Montréal eBike Trails 2026: Lachine Canal, Mont-Royal and the Throttle Rule

A Playcut rendering of Zeus standing beside a white Samebike CY20 Pro folding e-bike on the Concorde Bridge bike path in Montréal, holding a sesame bagel and a white paper bag, the St. Lawrence River and the Jacques Cartier Bridge behind. Headline: The throttle stops at the canal. Rendered from Samebike’s own photograph of the CY20 Pro.

Zeus with the Samebike CY20 Pro on the Concorde Bridge bike path, the Jacques Cartier Bridge behind: a Playcut.ai rendering made from Samebike’s own photograph of the CY20 Pro.

Montréal e-bike trails in 30 seconds

A bike that meets Québec’s e-bike rule rides as a bicycle on the city’s streets, painted lanes, the REV and the Jacques-Cartier and Samuel-De Champlain bridge paths. On our overlay of the city’s data that is 914 km of the island’s 1,101 km network. A footboard keeps a bike off lanes and paths.

A throttle changes the answer off the street. Three city by-laws list a bike that can move “sans avoir à pédaler” as an off-road vehicle, and Parks Canada says a throttle bike “can only be ridden on roads”. Plan on no throttle for 98 km: the Lachine Canal path, chemin Olmsted on Mont-Royal, the nature parks and the big city parks, all at 20 km/h.

Where to buy: the 23 e-bikes below, from $999, led by the Samebike CY20 Pro, the one on this list whose maker calls its throttle detachable. Browse our folding e-bikes, step-through e-bikes and electric trikes.

1,101 kmBike network on the island (our measure of City data)

83%Outside every park: streets, lanes, the REV

98 kmCanal and big parks: plan on no throttle

20 km/hLimit in the big parks and on the canal

In this guide

Can you ride an e-bike on Montréal’s trails?
The one question: can your bike move without pedalling?
The Lachine Canal
Mont-Royal
The big city parks and the nature parks
Parc Jean-Drapeau and the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
Crossing the river
The REV, the street network and winter
Beyond the island
Getting there: métro, REM, exo and BIXI
23 e-bikes for Montréal
Borough parks
Frequently asked questions
Before your first ride
References

How this guide was checked On 6 November 2026 we read each land manager’s own text: the city’s three park by-laws and its network by-law, the park rules of all 19 boroughs (scanned ones by OCR), Parks Canada’s pages for the Lachine and Chambly canals, the bridge owners’ pages and signs, Parc Jean-Drapeau, and the STM, REM and river shuttle rules. We listed all 29,885 records in the city’s by-law database to find them. We then laid the city’s 9,485 bike-network segments over its park polygons to measure how much of the network each rule touches. The questions come from Google and Bing suggestions in English and French, Search Console and four AI engines. The bikes are 23 we chose from what we sell, each re-read on its maker’s Canadian page. Fit and range lines on seven cards come from our US sister store, RedTail eBikes, and only where its bike matches the Canadian one on the thing measured. We did not read the park by-laws of the island’s 15 linked cities, or of Laval and Longueuil. Where a source says two things, both are printed. This is a rider’s guide and not legal advice.

Last updated: 7 November 2026. Every trail rule, by-law section, crossing and bike spec below was read at its source on 6 November 2026, except where its reference gives another date.

Can you ride an e-bike on Montréal’s trails?

Montréal police wrote 2,411 tickets to e-bike riders in 2025, according to SPVM data obtained by Le Journal de Montréal, and Parks Canada last changed the rules page for the city’s best-known path on 7 October 2026. Pick the wrong path and a first offence in a big park costs $100. This guide takes each route by its owner, so you know which paths your bike can use before you buy it or ride it.

The short answer is yes, on most of the network. The longer answer depends on who owns the ground under your wheels, and on whether your bike can move without pedalling.

