ArchitecTours 2026 Guided Tours
Are you eager to share your passion for Montreal and learn more about its architecture and history? Would you like to help raise awareness of and showcase heritage? Join Héritage Montréal’s team of volunteer guides! We are currently recruiting volunteer guides for the next edition of our ArchitecTours guided tours.
Required qualifications
- Students, graduates, or individuals with excellent knowledge in one of the following fields: architecture, urban planning, built heritage conservation, art history, history, or another related field
- An interest in Montreal heritage, architecture, urban planning and/or history
- Excellent public speaking skills and the ability to spark visitors’ curiosity
- An interest in research, strong synthesis skills, and the ability to tailor a tour script
Description of tasks
- Mandatory participation in 4 training sessions on Wednesday evenings from April 29 to May 20, 2026, held mainly in French
- Based on a draft script, complete the research and develop a full tour script, with an average of 30 hours of preparation
- Be available in July and August to prepare the tours, including additional research and group practice sessions
- Lead guided tours in French or English, with three or four presentations during the season between August 15 and October 18, 2026
Getting involved with Héritage Montréal means:
- Sharing your passion for Montreal and its heritage
- Learning about and discovering the heritage of different neighbourhoods
- Developing your public speaking skills
- Gaining experience within a recognized organization in the heritage field
By joining our movement, you will contribute to this essential mission which, for half a century, has helped shape the future of the metropolitan area’s architectural, historical, natural and cultural heritage.
If you would like to join our team of guides, please send us your résumé and a paragraph explaining your motivation for becoming a volunteer no later than March 31, 2026, for the attention of Maude Bouchard-Dupont, Awareness and Education Coordinator, by email at: rh@heritagemontreal.org.
About Héritage Montréal
Héritage Montréal has been working for 50 years to protect and promote the architectural, historical, natural and cultural heritage of the Greater Montreal area. At the heart of a vast network of partners, Héritage Montréal, a private non-profit organization, works through education, representation and collaboration to raise awareness of, showcase and enrich the identity and distinct character of the Greater Montreal area, the demographic and economic heart of Quebec and home to the most significant collection of heritage assets in the country.
About ArchitecTours®
These tours are designed to foster knowledge and discovery of Montreal’s heritage. Presented since 1988, they attract an average of 1,500 participants annually by offering original themed tours on the architecture and planning of Montreal neighbourhoods.