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A graphic design agency owns the visual system a business trades on: logo and identity, the typography and colour rules holding it together, packaging and label artwork, exhibition and signage graphics, print collateral, and the artwork feeding advertising channels. Montreal buys design bilingually and heavily, for cultural institutions, festivals, property developers and consumer brands, with studios concentrated in Mile End, the Plateau and along Saint-Laurent.
We reviewed 20 external studios alongside Web Tonic on evidenced design work, publicly named clients, published pricing and a verified address. Eighteen name a client outright, not one publishes a rate, and nineteen work from the island of Montreal.
Who are these Montreal studios actually designing for?
Institutions and large brands, in unusual concentration. The named work runs from Apple, Google and Cirque du Soleil to Hydro-Quebec, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the McCord Stewart Museum, BRP, National Bank of Canada and the City of Montreal.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic starts a Montreal design brief with the commercial job the artwork has to do rather than the moodboard. That means identity and logo systems built to hold up on a building sign, a trade booth and a phone screen at once, campaign creative produced at the volume paid channels consume, and website build so the identity ships instead of sitting in a folder. The Montreal studios below, several with museum, festival and consumer packaging work behind them, will beat us on that local craft.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L'Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: HQ in San Francisco with notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Starting at USD $3,000 per month. Flexible and scalable plans at any time according to your enterprise needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. Caserne
About: Caserne is a Montreal design studio founded in 2012 known for identity systems, packaging and print work for clients such as Cirque du Soleil, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Google, all named on its own site. Its portfolio includes the Toms In Town retail project and dozens of other named case studies with finished visual work shown in full. The studio operates from a staffed office on Hutchison Street in the Mile End area of Montreal.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Print collateral, Signage and environmental graphics, Editorial and catalogue design, Illustration and iconography
Industries Served: Retail, Arts and culture, Food and beverage, Nonprofit, Technology
Notable Clients: Cirque du Soleil, Google, Apple, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Amnesty International
Locations: Montreal, Canada, New York, United States
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Museums and cultural institutions, Established retail brands, Nonprofits needing full identity systems
Website: Caserne
3. Principal
About: Principal is a Montreal strategy and design studio that builds brand identity systems, publications and environmental graphics for cultural and institutional clients, naming the McCord Stewart Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the City of Montreal directly on its site. Its named Lambert and Fils project involved a custom typeface, print publications and in-store graphics for the furniture brand. The studio works from an office on Hutchison Street in Montreal.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Custom typography, Print publications, Signage and wayfinding, Editorial design, Visual identity systems
Industries Served: Arts and culture, Education, Government, Design and furniture, Nonprofit
Notable Clients: McCord Stewart Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, City of Montreal, University of Montreal, Lambert and Fils
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Museums and academic institutions, Government agencies, Design-forward retail brands
Website: Principal
4. Design Is Yummy
About: Design Is Yummy is a women-led branding and graphic design studio based in Montreal that names its Moxy Montreal Centre-Ville hotel rebrand directly on its site alongside packaging work for its digiflex client. Its services page lists packaging and print design, visual identity and website design and development as core offerings, all shown with finished project work. The studio has operated in Montreal for over fifteen years.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging and print design, Logo design, Marketing collateral, Signage, Website design
Industries Served: Hospitality, Food and beverage, Retail, Wellness, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Moxy Montreal Centre-Ville, digiflex
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Boutique hotels and hospitality brands, Consumer packaged goods founders, Small businesses needing a full rebrand
Website: Design Is Yummy
5. Vasco design
About: Vasco design is a multidisciplinary creative agency founded in 1969 that names Brivia Group, the National Bank of Canada and the City of Boucherville as clients, with case studies showing the finished print, digital and large-format outdoor work delivered for each. Its portfolio also covers a rebrand for Montreal jeweller Dominic Jewellers and visual identity rollout for the YUL Condos development. The agency operates from its own building on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Montreal.