Where	Who decides	Bike with a throttle	Pedal-assist bike
Streets, painted lanes, the REV	Highway Safety Code, RCG 14-043	Rides as a bicycle if it meets Québec’s rule and has no footboard	Rides as a bicycle
Jacques-Cartier and Samuel-De Champlain bridge paths	JCCBI; Signature on the Saint Lawrence	Yes on the Code’s terms, 20 km/h	Yes, 20 km/h
Lachine Canal and Chambly Canal paths	Parks Canada	No on the stricter of two federal pages	Yes, 20 km/h
Mont-Royal, La Fontaine, Maisonneuve, Jarry, Angrignon and other big parks	10-020, RCG 10-016	No, listed as an off-road vehicle	Yes, 20 km/h, where bikes may go
Nature parks such as Cap-Saint-Jacques and Bois-de-Liesse	RCG 09-029	No, parking lots included	Yes, 20 km/h, where signs allow
Parc Jean-Drapeau	Société du parc Jean-Drapeau	No e-bike rule found; read the signs	No e-bike rule found; 30 km/h
Borough parks	Each borough	Varies	Varies

Map of the Island of Montréal with its bike network coloured by rule: most lines in the colour for streets, lanes and the REV, the Lachine Canal and the big parks in the no-throttle colour, and borough parks and Parc Jean-Drapeau in their own colours.

Our map of who decides. Streets, lanes and the REV: 914 km. The canal and the big parks, where you plan on no throttle: 98 km. Borough parks: 73 km. Parc Jean-Drapeau: 13 km. Built from Ville de Montréal open data; island only, and the signs on site decide.

That map is ours. We walked each of the city’s 9,485 network segments in 10-metre steps and sorted every step by the park polygon it falls in. It gives 914.1 km outside every park, 97.7 km on land where the canal page or a park by-law keeps a throttle out, 72.9 km in borough parks and other green space, and 13.4 km in Parc Jean-Drapeau. A path just outside a polygon counts as outside, and the signs on site decide.

Takeaway A Québec-legal throttle bike rides most of Montréal’s network. Treat the Lachine Canal, Mont-Royal, the nature parks and the big city parks as pedal-assist country.

The one question: can your bike move without pedalling?

Québec and the city’s parks answer this differently, which is why one bike can be lawful on Rue Berri and out of bounds in Parc La Fontaine. The SAAQ says the assistance “may be activated by the pedals or accelerator control”. The city’s park by-laws say a motor that moves the bike “sans avoir à pédaler” makes it a different machine.

In By-law 10-020, RCG 10-016 and RCG 09-029, a “bicyclette à assistance électrique” counts as a bicycle: its motor stops “dès que cesse l’effort”. A “bicyclette électrique” does not: it “permet une propulsion par le moteur sans avoir à pédaler”, and each by-law lists it as a “véhicule hors route”, which those parks ban (10-020, ss. 1, 9; RCG 10-016, ss. 1, 9; RCG 09-029, ss. 2, 59). The city’s park conduct page, updated 16 June 2026, says a way of getting around that “ne demande aucun effort physique” is not allowed on park cycling paths. On our reading a thumb throttle fits those words.

Montréal’s signs and by-laws are in French, so these are the words to know.

French term	What it means	Why it matters
Vélo or bicyclette à assistance électrique	A pedal-assist bike: the motor stops when you stop pedalling	A bicycle under the park by-laws and Parks Canada
Bicyclette électrique	A bike the motor can move without pedalling	Listed as an off-road vehicle in the big parks (10-020, s. 1)
Sentier polyvalent	A multi-use path for bikes and walkers	Chemin Olmsted is one; walkers may use it (RCG 14-043, s. 3)
Piste cyclable	A bike path separated from traffic	Bikes, skates, skateboards, wheelchairs
Bande cyclable	A painted bike lane	Bikes and wheelchairs
Marchepied, plancher plat, cadre ouvert	Footboard, flat floor, open frame	An assisted bike with one of these is out of the definition of a bicycle (RCG 14-043, s. 2)

Two readings to know. RCG 14-043 does not define “cadre ouvert”. We read it as the scooter-style frame it sits beside, and the SPVM’s sheet names only the “marchepied”, but a strict reader could stretch it to a step-through. Walk modes also move a bike without pedalling, and no text we read says whether that counts.

