Centre Sanaaq
The Sanaaq Centre offers a wide range of cultural and leisure activities. In addition to a library and a performance hall, you will find a coffee shop, a medialab-musilab, community spaces, and more.
Services
Cultural and learning spaces
- Performance hallThis modular hall with 255 seats can host a range of events, from concerts and shows to conferences.
- Exhibition hallVisual or digital arts exhibitions. Open to the public every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Médialab-musilabRecording studio, music listening areas, loans of vinyl records and sheet music, musical instruments and video game consoles.
- Urban agriculture spaceLearn about gardening. Open only for activities.
- Cooking labKitchen area offering cooking lessons. Open only for activities.
- Digital kioskTraining and support in office automation and IT.
Spaces for creation and artistic encounters
- Artists in residenceThe centre welcomes artists in residence by offering them spaces, equipment and professional resources.
- Visits, meetings, and creative workshopsCultural mediation projects are developed with artists, schools and local organizations. Info: mediation-sanaaq@montreal.ca
Coffee shop
- Sanaaq CaféThis friendly space operated by L'Itinéraire offers a selection of drinks and snacks. Terrace in summer season.
Community
Calendar
Visit the French page to see other events at this location.
Registration
To participate in most activities, you need to register. Sign up in person at the centre’s reception counter, by phone or online.
Find out more about the centre
The library, the Medialab-Musilab, and the café all have different opening hours.
Library
Monday and Friday | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday to Thursday | 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Medialab-Musilab
Monday and Friday | 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday to Thursday | 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By appointment | Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Café
Monday to Friday | 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Origin of the name, architectural competition, participative governance...this centre has many unique features.
Accessibility
The Centre Sanaaq is accessible to all. People who use paratransit should ask to be dropped off at the bottom of the outdoor access ramp, at the southeast corner of Place Henri-Dunant, in front of the main entrance of the centre.
- Accessible signage
- Accessible washroom stall
- Elevator
- Gender-inclusive washrooms
- Ground-level entrance
- Paratransit drop-off zone
- Push button at building entrance
- Stairs
- Stroller-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Battery or cell phone drop-off
- Bike stand
- Café
- Changing table
- Drinking fountain
- Free menstrual products
- Free Wi-Fi
- Nursing room
- Washroom
Directions
A second entrance is accessible from boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest.
Montréal, QC H3H 0E3
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