Key Services: Visual identity design, Print and packaging design, Large-format outdoor graphics, Marketing collateral, Signage, Brand guidelines
Industries Served: Real estate, Banking and finance, Retail, Municipal government, Jewellery
Notable Clients: Brivia Group, National Bank of Canada, City of Boucherville, Dominic Jewellers, Cube AI
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Real estate developers, Financial institutions, Municipalities needing visual identity
Website: Vasco design
6. Cabana Séguin
About: Cabana Séguin is a graphic design agency naming Logistec, the Mission Old Brewery and Parc Jean-Drapeau on its own site alongside its Caféine Pushers and Kim Lam brand identity projects. Its work covers brand identity, campaign creative and packaging shown in named case studies rather than generic portfolio thumbnails. The agency works from light-filled offices in Saint-Lambert on Montreal's South Shore with a rooftop view of the city.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Advertising campaign creative, Packaging design, Print collateral, Illustration, Signage
Industries Served: Shipping and logistics, Nonprofit, Government and municipal, Food and beverage, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Logistec, Mission Old Brewery, Parc Jean-Drapeau, Caféine Pushers, Kim Lam
Locations: Saint-Lambert, Canada, Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nonprofits, Municipal and public-sector clients, Logistics and industrial brands
Website: Cabana Séguin
7. Basalte
About: Basalte is a Montreal graphic design agency founded in 2021 that lists Aéroport de Montréal, BRP, Café William and Centraide of Greater Montreal among its named clients, with finished project pages for each including the Maison Perrier brand launch. It provides art direction, illustration, motion design and packaging as shown in its Centraide case study naming the deliverables produced. The agency is headquartered in Montreal with ten employees.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Illustration, Art direction, Motion design, Print collateral
Industries Served: Transportation, Food and beverage, Nonprofit, Automotive and recreation, Consumer goods
Notable Clients: Aéroport de Montréal, BRP, Café William, Centraide of Greater Montreal, American Biltrite
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Nonprofits and community organizations, Food and beverage brands, Transportation and public-sector clients
Website: Basalte
8. Baillat Studio
About: Baillat Studio is a Montreal design studio whose named Claste Collection project shows a full identity and catalogue redesign for the luxury furniture brand, with the finished elegant print and digital materials documented on its site. The studio's own navigation splits its work into Identity, Advertising and Multimedia project categories, each backed by named projects rather than generic thumbnails. It moved into a new creative space on Rachel Street East in Montreal in 2025 after years on Hutchison Street.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Catalogue and editorial design, Advertising creative, Illustration, Print collateral, Packaging
Industries Served: Furniture and design, Fashion, Arts and culture, Consumer goods, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Claste Collection
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Luxury furniture and design brands, Fashion labels, Boutique consumer brands
Website: Baillat Studio
9. ROYALTRI
About: ROYALTRI is a Montreal creative agency whose Château Maneki case study names logo design, visual identity, brand system, graphic design, packaging and print as the deliverables produced for that client. Its Boustan case study documents a visual identity built to support the restaurant chain's expansion from forty to over sixty-five locations since 2021. The agency operates from an office at rue de la Gauchetière in downtown Montreal.
Key Services: Logo design, Brand identity systems, Packaging design, Print design, Signage, Marketing collateral
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Hospitality, Legal services, Retail, Franchise and multi-location businesses
Notable Clients: Boustan, Château Maneki, Fresh MTL, Groupe Gescon, KRB Lawyers
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Restaurant and franchise chains, Hospitality brands, Professional services firms
Website: ROYALTRI
10. Optik Design + Stratégies
About: Optik Design plus Stratégies is a Montreal design studio operating since 2003 that names the Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal as a client for a large printing mandate and CVTCORP as a client for graphic and website design, both confirmed through named public posts. The studio describes itself as a 360-degree shop offering visual communication design, vehicle wraps and printing of all kinds for organizations of every size. It works from an office on d'Iberville Street in the Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood of Montreal.
Key Services: Graphic design, Print production, Vehicle wraps and signage, Visual identity, Marketing collateral, Magazine and catalogue design
Industries Served: Public housing and municipal, Manufacturing, Retail, Nonprofit, Professional services
Notable Clients: Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal, CVTCORP
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Municipal and public housing organizations, Manufacturers needing print collateral, Vehicle fleet branding
Website: Optik Design + Stratégies
11. Agence Code
About: Agence Code is a Montreal graphic design studio whose named Hydro-Québec project delivered an educational and interactive game with illustrations by Marie-Eve Tremblay, and whose Banque de développement du Canada project produced a printed book and eBook plus a new graphic grid, both documented on the studio's own site. Its Genetec case study shows a trade show booth design produced for the security technology company. The studio describes itself as a Montreal-based design team on its profile page.