The bike itself has to pass Québec’s rule first. The SAAQ asks for a motor of no more than 500 W and power that stops at 32 km/h or less, and its French page says “puissance nominale”. Riders are 18 or older, or 14 to 17 with a Class 6D licence, and a helmet is compulsory. Our Québec e-bike laws guide and Montréal rules guide cover the label, the fines and the moped order.

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The Lachine Canal: 13.5 km and the strictest line in town

The Lachine Canal path runs 13.5 kilometres between the Old Port and Lake Saint-Louis, and it is the route riders ask about most. It is Parks Canada land with a 20 km/h limit. The agency’s visitor guidelines admit pedal-assist e-bikes and say a bike with a throttle “can only be ridden on roads”.

Those guidelines, modified 7 October 2026, describe pedal assist the same way as the national rule: power only while you pedal, a motor that “can generate a maximum of 500W”, and assistance that stops at 32 km/h. The French version is blunter about throttles: “interdits sur le sentier du lieu historique du Canal-de-Lachine”.

Parks Canada’s two pages do not match. Its uses page, modified 3 August 2026, says “Bicycles and electric bicycles, strollers, electric scooters, and other compliant and safe motorized personal mobility devices” are permitted on the pathway, and it draws no throttle line. The visitor guidelines are later and stricter, so plan around them. Parks Canada takes questions at 514-283-6054.

The same safety page sets three more habits: the stone-dust path is reserved for walkers, you walk your bike where the sign says, and groups ride in single file. Parks Canada calls this a shared-use path, “not a bike path”, and says all users must comply with the Highway Safety Code.

With a throttle, ride the streets beside it. OpenStreetMap’s cycleway tags, which we read on 6 November 2026, show bike facilities on stretches of Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, Rue Saint-Jacques, Rue William, Rue Wellington and Rue Notre-Dame Ouest in this corridor. They are stretches and not one continuous route, so check the city’s bike map before you set out.

Takeaway Pedal-assist bikes ride the canal at 20 km/h. A bike with a throttle takes the parallel streets, or takes its throttle off.

Want one bike for the canal and the streets?

The Samebike CY20 Pro ($999) is the one pick here whose maker calls its throttle detachable. Read its card, then call us before you order.

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Mont-Royal: chemin Olmsted, Camillien-Houde and the road question

Yes, you can bike up Mount Royal, on two kinds of surface. By-law RCG 10-016 bars cycling in the park “sauf sur un chemin public et le sentier polyvalent (chemin Olmsted)” (s. 9), and caps it at 20 km/h (s. 11). The city’s park map says the same, and gives chemin Olmsted as 4.4 km to the summit loop. The park’s other trails are closed to bikes.

With a throttle, chemin Olmsted is out: it is a park path, and the by-law bars the bike from the park. The road is harder. Section 9 bans “circuler en véhicule ailleurs que sur un chemin public ou d’utiliser un véhicule hors-route”: the first half spares public roads, and the second half does not say so. No text we read settles a throttle bike on Voie Camillien-Houde or chemin Remembrance, so plan on the strict reading.

Camillien-Houde itself is still a shared road. La Presse reported on 9 June 2026 that it would be repaved that summer. Of the plan to turn it into a cycling and walking route, the paper wrote: “Rien de tout cela n’aura lieu pour le moment.” The city’s yearly safety measures stay in place. The park is closed from midnight to 6 a.m.

Takeaway Pedal-assist bikes climb on chemin Olmsted or the public roads. A bike with a throttle plans around the park, or takes its throttle off, as the Samebike CY20 Pro lets you.

The big city parks and the nature parks

Three by-laws cover the parks most riders mean. Each holds bicycles to 20 km/h (10-020, s. 12; RCG 10-016, s. 11; RCG 09-029, s. 56), and each bars a bike that moves without pedalling. They differ on hours and on where a bike may go, and the nature parks are the only ones that also bar it from the parking lot.

