Friends jokingly call me the Sud-Ouest Ambassador because I’m a little obsessed with my neighbourhood, but I don’t hold a candle to real tour guides. One of my favourites is Thom Seivewright, a.k.a. Montreal Expert. With more than 72,000 followers on Instagram, he routinely pops up on my feed with his one-minute “quickie tour” videos, often sharing little-known facts about a specific landmark or neighbourhood, and always ending with his signature “Voilà!”

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