Key Services: Print and editorial design, Illustration, Trade show and exhibit design, Brand identity, Packaging, Signage
Industries Served: Utilities and energy, Banking and finance, Technology, Government, Nonprofit
Notable Clients: Hydro-Québec, Banque de développement du Canada, Genetec
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Utilities and government agencies, Financial institutions, Technology companies needing trade show design
Website: Agence Code
12. Point Cinq
About: Point Cinq is a Montreal creative studio whose named Element Cannabis Group project delivered a full brand identity for the cannabis extract supplier's launch, and whose Pressé Juices case study shows the visual identity, bottle design and collateral produced for the cold-pressed juice brand. Its Lounge Factory project documents a rebrand tied to the outdoor furniture maker's first retail boutique opening. The studio describes itself as rooted in the Montreal area, working from Montreal with a collective of local collaborators.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging and bottle design, Marketing collateral, Experience design, Signage, Illustration
Industries Served: Cannabis and wellness, Food and beverage, Furniture and retail, Consumer packaged goods, Hospitality
Notable Clients: Element Cannabis Group, Pressé Juices, Lounge Factory
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Cannabis and wellness brands, Beverage startups, Furniture and retail brands launching a boutique
Website: Point Cinq
13. Designer Studio
About: Designer Studio, founded in Montreal in 2010 by Andres Ruiz, names the Trottier Family Foundation and Partenariat Climat Montréal as the client behind its climatmontreal.com project, and its portfolio also documents work for La Marmite Educative in collaboration with Équiterre. The studio combines design, technology and strategy and shows finished project pages for each named client rather than an unlabelled gallery. It operates from an office on Préfontaine Street in Montreal.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print and editorial design, Illustration and iconography, Infographic design, Signage, Marketing collateral
Industries Served: Nonprofit and environmental, Education, Government, Healthcare, Community organizations
Notable Clients: Trottier Family Foundation, Partenariat Climat Montréal, Équiterre, Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Environmental and climate nonprofits, Foundations and philanthropic organizations, Education-focused organizations
Website: Designer Studio
14. PixelBranded
About: PixelBranded is a Montreal brand strategy, identity and packaging studio founded in 2011 that names DJ Fijie, RentSync and Halden Wellness among the brands it built visual identities and packaging for, with each project documented on its own site and social posts. Its packaging audit case study describes fixing a consumer packaged goods founder's shelf presence through a full redesign. The studio calls itself Montreal-born with an active Montreal booking office and additional presence in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Logo design, Marketing collateral, Design systems, Social and display ad artwork
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Wellness, Real estate technology, Hospitality and nightlife, Retail
Notable Clients: DJ Fijie, RentSync, Halden Wellness, PawPularity, Modern Home
Locations: Montreal, Canada, Toronto, Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Consumer packaged goods founders, Wellness brands, Real estate technology companies
Website: PixelBranded
15. AWP
About: AWP, also known as As We Proceed, is a Montreal branding and packaging design studio led by creative directors Emanuel Cohen and Mariane Vaillancourt whose named Dept dot Sushi project delivered brand identity, art direction and packaging for the ghost kitchen concept launched by With Hospitality Group. Its Le Coq Frit case study shows a full brand identity built around tattoo-inspired illustration for the Montreal fried chicken chain, and its Taza Flores project documents a visual identity for a wine and tapas bar. The studio has operated from Montreal since 2014.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Packaging design, Art direction, Illustration, Signage and menu design, Marketing collateral
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Hospitality, Consumer packaged goods, Beauty and wellness, Sports
Notable Clients: Dept.Sushi, Le Coq Frit, Taza Flores, With Hospitality Group
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Restaurants and ghost kitchens, Bars and hospitality concepts, Food and beverage packaging launches
Website: AWP
16. Pulp & Pixel
About: Studio Pulp and Pixel is a small Montreal graphic design team whose named Iconoglace project shows the finished logo, visual identity, in-store menus and packaging built for the Montreal ice cream shop across its Bélanger Street and Mile End locations. Its La Pimenterie case study documents a logo, visual identity and packaging line built for the hot sauce maker since 2016, and its Chocolat Boréal project shows packaging design for the chocolate brand. The studio works from an office on Beaubien Street East in Montreal.
Key Services: Logo design, Visual identity design, Packaging design, Print design, Illustration, Menu and signage design
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Retail, Fashion and thrift retail, Restaurants, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Iconoglace, La Pimenterie, Friperie Déjà Vu Thrift, Le Toasteur Villeray, Chocolat Boréal
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Independent food and drink shops, Neighbourhood retail brands, Small consumer packaged goods founders
Website: Pulp & Pixel
17. Bivouac Studio
About: Bivouac Studio is a Montreal graphic design studio founded in 2005 whose named Maestria project developed the visual identity for a large residential tower in Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles for Groupe Devimco. Its Pomerleau case study documents interior signage and decoration designed for the construction firm's four-floor Old Montreal offices, done in collaboration with Gauvreau Design. The studio also posted a named rebrand for Sport Integrity Canada and works from an office on rue de Bordeaux in Montreal.
