
Primary Arterial Corridors
Sainte-Catherine Street, Saint-Laurent Boulevard, René-Lévesque Boulevard, Sherbrooke Street
Data Source
OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
Developer & Export API
Extract vector SVG geometries directly into your web applications or pen plotters:
// Programmatically extract Montreal roads:
const res = await window.cityRoads.loadCity('Montreal', {
minLength: 2, // Filter micro segments
includeLabels: true // Minimalist typography
});
console.log(res.svg); // Clean XML <path> markup
Supports iframe postMessage bridge for automated pipelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does City Roads render Montreal roads?
City Roads pulls raw street geometries from OpenStreetMap using the Overpass API or pre-indexed protobuf graphs, rendering them in real time on a high-performance WebGL canvas.
Can I export high-resolution posters of Montreal?
Yes! The interactive viewer allows selecting custom background paper hues, ink colors, and exporting vector SVG (infinitely scalable) or print-quality PNG raster snapshots.
Is commercial use permitted?
Map geometries are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) by OpenStreetMap contributors. You are free to print, plot, and share visualizations with appropriate OSM credit.