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🧋Opening a Boba / tea shop in Montreal: a location research guide

Montreal — A French-English bilingual market with distinct Plateau-style walkable neighbourhood retail. If you're thinking about opening a boba / tea shop here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

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What to look at on the map

For a boba / tea shop, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Montreal on the interactive map, focus on these:

🏫Nearby schools
High school + university students = core market.
👣Foot-traffic proxy
Afternoon (3-7pm) is peak window.
⚔️Direct competitors (1km)
Boba market is hyper-saturated — count exact-same-brand stores.
🤝Complementary businesses
Cinemas, malls, KTV nearby create destination clusters.

Where to look in Montreal

Montreal has several commercial districts where boba / tea shop businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

Downtown
Plateau
Mile End
Old Montreal
Saint-Henri

30 boba / tea shops mapped in Montreal

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Cha Do RakuUnclaimed
45.5264, -73.5831
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PresoteaUnclaimed
5302 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges Montréal
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PrestoteaUnclaimed
10 De La Gauchetière
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L2 LoungeUnclaimed
71a Rue de La Gauchetière Ouest Montréal
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CoCoUnclaimed
5647 Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges Montréal
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DavidsTeaUnclaimed
5518 Avenue de Monkland·site
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PresoteaUnclaimed
4330 Rue Wellington
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PresoteaUnclaimed
1080 Rue Wellington Montréal
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PresoteaUnclaimed
400 Rue Jean-Talon Est Montréal
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Tisanerie MandalaUnclaimed
3555A Rue Ontario Est Montréal·site
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La FincaUnclaimed
1067 Rue De Bleury Montréal·site
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Un Amour des ThésUnclaimed
1224 Avenue Bernard Montréal
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Cafe KokiriUnclaimed
5572 Avenue de Monkland Montréal
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Gong ChaUnclaimed
757 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est
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ÜteaUnclaimed
2051 Rue de la Montagne Montréal·site
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+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a boba / tea shop:

Franchise: ¥30-80万 incl. franchise fee. Independent: ¥15-40万. Foot traffic location is the #1 variable.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time boba / tea shop owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

⚠Underestimating ingredient cost from franchise headquarters (mandatory supply chain markups)
⚠Picking quiet office buildings hoping for staff — usually fails without student / mall foot traffic

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Ready to scan Montreal block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

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