And then, there is Poutine Week, an entire week dedicated solely to poutine.
No one should leave Montreal, however, without tucking into the decadent local favourite: poutine (fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds).
In Montreal today, you can find everything from classic to avant-garde poutine.
Merely mention poutine to Montrealers, and the inflection in their voices changes to adoration and awe for this ultimate Quebecois comfort food.
The region has not one, but two poutine-related celebrations, with the St Albert Cheese Curd Festival taking place from 14 to 18 August 2013.
The exact origins of poutine are unknown, though it is generally thought to be unique to Quebec, entering the dining scene in the late 1950s.
Today, La Banquise is a 24-hour dedicated poutine joint with more than 28 varieties on offer, such as poutine with merguez sausages, hot peppers and Tabasco.
At Restaurant Au Pied de Cochon, fries are cooked in duck fat and guests can order regular poutine or with foie gras chunks and sauce.
Being close to Canada, Duckfat also offers its own version of poutine, topping those same crispy fries with a heaping of local cheese curd and house-made duck gravy.
To work off that extra order of poutine (a Canadian favourite of fries topped with gravy and cheese curds), the labyrinthine James Bay neighbourhood is a short stroll away.
Poutine first hit their menu in the 1980s, but when Annie Barsalou took over the restaurant from her father, Pierre, they started to experiment with the dish and never looked back.
The aptly named Poutineville, at the edge of the Latin Quarter, is a prime spot to capture locals indulging in favourite poutine variations like The Godfather, which is topped with Italian sausage, roasted red peppers and marinated aubergine.
Quebecois chef Martin Picard, who was born just outside of Montreal, has earned a reputation for bad-boy interpretations of classic Canadian dishes such as poutine (which he tops with foie gras) and a shepherd's pie made with venison.
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The voting machines were used in some 140 municipalities in the province last year but, according to the report, they went down like bad plate of poutine, suffering from blackouts and transmission errors, resulting in unreliable results -- although he adds that there's nothing that can be done about the results now except to move on.
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