Social clubs in Montreal.
24 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekday evenings, around Downtown, Plateau, Griffintown. Most are free to join. The ones without a fixed day are listed below, linked to where they announce. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
Social clubs are the groups that exist to meet people, where the activity is the excuse: a walk, a coffee, a board game, a language swap, a volunteer shift. If you are new to Montreal or your friends have moved on, this is the page most people are looking for when they search for ways to make friends here.
Each listing says when the group meets, where, and what it costs. Most are free and most are drop-in. Go once. Nobody there expects you to know anyone.
All 24 social clubs in Montreal.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
A francophone 5 à 7 every other Thursday at Café Bistrot Maison Baultberri on rue Berri; small-group conversation mixing learners and native speakers.
Every other thursdays, 5:45pm · Latin Quarter · $5 · meetup.com →Monthly after-work drinks for data and AI people at Bar Bisou Bisou in Old Montreal; strictly non-commercial, free RSVP with limited spots.
Monthly, third Tuesday · Old Montreal · Buy your own drinks · meetup.com →Friday-evening French practice sessions (with occasional Spanish nights) at Maison de l'Afrique on Henri-Julien, guided by volunteer teachers and aimed at newcomers.
Fridays, 6pm · Rosemont · $9.99 · meetup.com →Conversation tables at B.Hive Café on Sainte-Catherine West: French on Sunday evenings, English (with one Spanish table) on Thursdays. Any level; you are expected to buy a drink.
Sundays and Thursdays, 6pm · Downtown · $7 · meetup.com →Social crew going since 2012 that meets Tuesday at 7pm at the corner of Laurier and Brébeuf by parc Laurier. Motto: if you don't run, you cheer.
Tuesdays, 7pm · Plateau · Free · strava.com →Esperanto dinner meet-up, beginners welcome: gather at parc Albert-Saint-Martin then eat together at Aux Vivres on Saint-Laurent; everyone pays for their own meal.
Monthly, second Friday · Plateau · Pay for your own meal · meetup.com →Monthly Flutter/Dart meetup with a couple of talks and a raffle, hosted by a different studio each time (October at Sidekick Interactive in Old Montreal); free RSVP.
Monthly, weekday evening from 5:30pm; venue varies, RSVP link in the Meetup description · Free · meetup.com →Social crew running Lachine Canal routes from Le Petit Dep on rue de la Montagne, Monday and Wednesday evenings plus Saturday morning. All paces, coffee or beers after.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm · Griffintown · Free · strava.com →Slow-paced Sunday-afternoon hangout at the Esplanade Tranquille pavilion for 18-35s: card games, board games and quiet conversation, sometimes dinner afterwards.
Sundays, 3pm · Downtown · Free · meetup.com →Montreal's JavaScript user group since 2010: talks on the second Tuesday of the month at Upgrade Inc on Beaver Hall; doors 6:45-7:05 only (keycard entry), so arrive on time.
Monthly, second Tuesday · Downtown · Free · meetup.com →Table-based conversation sessions at Centre St Jax near Guy-Concordia; a gong rotates seats every so often. English on Tuesdays, French on Thursdays, Japanese on Saturdays.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, time varies · Downtown · $10 · meetup.com →Sunday-morning 6-10 km walks at a moderate pace through a different park or neighbourhood each week (Frédéric-Back, Bois-de-Liesse, Jean-Drapeau); French-first.
Sundays, time varies · Free · meetup.com →Free guided mindful walk on Mount Royal every Tuesday evening from the Mordecai Richler gazebo, led by the Mindfulness Outdoors team; slow and meditative, no experience needed.
Tuesdays, 6pm · Mount Royal · Free · meetup.com →Sunday-morning themed social run, new route each week, 6-10 km at about 6:30/km, from Baristello in Griffintown; moves to Ciele's espace MTL in winter. No-drop, dogs and kids welcome.
Sundays, 9am · Griffintown · Free · strava.com →Sunday-afternoon run-or-walk of 3-8 km on a marked trail, split for different paces, starting from a different bar or metro each week and ending with food, drinks and the club's songs. The $13 covers refreshments.
Sundays, 1pm · $13 · meetup.com →Weekly language mixer at L'Abreuvoir on Ontario Est: you stick flags for the languages you speak on your chest and mingle standing up; a newcomer reception runs 7-8pm.
Tuesdays, 7pm · Latin Quarter · Free · mundolingo.org →Free 45-minute group workout at 6:29 every Wednesday morning, mixing running with bodyweight exercises. October to April it meets at Nelson's Column at the top of Place Jacques-Cartier; summers at Percival-Molson Stadium.
Wednesdays, 6:29am · Old Montreal · Free · november-project.com →Queer and trans run club open to all experience levels. Tuesday 6pm runs alternate between Marché Atwater in Saint-Henri and Bar Social in Verdun; Saturday-morning runs and socials are posted on the club's public Google Calendar.
Tuesdays, time varies · Free · calendar.google.com →Sunday-afternoon French conversation circle at Centre Sanaaq, the new community centre in Shaughnessy Village; every level, no pressure to perform.
Sundays, 1pm · Downtown · $5 · meetup.com →Saturday 5pm open-topic philosophy discussion at Maison de l'Afrique near Beaubien metro; no degree needed, coffee and tea included, exact address shown after RSVP.
Every other saturdays, 5pm · Rosemont · $9.99 · meetup.com →Saturday-morning brisk group walk on the Mount Royal trails starting from avenue des Pins; the group's core weekly outing since 2023, French and English.
Saturdays, 10am · Mount Royal · Free · meetup.com →Tuesday-evening fast walk through Verdun from the Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs church on Wellington, run by the Plein Air Montréal walking group.
Tuesdays, 6pm · Verdun · Free · meetup.com →Small-group discussion of philosophy you can use day to day, every other Friday evening at bar Le Clébard on Saint-Denis; no reading required.
Every other fridays, 7pm · Plateau · Buy a drink at the… · meetup.com →Moderated group conversations on a hard topic (collapse, colonialism, kindness) at 4671 rue Berri on Sunday evenings; dialogue rather than debate, free with donations.
Sundays 6pm, two or three times a month at 4671 rue Berri; dates on Meetup · Plateau · Free · meetup.com →
Questions people actually ask.
I don't know anyone. Is that a problem?
It is the point. Social clubs assume you are arriving alone, and most build the first ten minutes around introductions. Pick a weekday evening for your first visit, when the regulars are relaxed and the crowd is smaller.
What's the difference between a social club and a meetup?
Nothing you need to worry about. We list any group that meets in person on a repeating basis and that a stranger can walk into. Some call themselves clubs, some meetups, some just a name and a day.
Do these cost anything?
Most do not. Some ask you to buy a drink or cover a venue fee, and a few charge a small annual membership. Whatever it is, it is in the listing before you go.
Is there an age range?
Rarely a strict one. Where a group is for a specific age, like 20s and 30s or over 50s, its listing says so. Everything else is mixed.
Every listing links straight to the club. Know a social club in Montreal we don’t? Add it.