Parks	By-law	Closed	Where a bicycle may go
La Fontaine, Maisonneuve, Jarry, Angrignon, Promenade-Bellerive, Dieppe	10-020, ss. 3, 9	Midnight to 6 a.m.	Anywhere but signed no-bike areas and natural areas off trail
René-Lévesque	10-020, s. 3	11 p.m. to 6 a.m.	Same
Des Rapides	10-020, s. 3	11 p.m. to 7 a.m.; conservation zones 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.	Same
Jeanne-Mance, Frédéric-Back	RCG 10-016, ss. 3, 9	Midnight to 6 a.m.	Anywhere but signed no-bike areas and natural areas off trail
Mont-Royal	RCG 10-016, ss. 3, 9	Midnight to 6 a.m.	Public roads and chemin Olmsted only
Nature parks: Cap-Saint-Jacques, Bois-de-Liesse, Île-de-la-Visitation, Pointe-aux-Prairies, Île-Bizard, Anse-à-l’Orme and others	RCG 09-029, ss. 4, 56, 58	Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.	Anywhere but signed no-bike areas, beaches and natural areas off trail

One open question sits under this table. Some park paths are also on the city’s cycling network, and RCG 14-043, s. 2, admits an assisted bicycle as the Code defines it. By-law 10-020, s. 17, and RCG 10-016, s. 15, say the park by-law wins if two rules conflict. No text we read settles it, so we mapped those paths as no-throttle.

For a ride, the city’s Cap-Saint-Jacques page lists routes marked for walking and cycling from 0.9 km to a 5 km loop, and a 6.5 km fat-bike trail in season. Bois-de-Liesse lists a 4.2 km fat-bike trail. Ride them on a pedal-assist bike, or leave the motor at home.

Takeaway Big parks: 20 km/h, no throttle, and check the closing hour. A first offence is $100 and a repeat $500 (10-020, s. 16; RCG 10-016, s. 14; RCG 09-029, s. 73).

Parc Jean-Drapeau and the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve

You can bike to Parc Jean-Drapeau and around its circuit, and this is the one big park the city’s by-laws leave out: RCG 10-016 excludes it by name. Its FAQ sets 30 km/h throughout, “even on Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve”, which the park says is shared by cyclists, pedestrians, skaters and motorists.

The multi-purpose track is “generally opened and maintained from April 15 to November 15”, and some summer evenings are kept for cycling training. The park names three ways across by bike: the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the Concorde Bridge and the Promenade fluviale du Grand Montréal.

We found no e-bike rule for the park on its FAQ, access and circuit pages, or in the titles of the city’s 29,885 by-law records. On what we read, a Québec-legal e-bike rides its paths under the 30 km/h limit, and the park can post signs. A throttle is not addressed either way, so watch for signs at the entrance.

Crossing the river: bridges, the Estacade and the shuttles

Montréal is an island, so the crossings decide many rides. The two big bridge paths work for e-bikes, and both hold you to 20 km/h. The seasonal crossings change with the calendar, so read the status line on the owner’s page before you go.

Crossing	Length and season	E-bike line
Jacques-Cartier multipurpose path	2.7 km, upstream side; “open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week” in its regular season	Signs: “The Highway Safety Code applies”, 20 km/h, bicycle on green, scooter on red. The sidewalk is closed for 2026.
Samuel-De Champlain path	3.4 km, “durant toute l’année”, with closures for snow, freezing rain and wind	20 km/h. The page bans “véhicules motorisés, tels que les scooters et motocyclettes” and does not name e-bikes.
Concorde Bridge path	About 0.7 km on the city’s network, which flags it protected, four-season and Route verte; it lands in Parc Jean-Drapeau	No e-bike line of its own. On our overlay the span is on the city’s network and outside every park polygon, so we read RCG 14-043 as the rule.
Estacade bicycle path	Links Île des Sœurs to the Seaway dike (JCCBI); open on 6 November	No e-bike line on the pages we read.
Promenade fluviale du Grand Montréal	About 14 km, paved; “generally opened and maintained from April 15 to November 15”; no crossing while a ship is in the lock	No e-bike line on the page we read.
River shuttles	Summer service; bikes ride free, with about 15% of capacity held for them	The 2026 FAQ says “vélos” and is silent on e-bikes. Ask the operator before you plan on it.

