Paris? NYC? No, it's Montreal. Look at how the city transforms for the big screen

That New York City you see on the screen is likely an imposter.

Montrealers are so used to seeing their city in the background of a film scenethat somemake a game out of spotting their neighbourhoodin ablockbuster movie.

The Montreal Film and Television Commission's Thomas Ramoisysays an abundance of talented actors, resourceful film crewsand provincial tax credits make the city an inexpensive and versatile place to film.

In this video, we visited some of the spots that have doubled as other cities in big budget films.

If you want to read more about where crews tend to film inMontreal, check out this piece of data journalism where we scanned more than 100,000 permits that were issued in the past 20 years.