Montréal Tourist Guide

Are you passionate enough about Montréal’s history, architecture and culture to make it your career? Offered in collaboration with the Ville de Montréal, this program is the only one that allows you to be eligible for a tourist guide permit.

Overview

Architecture, history, culture and society are all part of this program, which will teach you everything that makes Montréal such a rich and interesting city! Thanks to numerous courses in guiding, tourist reception and group management, you will have everything on hand to become an excellent tour guide.

Program key elements

• ITHQ exclusive training course, offered on a part-time basis
• Prerequisite for obtaining a tourist guide permit from the Ville de Montréal
• Bilingual program (French and English)
• Experienced and passionate instructors

Become an ambassador for your city!

What you will learn
Organizing, guiding, sharing

• Montréal’s emblematic places and sites
• Culture, history, architecture and society
• Organization of tourist activities
• Group guiding and animation

Partner

The Montréal Tourist Guide program is offered in collaboration with the Ville de Montréal. It is a prerequisite for obtaining the mandatory permit to work as a tourist guide in the city.

Program structure and courses

Duration and schedule

• Program starting in the fall 
• Spread over 2 part-time sessions
• Includes a total of 240 hours of coursework 
• Classes offered up to 3 nights per week, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., including several Saturdays

Diploma

Attestation of Collegial Studies (ACS) in Montréal Tourist Guide recognized by the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur

Admission

Admission application periods

Admission requirements

To be eligible for this program, you must meet one of these criteria:

• Hold a Secondary School Diploma (SSD) or an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary Studies (AESS), OR
• Hold a related Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS), OR
• Have completed training deemed equivalent outside of Québec

You must also: 

• Demonstrate proficiency in oral and written French and English: refer to the Required language proficiency page for more details.
• Undergo an interview to assess your communication skills, if applicable.

Required documents 

• Applicants must ensure that they meet the program’s admission requirements before submitting their application.      
• Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted.       
• For your admission file to be considered complete, it must contain a copy of all the official documents required by the ITHQ in accordance with your status, as listed below.
• These documents must be legible and saved in PDF format. Documents in a language other than French or English must also be accompanied by a certified translation into French or English.            
• Important notice! Some documents required by the ITHQ may not be requested automatically on the admission platform. It is therefore your responsibility to ensure that all the documents on the list in accordance with your status have been uploaded to your file before submitting your application.         

Costs and financial aid

Program fees

Use the program fee calculator to find out about the costs of this program. 

Financial aid and scholarships

Looking for financial support for your study project? Find out about the different options available to you.  

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Future prospects

Take advantage of Montréal’s tourism appeal

Whether you are interested in working in a tourist agency, a tour company, an interpretation centre, a tourist site or as an independent tourist guide, this training will allow you to carve out your place of choice in the Montréal tourist sector.