The Samuel-De Champlain wording needs a second look. A bike inside Québec’s rule is a bicycle under the Code, and the page’s examples are scooters and motorcycles, so we read it as open to a legal e-bike. A strict reader could lean on “véhicules motorisés” for a throttle bike. On the Jacques-Cartier path the sign settles it in favour of the Code.

Plan for the climb. JCCBI warns of “long and steep slopes (4.2%)” on the Jacques-Cartier path, which is where torque counts: the Taubik Tour S prints 80 N·m, and the commuters below print 55 to 70 where their makers give a figure.

The REV, the street network and winter

This is where a throttle bike belongs. The Express Bike Network, or REV, is a 191 km project of protected routes “accessible all year long”. Piste Robert Silverman on Berri, Lajeunesse and Saint-Denis runs about 9 km north to south. A legal e-bike rides all of it, and so does every painted lane and signed street.

The city’s cycling page counts 1,083 km. Summing the City’s open data we measure 1,102.2 km on the island, or 1,055.4 km if we count a street once where it has a lane on each side. Here is what those kilometres are made of.

Type of facility	Km (our sum of City data)
Painted lanes (bande cyclable)	283.6
Shared street, signed (chaussée désignée)	260.8
Protected on-street path (piste sur rue)	222.8
Separate path (site propre)	200.4
Multi-use path (sentier polyvalent)	100.9
Sidewalk-level path	15.4
Shared bus and bike lane	11.2
Vélorue	7.0

For winter, the city lists 251 km of protected paths and 489 km of marked lanes cleared with the streets or soon after. Its data flags 754 km as four-season, but only 88 of the 301 km of off-street paths. Winter riding here is mostly on-street riding. The city’s 2026 list adds 2.5 km to the network this year.

Riding the REV every day?

Eight of the commuter bikes below start at $1,199. Each has a throttle and a Québec check on its card.

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Beyond the island: Route verte, Chambly, Boucherville and the P’tit Train

Off the island, each owner writes its own line. The Route verte runs 5,400 km across Québec, and 98 km of the island’s network carries its flag in the city’s data. Its site and FAQ print no e-bike rule of their own, so on each stretch the rule is the owner’s. Vélo Québec’s free map counts 3,623 km of bikeways in Greater Montréal.

Route	Owner	E-bike line
Chambly Canal path	Parks Canada	Same as Lachine: a bike with a throttle “can only be ridden on roads”. Modified 7 October 2026.
Îles-de-Boucherville, Oka, Mont-Saint-Bruno national parks	Sépaq	“Bike paths and other trails: electric bikes and electric pedal-assist bikes are allowed.” Mountain-bike trails take pedal-assist only. Our copy is from 3 November.
Le P’tit Train du Nord	The park’s own rules	Authorized “when fitted with functional pedals”. E-bikes ride at 22 km/h and 10 km/h in town; electric scooters are out.
Laval and Longueuil paths	Each city	The Code applies on streets and lanes. Off-road paths are the city’s to rule, and we did not read their by-laws, so read the sign at each entrance.
West Island cities	Each city	152 km of the island’s network sits in the 15 linked cities. RCG 14-043 is an agglomeration by-law; their park by-laws are their own, and we did not read them.

For long days on these routes, the commuter cards below give a modelled range where our sister store has one.

Getting there: métro, REM, exo and BIXI

Plan to ride the whole way. Montréal’s two rail networks refuse e-bikes at every hour, folded or not, and the fines are in our rules guide. Only exo’s commuter trains take one, so a long ride out may need a car or your own legs home. If the car is the plan, start with the folders below.

Service	Ordinary bike	E-bike
STM métro	Weekdays opening to 7:00, 9:30 to 15:30, 18:00 to closing; weekends and holidays open	No. “Personal electric or motorized transportation devices are prohibited throughout the network.”
REM	Any time under a pilot project, two per car	No. “No longer permitted within the network” (section 53.2)
exo trains	“Allowed on all five of our train lines, even during peak hours”	Yes, with the battery out where possible (panel read 27 October)
BIXI	Yes	Electric BIXI “to help you pedal”; 19¢ a minute for members, 36¢ for others; helmet required

23 e-bikes for Montréal, and the one that can lose its throttle

These 23 bikes run from $999 to $3,699. Each has a motor listed at 500 W or less and a top speed listed at about 32 km/h or less on its maker’s Canadian page. All but one keep their throttle, so treat them as street, REV and bridge bikes. Prices are from our store on 6 November 2026.