Key Services: Visual identity design, Event design, Signage and wayfinding, Print collateral, Packaging, Web and graphic production
Industries Served: Real estate and construction, Sports and nonprofit, Events, Hospitality, Retail
Notable Clients: Groupe Devimco, Pomerleau, Sport Integrity Canada, Activis
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Real estate developers, Construction firms needing office signage, Sports and nonprofit organizations
Website: Bivouac Studio
18. Smolarz Design
About: Smolarz Design is a Montreal packaging design studio whose named client Joie, a home and kitchen products brand, is documented through published MSC International catalogues the studio produced across multiple years. Its packaging design page lists brand identity, print design and photography as core services aimed at helping products stand out on retail shelves. The two-person studio is headquartered in Montreal with a listed office phone number and address.
Key Services: Packaging design, Brand identity design, Print design, Catalogue design, Product photography, Label design
Industries Served: Consumer packaged goods, Home and kitchen products, Retail, Manufacturing, Novelty goods
Notable Clients: Joie, MSC International
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Home and kitchen product brands, Consumer packaged goods manufacturers, Retail brands needing catalogue design
Website: Smolarz Design
19. Beantree Studio
About: Beantree is a Montreal digital and graphic design studio founded in 2024 that describes itself as a one-stop shop for web and print design, working with a collective it calls Humanise on some of the projects shown on its site. Its portfolio covers brand identity and print materials produced for small businesses growing their presence in the Montreal market. The studio is a small team headquartered in Montreal.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print design, Logo design, Marketing collateral, Social and display ad artwork, Web design
Industries Served: Small business and startups, Retail, Food and beverage, Professional services, Local services
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Local small businesses, Startups needing a first identity, Businesses wanting combined print and web design
Website: Beantree Studio
20. Polygraphe
About: Polygraphe is a Montreal structural packaging design studio whose named Distillerie Chapuis project created the branding and label for the Montreal distiller's first product, and whose named clients include Le Creuset Canada, Beavertails and Café Saint-Henri as listed on its own studio page. Its Binocle project documents packaging built for Quebec's first carbon-neutral certified micro-roaster, and its Bretelles case study shows character-driven container design for a maple products brand. The studio operates from an office on Mont-Royal Avenue in Montreal.
Key Services: Structural packaging design, Label design, Brand identity design, Print design, Illustration, Retail display design
Industries Served: Food and beverage, Coffee and roasting, Spirits and distilling, Retail, Consumer packaged goods
Notable Clients: Le Creuset Canada, Beavertails, Café Saint-Henri, Distillerie Chapuis, Binocle
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Craft food and beverage producers, Distilleries and roasters, Retail brands needing structural packaging
Website: Polygraphe
21. Cassi Design
About: Cassi Design is a communication and design agency operating in Montreal's Saint-Léonard borough for over twenty-five years, offering brand audits, print design and packaging alongside strategy work, as stated on its own about page. Founded in 1994, the studio has provided innovative communications solutions including web media and design for its clients under the tagline of designing and printing and delivering. Its office sits at des Grandes-Prairies Boulevard within the City of Montreal.
