Safety score: 88/100 — Excellent.
Montreal-Nord safety score: 88/100. Live, independent travel-safety data.
This is the live-data view. Looking for an editorial guide with neighbourhoods to favour vs avoid, common scams, transport pointers, and a first-time-visitor checklist? Read the in-depth Montreal-Nord, Canada travel-safety guide.
| Category | Score | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Night safety | 75/100 | Caution |
| Personal safety | 77/100 | Caution |
| Transport | 86/100 | Very Safe |
| Healthcare | 89/100 | Excellent |
At 88/100 Montreal-Nord sits firmly in the "Excellent" band — meaning baseline travel here is broadly comparable to safe Western capitals. The typical traveller in Montreal-Nord, Canada is not at elevated personal-safety risk, but you should still apply normal big-city precautions: don't leave bags on cafe chairs, stay alert at major transit hubs after dark, and check the per-sub-score breakdown below for any single category where Montreal-Nord under-performs.
Globally, a score of 88/100 places Montreal-Nord top 15% of cities Kakapo tracks — comparable to Vienna, Munich, Sydney, and Helsinki. Score bands aren't arbitrary: each is calibrated against the WHO global crime + injury database and the consolidated advisory levels of seven major Western foreign ministries.
Kakapo's Montreal-Nord safety score is a weighted composite of personal-safety, transport, healthcare, and night-safety signals pulled from 50+ trusted sources — including national travel advisories (US State Department, UK FCDO, Canada, Australia, France, Germany), local crime indices, the WHO Global Burden of Disease for medical infrastructure, and air-quality APIs (IQAir, WAQI). Sub-scores are recalculated automatically as advisories and incident data change, so this page reflects the current state of travel safety for Montreal-Nord, not a snapshot from months ago; last updated 2026-06-16.
The four sub-scores — personal-safety, transport, healthcare, and night-safety — are weighted to reflect what actually matters to travellers (not residents). Personal-safety carries the largest weight because pickpocketing, scams, and after-dark crime are the highest-frequency incidents reported by visitors. Transport reflects road-traffic injury rates plus taxi/transit reliability. Healthcare grades private-clinic access and English-speaking specialist availability, not the national system as a whole. Night-safety is calibrated separately because the gap between daytime and after-dark risk varies city-to-city — sometimes by 20+ points.
Montreal-Nord currently scores 88/100 on Kakapo's composite safety index — excellent. The score weighs personal-safety, transport, healthcare, and night-safety signals from 50+ sources including national travel advisories (US State Dept, UK FCDO, Canadian government, Australian Smartraveller) and local crime indices. Most travellers visit Montreal-Nord without incident at this score level, but you should read the sub-score breakdown and the in-depth Montreal-Nord guide before booking.
Montreal-Nord's night-safety sub-score is 75/100 — caution. Stick to well-lit main streets after dark, prefer registered taxis or rideshare over walking long distances, and avoid empty side streets. See the live report for the neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood breakdown.
Montreal-Nord's composite score of 88/100 is a baseline; solo female travellers should additionally factor in the personal-safety sub-score (77/100 — caution) and the country-specific advisories for Canada. The in-depth Montreal-Nord guide on Kakapo includes a profile-adjustment view that recalibrates the overall score for solo female, family, LGBTQ+, and elderly traveller profiles — the same logic the live safety report uses.
The headline concerns in Montreal-Nord cluster around the lowest sub-scores in the breakdown above. Open the live report for the per-source advisory text and the in-depth guide for neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood detail.
Montreal-Nord (healthcare sub-score 89/100) has strong medical infrastructure, but travel insurance is still recommended for trip-cancellation and out-of-network specialist costs.
Kakapo recalculates city safety scores automatically as the underlying sources change — typically within 24 hours of a new national advisory, a flagged incident report, or a refreshed crime-index batch. The composite score is the weighted sum of the four sub-scores you see above; the live report explains the per-source weight and the methodology in more detail.
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Kakapo is an independent travel-safety publication. We don't sell tours, hotel bookings, or insurance — our scores and editorial guides are funded by reader support and travel-products affiliate revenue, with full editorial independence from advertisers. Every score on this page is recomputed automatically from primary sources you can verify yourself: see the methodology page for the per-source weights and the consolidated advisory feed.