$999Samebike CY20 ProDetachable throttle $2,399Taubik Vista 26Step-through commuter $1,199Samebike RS-A01 Pro-TLowest-priced full-size $1,399Addmotor CityPro E-4326″ commuter, 907 W peak from $2,799Taubik Blackburn 275T27.5″ hybrid $2,999Taubik Westridge 29T29″ hardtail $2,199Eunorau Meta 26Step-through, 26″ × 3.0″ $2,199Eunorau Meta 24Step-through, 24″ × 3.0″ $2,199Eunorau Meta 275 2.0Step-through, 27.5″ × 2.6″ $1,000Samebike 20LVXD30-IILightest printed weight: 25 kg $1,000Samebike CY20Folder with suspension $2,199Eunorau Meta FoldableFolder, 20″ × 3.0″ $1,399Samebike C05 ProFolding fat tire, step-through $1,399Samebike RS-A02 ProDual suspension, folds $2,599Taubik Escape SFolding fat tire $2,899Taubik Monaco S3″ tires, folds $2,899Taubik Tour S26″ × 4″ step-through $1,799DWMEIGI HeraLowest-priced trike from $1,899Addmotor Citytri E-310Folding trike from $2,599Meet One Breeze 2.0Fat-tire folding trike $3,699DWMEIGI Silverado HDFat-tire trike $2,928DWMEIGI Zeus fat-tire trikeBafang motor $2,399Eunorau ONE-TRIKE 2.0500 W rear drive, 440 lb

The canal bike

Only one bike here gives you a way onto the canal and into the big parks.

Commuters for the REV and the painted lanes

Eight full-size bikes for daily riding. Each has a throttle, so each stays on the street network, the bridges and the Route verte’s road sections.

Folders for the condo, the car and the exo train

Three bikes with small wheels and a fold. A fold changes nothing on the métro or the REM, which refuse e-bikes folded or not.

Fat and wide tires for rough surfaces and winter lanes

Five bikes on 3- to 4-inch tires. All have a throttle, so plan them for streets and lanes.

Trikes

Six trikes, each with a throttle, so plan them for streets and lanes. The SAAQ’s rule covers two or three wheels.

All 23 at a glance

(On a phone, each row stacks into a card.)

Bike	Price	Motor	Tires	Throttle
Samebike CY20 Pro	$999	500 W	20″ × 3.0″	Detachable (Samebike Canada)
Taubik Vista 26	$2,399	500 W	26″ × 1.9″	Fitted
Samebike RS-A01 Pro-T	$1,199	350 W	26″ × 2.125″	Fitted
Addmotor CityPro E-43	$1,399	500 W	26″ × 2.3″	Fitted
Taubik Blackburn 275T	from $2,799	500 W	27.5″ × 2.35″	Fitted
Taubik Westridge 29T	$2,999	500 W	29″ × 2.4″	Fitted
Eunorau Meta 26	$2,199	500 W	26″ × 3.0″	Fitted
Eunorau Meta 24	$2,199	500 W	24″ × 3.0″	Fitted
Eunorau Meta 275 2.0	$2,199	500 W	27.5″ × 2.6″	Fitted
Samebike 20LVXD30-II	$1,000	350 W	20″ × 1.95″	Fitted
Samebike CY20	$1,000	350 W	20″ × 2.35″	Fitted
Eunorau Meta Foldable	$2,199	500 W	20″ × 3.0″	Fitted
Samebike C05 Pro	$1,399	350 W	20″ × 4″	Fitted
Samebike RS-A02 Pro	$1,399	500 W	20″ × 4.0″	Fitted
Taubik Escape S	$2,599	500 W	20″ × 4″	Fitted
Taubik Monaco S	$2,899	500 W	20″ × 3″	Fitted
Taubik Tour S	$2,899	500 W	26″ × 4″	Fitted
DWMEIGI Hera	$1,799	350 W	Not printed on the card	Fitted
Addmotor Citytri E-310	from $1,899	500 W	20″ front, 18″ rear	Fitted
Meet One Breeze 2.0	from $2,599	500 W	18″ × 4.0″	Fitted
DWMEIGI Silverado HD	$3,699	500 W	Not printed on the card	Fitted
DWMEIGI Zeus fat-tire trike	$2,928	500 W	Not printed on the card	Fitted
Eunorau ONE-TRIKE 2.0	$2,399	500 W	20″ × 2.6″	Fitted

