Montreal is Canada's second-largest equipment market and its most legally distinct: financing here runs through Quebec's civil-law framework — RDPRM registrations instead of PPSA, French-language documentation, and lease structures that differ from the rest of Canada. Lenders without a Quebec desk hesitate; a broker who works the province daily does not.
The Montreal asset mix
Aerospace is the signature industry: the supplier network around Bombardier, Airbus Mirabel and Pratt & Whitney finances five-axis machining, inspection systems and clean-room equipment on program timelines. Construction is the volume leader — the REM, hospital expansions and a chronic housing push keep excavators, tower-crane support fleets and concrete equipment working across the island. The port and the intermodal yards sustain drayage-truck and container-handling demand, while the food-processing corridor in the east end leases packaging and refrigeration lines. Bilingual documentation isn't a courtesy here — it's how deals close. And the sheer dealer density on the island means used-equipment supply is deep — auction and private-sale files are daily brokerage work here.
