The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) have published The Newcomer’s Guide to Canadian Housing. The CMHC has been Canada’s national housing agency for more than 60 years, so you can be sure that this guide is reliable.

http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/62011.pdf?lang=en

Here are some of the topics you’ll find in the guide: types of housing, housing customs, types of ownership, renting, finding a place to rent, apartment search, etc.

A suggestion: browse the CMHC Website (http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/). You’ll find there a lot of precious information about housing in Canada.

Most favourite in Montreal, corporate housing provides a fully furnished apartment space for travelers. One to five bedroom housing units are rented out in the same exact fashion as hotel rooms.

Short term rental units are furnished homes or apartments arranged to make the traveler feel relaxed and unbothered. While there is usually no regular maid service (can be provided for an extra cost), the apartments are fully cleaned and straightened up prior to a new inhabitant. Clients typically stay in these units for anywhere from a couple days to a year. However, the Apartments Network in Quebec welcome clients in a short term apartment only for a month and more.

While similar to hotels, corporate housing can result in a more private and personal stay. Larger space is a big plus.

 Often, corporations that use corporate housing services save money due to contracting -- in which the company has its employees lodge with a particular corporate housing company in exchange for a "package" deal of better prices. The Apartments Network in Quebec is very open to this kind of “package” deal.

Everybody knows that students, in a new city, can live in a Residence for students on the Campus of their University. But not everybody likes this formula and anyways, these residences are often full.

The Furnished Apartment Option for short term rental can be an interesting alternative for the student who likes more freedom, who wants to share an accommodation with fellow students and, for sure, to share the rent either.

The short term apartment that may interests you could be located near the University but, for a better price, could be near a metro station and not exactly beside the Campus.

Students generally rent from 3 months to 9 months. Rental Agencies may be interested in off season times to better the price for a long term rental of furnished apartments.

When the executives are relocated to other place for work it might be for months. So, staying for such a long period of time in a hotel room may be a very boring experience.

 A solution more and more popular is to live in furnished apartments. In this kind of short term rental, you can have a separate living room, bedroom, kitchen, office space etc. All amenities are available in the kitchen where you can cook homemade dishes which is not available in a hotel.

Your staying experience could be a lot more positive and you may feel less homesick. In a short term apartment it is a home away from home atmosphere. If you stay in a hotel, you are never going to forget that you are not in your home but in a short term rental, you feel like you are in your home as it is a spacious accommodation and your can bring your family on your business trip.

You want to know more about the non furnished apartment rental market in Montreal? Take a look at this link

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/open-house/Moving+Tell+about+your+hunt/4951874/story.html

You will learn which factors limit the choice of non furnished apartments in the city. Some Montrealers will share with you their apartment hunting story.

The Apartment Network in Quebec (Réseau Appartements et Gîtes au Québec) is a pioneer in the industry. We offer you a wide selection of the best available fully furnished apartments for your short or long term stay in Montreal and suburbs:

Our first objective is to help you find a comfortable and conveniently located apartment which will meet your needs and expectations while making your stay in Montreal and suburbs an enjoyable and memorable one.

All our customers share the same viewpoint: they want the comfort, privacy and freedom provided by an all-inclusive apartment, as opposed to a hotel room. They like having the option of buying and cooking their own food as opposed to eating out every day as it offers a lower cost solution.

Our apartments are fully equipped and belong to several individual owners. They vary in price depending on their size and characteristics (bachelors, one to five bedrooms, two-floor apartments, with or without parking, air conditioning, etc.); the neighbourhoods where they are located and the services offered (swimming pool, sports club, etc.).