Takeaway For the canal and the big parks, the CY20 Pro with its throttle off. For everything else on this page, pick by your storage, your tires and your budget.

Borough parks: the rules change at the borough line

Local parks belong to the boroughs, and we read the rules of all 19. Ten have no general rule for bicycles in their parks, so the signs decide: Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, LaSalle, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Le Sud-Ouest, Ville-Marie and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension. The other nine say more.

Borough	What its by-law says	Source
Outremont	No cycling in parks, except children 12 and under on park paths	By-law 1107, s. 6
Montréal-Nord	No speed above 10 km/h in a park; bikes only where the park is built for them	RGCA05-10-0008
Saint-Léonard	No cycling in parks “sauf aux endroits aménagés à cette fin”	By-law 1709
Anjou	No cycling “sauf aux endroits identifiés à cette fin”; the same “bicyclette électrique” definition as the city	By-law 1607, s. 16
Verdun	Cycling only on the routes on map 2 of the by-law’s annex	RCA10 210012, s. 45
Lachine	“Bicyclettes motorisées” count as motor vehicles, which may not enter a park	By-law 2448, ss. 1.05, 9
Pierrefonds-Roxboro	No cycling in a park “sauf dans les allées de circulation et les terrains de stationnement aménagés à cette fin”	By-law CA29 0061, s. 12
L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Île-Bizard: bikes on park roads and in parking lots only. Sainte-Geneviève: only where set aside for them	By-law 196, s. 2-7; By-law 240, s. 3-4
Saint-Laurent	Its 2026 ban on motorized personal devices in public places excludes “une bicyclette assistée”	By-law 878-52

Frequently asked questions

Are e-bikes allowed on the Lachine Canal bike path?

Pedal-assist e-bikes are. Parks Canada’s visitor guidelines, modified 7 October 2026, allow them and say a bike with a throttle “can only be ridden on roads”; the French text says “interdits sur le sentier”. Its uses page, modified 3 August 2026, lists “Bicycles and electric bicycles” as permitted without that line. Plan around the later, stricter page. The limit is 20 km/h.

How long is the Lachine Canal bike path?

Parks Canada gives 13.5 kilometres, between the Old Port and Lake Saint-Louis. Our overlay of the City’s data finds 18.6 km of bike network inside the historic site, because paths run on both banks in places.

Can you bike up Mount Royal?

Yes. By-law RCG 10-016 allows cycling in the park on public roads and on the sentier polyvalent, chemin Olmsted, and nowhere else, at 20 km/h. The city’s park map gives chemin Olmsted as 4.4 km to the summit loop. A bike with a throttle is out of the park on the strict reading.

Can you bike in Mount Royal Park?

Only on public roads and on chemin Olmsted, the sentier polyvalent, under RCG 10-016, s. 9. The park’s other trails are closed to bicycles and to anything else on wheels apart from wheelchairs.

Can you bike on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge?

Yes. The multipurpose path on the upstream side is 2.7 km and open 24 hours a day in its regular season. Its signs set 20 km/h and say the Highway Safety Code applies, with a bicycle on the green panel and a scooter on the red one.

Are e-bikes legal in Montréal?

Yes, within Québec’s rule: the SAAQ asks for a motor of no more than 500 W, power that stops at 32 km/h or less, and pedals. Riders are 18 or older, or 14 to 17 with a Class 6D licence, and wear a helmet. A throttle is lawful on the road, and our Montréal e-bike rules guide has the fines.

What are the rules on Montréal bike paths?