Key Services: Brand identity design, Print design, Packaging design, Marketing collateral, Signage, Brand strategy
Industries Served: Manufacturing, Retail, Professional services, Food and beverage, Local business
Notable Clients: Not publicly named — case studies are anonymised by category
Locations: Montreal, Canada
Pricing: No public rate card; quoted per scope
Great For: Manufacturers needing print and packaging, Local retail businesses, Long-established brands refreshing collateral
Website: Cassi Design
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise |
| 2. Caserne | Brand identity and packaging systems | Quote-based | Established brands wanting full identity systems |
| 3. Principal | Institutional brand systems and typography | Quote-based | Cultural institutions needing lasting identity systems |
| 4. Design Is Yummy | Branding for hospitality and consumer goods | Quote-based | Hospitality and consumer brands wanting a bold rebrand |
| 5. Vasco design | Real estate and institutional branding | Quote-based | Real estate developers needing large-scale identity rollouts |
| 6. Cabana Séguin | Brand identity and campaign creative | Quote-based | Nonprofit and public-sector brand campaigns |
| 7. Basalte | Art direction and packaging for consumer brands | Quote-based | Nonprofits and food and beverage brands needing art direction |
| 8. Baillat Studio | Identity and catalogue design for luxury brands | Quote-based | Luxury and design-forward brands needing catalogue work |
| 9. ROYALTRI | Brand identity for franchise and hospitality brands | Quote-based | Franchise brands needing packaging and identity for expansion |
| 10. Optik Design + Stratégies | Print production and vehicle wraps | Quote-based | Public-sector organizations needing print and signage |
| 11. Agence Code | Editorial design and illustration for institutions | Quote-based | Government and utility clients needing print and illustration |
| 12. Point Cinq | Packaging and identity for beverage and cannabis brands | Quote-based | Beverage and cannabis startups needing packaging |
| 13. Designer Studio | Identity and infographic design for nonprofits | Quote-based | Environmental nonprofits and foundations |
| 14. PixelBranded | Packaging and brand strategy for startups | Quote-based | CPG founders needing a packaging overhaul |
| 15. AWP | Branding and packaging for restaurants | Quote-based | Restaurant and hospitality concepts needing packaging |
| 16. Pulp & Pixel | Logo and packaging for independent food brands | Quote-based | Independent restaurants and food shops needing a full identity |
| 17. Bivouac Studio | Visual identity for real estate and construction | Quote-based | Real estate developers needing tower or project branding |
| 18. Smolarz Design | Packaging design for home and kitchen goods | Quote-based | Consumer goods manufacturers needing shelf-ready packaging |
| 19. Beantree Studio | Print and digital design for small businesses | Quote-based | Local small businesses needing an affordable full identity |
| 20. Polygraphe | Structural packaging for craft food and beverage brands | Quote-based | Craft distillers and roasters needing structural packaging |
| 21. Cassi Design | Print, packaging and communication design | Quote-based | Established local businesses refreshing brand collateral |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Montreal studios name the brands they work for?
Eighteen of the twenty, which is a high disclosure rate for any city. Caserne names Cirque du Soleil, Google, Apple and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Principal names the McCord Stewart Museum and the City of Montreal, Agence Code names Hydro-Quebec, the Business Development Bank of Canada and Genetec, Basalte names Aeroport de Montreal, BRP and Centraide of Greater Montreal, and Vasco design names National Bank of Canada and Brivia Group. Only Beantree Studio and Cassi Design anonymise everything.
What does graphic design cost in Montreal?
Nobody on this page publishes a rate on their own website, so there is no local benchmark and we will not lift one from a directory profile. Write a deliverable list naming every file, format, language version and application you need, send the identical list to three studios and compare the quotes on one scope. A studio holding museum and airport work will price the same brief very differently from a four-person practice.
Does the work have to be produced in French?
Quebec language legislation governs commercial signage, packaging and public-facing marketing, so most artwork on this page ships as a bilingual system rather than an English original with a translation bolted on. That has a real design cost: two text lengths, two lockups and often two print runs. Ask on the first call how a studio handles French and English versions, and whether translation and revision are inside the fee or billed separately.
Are all of these studios on the island of Montreal?
Nineteen of the twenty are, spread across Mile End, the Plateau, Rosemont, LaSalle and Saint-Leonard, with addresses on Hutchison Street, Saint-Laurent Boulevard, Rachel Street East, Beaubien Est and Mont-Royal Ouest. One, Cabana Seguin, works from Saint-Lambert on the South Shore, a bridge crossing away. It takes Montreal accounts and we name its real base on its entry instead of quietly dropping it from the list.
What should be agreed before you pay a deposit?
A deliverable list naming every file, format and language version, a capped number of concept routes and revision rounds, a schedule with named checkpoints, and an explicit statement of what transfers to you on final payment. Because nobody here posts pricing, get the fee structure in writing including how out-of-scope requests are billed. Typeface licensing bought in the studio's name does not pass to you when the invoice is settled.
Choosing a Graphic Design Agency in Montreal
The client evidence here is unusually strong. Eighteen of twenty external studios publish named accounts, several of them museums, airports and utilities, so two reference calls will tell you more about fit than any portfolio scroll.
Nobody will show you a number first. Not one Montreal studio posts a rate, which makes an identical written scope sent to three of them the only honest way to compare what you are being charged.
Budget for two languages, not one. Bilingual artwork is the default in this market, and a studio that treats French as an afterthought will hand you lockups that break the moment the copy runs long.
Fix the money and the files before the deposit clears. With no published rate anywhere on this page, a written deliverable list, a revision cap and clarity on artwork ownership and typeface licensing are your only real protection. If you would rather have identity design, campaign creative and web build handled by one team, read our latest analysis or book a call.