On the network, RCG 14-043 admits an assisted bicycle as the Code defines it and keeps out one with a footboard, an open frame or a flat floor, and the Code’s cyclist rules apply. Inside the big parks the park by-laws add a 20 km/h limit and bar a bike that moves without pedalling. On a path outside the road right-of-way, Québec.ca says the municipality sets the rules.

Are bikes allowed on the REM?

Ordinary bikes are, at any time, under a REM pilot project, two per car. E-bikes are not: the REM says electric personal transportation devices “such as e-bikes” are “no longer permitted within the network” (section 53.2), folded or not.

Can you take a bike on the métro in Montréal?

An ordinary bike, outside weekday peaks. The STM’s page lists opening to 7:00, 9:30 to 15:30 and 18:00 to closing from 17 August 2026 to 16 May 2027, with weekends and holidays open. An e-bike, no: “Personal electric or motorized transportation devices are prohibited throughout the network.”

Are BIXI bikes electric?

Some are. BIXI’s page describes the electric BIXI as a bike with a motor and battery “to help you pedal”, and says they are blue. Its prices put electric minutes at 19¢ for members and 36¢ for occasional riders. Its 2025 winter network used mechanical bikes with studded tires.

Can you bike on Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve?

Yes. Parc Jean-Drapeau says the track is shared by cyclists, pedestrians, inline skaters and motorists, and is “generally opened and maintained from April 15 to November 15”. The park’s limit is 30 km/h, “even on Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve”.

Can you bike to Parc Jean-Drapeau?

Yes. The park names the bike paths of the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the Concorde Bridge and the Promenade fluviale du Grand Montréal. In summer the river shuttles carry bikes too.

How many km of bike paths are in Montréal?

The city’s cycling page says 1,083 km. Summing the City’s open data on 6 November 2026 we measure 1,102 km across the island, of which 951 km is inside the City of Montréal and 152 km in the linked cities. Vélo Québec’s Greater Montréal map counts 3,623 km for the wider region.

How do you get to the Îles-de-Boucherville by bike?

The ARTM’s 2026 river shuttles carry bikes at no extra charge in season, with about 15% of the boat’s capacity held for them; Navark asks you to book your bike. The Sépaq’s rule, in our 3 November copy, allows electric and pedal-assist bikes on bike paths and other trails.

Are Montréal bike paths cleared in winter?

Many are. The city’s page lists 251 km of protected paths and 489 km of marked lanes cleared with the streets or soon after, 740 km in all. Its open data flags 754 km as four-season, and only 88 km of the 301 km of off-street paths are on that list.

Can I rent an e-bike to ride the Lachine Canal?

An electric BIXI is built “to help you pedal”, which is the kind of bike Parks Canada’s page admits. BIXI says it is authorized on cycle lanes and that a helmet is mandatory on it. Parks Canada’s page does not name BIXI. Riders aged 14 to 17 need a Class 6D licence.

Is a throttle legal on an e-bike in Québec?

On the road, yes. The SAAQ says the assistance “may be activated by the pedals or accelerator control”. Montréal’s big parks and Parks Canada’s canals are stricter, because they decide by land, and this guide marks where.

Before your first ride

Three checks cover most of this page: does your bike meet Québec’s rule, does it have a throttle, and who owns the path? Everything else is reading the sign at the entrance. Keep the speed setting at 32 km/h or less, wear a helmet, and hold 20 km/h on the canal and in the big parks.

If you buy from us, shipping is free across Canada, and our return policy gives you 15 days from delivery on unused, unopened bikes, with a 15% restocking fee, and you pay return shipping. Call 1-866-938-7580 with your route and we will read the rules with you. Our financing guide shows what a bike costs by the month, and our Montréal shop directory lists storefronts if you would rather see a bike first, and the city’s interactive map shows every lane.

References

Every source below was read on 6 November 2026 unless its entry gives another date. City by-laws are linked at their record in the city’s by-law database, and we read the consolidations posted there, which the city says have no official value: the adopted by-laws decide. Bike specifications come from each maker’s Canadian page, linked on its card. The network figures and the map are our own work from the city’s open data.