Montreal callers choose French or English at the first hello — serve them fully in both
A Plateau clinic's phones light up in French at 8 a.m. and in English by 9. A Verdun garage misses calls through a snowstorm day when every driver in the borough needs winter tires or a boost. A Rosemont physio loses bookings because the lunch hour is unstaffed three days a week. Montreal businesses rarely lose work on quality — they lose it at the first hello, in the wrong language or in no answer at all. An AI receptionist built for this city answers every call in seconds, in your business's name, in the language the caller chose, and books against your real schedule.
$99 USD per month · Plan details apply
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AI Receptionist · Montreal · Marvic AI
24/7
answering — including the 3 a.m. burst-pipe call that decides who gets the job
2
working languages served fully on every call: French and English, caller's choice
52
languages spoken in total, covering Saint-Leonard, Parc-Extension and every newcomer community
$99
USD per month to start — less than one recovered emergency callout
Bilingual Answering Is Not a Feature in Montreal. It Is the Baseline.
In most Canadian cities, a second language at the front desk is a bonus. In Montreal it is the price of answering the phone at all. Callers open in French or English by neighbourhood, by generation and by habit — a Rosemont household in French, a Westmount professional in English, a Saint-Leonard family in a third language at home — and they expect complete service in the language they chose: greeting, questions, booking and the confirmation text, not a polite request to switch. Layer on the island's other rhythms and the phone problem compounds. The borough clinic and Plateau shop run lean staffs by design, so the lunch hour, the sick day and the meeting block are uncovered by default. Winter storms compress a week of garage, plumber and déneigement calls into a single day. The summer festival calendar floods restaurants, clinics and personal services in the central boroughs. And a large share of demand books outside office hours entirely, from commuters on the Metro and drivers crossing between the island and Laval or the South Shore. A small Montreal office cannot staff bilingual coverage for the storm day, the lunch hour and the festival weekend at once — and it does not need to. This page describes the receptionist built for that reality: every call answered in seconds around the clock, in French or English as the caller chooses, emergencies triaged in your words, bookings taken against your real calendar, with the bilingual baseline held on every single call.
French and English served as equals, every call
Callers are greeted, qualified and booked fully in the language they open in — one of 52 languages the receptionist speaks — instead of being asked to switch, wait or call back.
Storm-day call floods handled in order
When a winter storm settles over the island, no-heat, boost and burst-pipe calls arrive faster than any front desk can clear them. Every caller still gets a fast, calm answer and a fair place in your queue.
Lunch-hour and lean-staff gaps closed
Borough clinics and Plateau shops run thin by design. The hour the office closes for lunch stops being the hour competitors collect your callers in either language.
Festival and event surges absorbed quietly
Jazz Fest weeks, Grand Prix weekend and game nights spike hospitality and service phones in bursts no roster predicts. The surge is answered without temp staff or overtime.
Island and off-island callers booked correctly
Laval and South Shore callers are booked with your real service areas and travel expectations in mind, so promises survive the bridges and the tunnel.
What's Included in AI Receptionist
Everything your business needs to win in Montreal.
Full service in French and English
Greeting, qualification, booking and follow-up text all run in the caller's language, so a Rosemont household and a Westmount household get the same complete service.
Storm and emergency triage in your protocol
No heat, a burst main, a flooded plex basement: callers are asked your triage questions, given your approved interim guidance, and slotted or escalated exactly as your on-call rules direct.
Booking that respects island travel time
Jobs are booked with realistic durations and your real service areas in mind — a Plateau morning and a Laval afternoon are scheduled like the cross-river trips they are.
Regulars recognized on the first ring
Repeat customers are greeted with their history in reach — last service, equipment on file, preferred practitioner — so the annual check-up books in one short call, in their language.
Confirmations in the caller's language
Every booking is confirmed by text in the language of the call, with the arrival window; reminders land the day before, and storm-day changes are communicated without your office spending the morning dialing.
Simple Process. Real Results.
Load your real operation
Your services and durations, your zones, your emergency protocol and your on-call rules are set up in a guided session, in both working languages. Most Montreal businesses are live the same day.
Every call answered from that hour
Storm day, festival weekend or a quiet Tuesday: callers are greeted in your name, in their language, qualified, booked into real openings and confirmed by text automatically.
Review the week like an owner
Calls answered, emergencies dispatched, after-hours bookings and storm-day capture — one dashboard showing what the phones earned, including the hours you used to lose.
Language reporting shows the real split
Results are broken down by language, so you can see — in numbers — what full French-language answering is worth to your business each month.
More Than Just AI Receptionist
AI Receptionist is part of the Marvic AI all-in-one platform. Combine it with AI-powered customer communication and marketing automation to support the entire customer journey in Montreal.
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AI Receptionist in Montreal — Frequently Asked Questions
Can it really serve a caller fully in French, not just greet them?
Fully. The receptionist speaks 52 languages, and French service is complete — greeting, questions, booking and the confirmation text — not a translation layer over an English script. Callers can start in French and stay in French for the whole call, and the same holds in reverse for English callers in francophone boroughs.
What happens on a no-heat call at 3 a.m. during a storm?
It follows your emergency protocol: your triage questions — is the home cooling, are there infants or elderly residents, any smell of gas, which is always escalated immediately — your approved interim guidance, and your first emergency slot or your on-call technician for the cases your protocol marks urgent. The full summary waits for your team before the truck rolls.
We are a small Plateau clinic. Is this oversized for us?
It is sized for exactly that clinic. Lean teams feel every missed call because there is no bench to absorb the lunch hour, the sick day or the meeting block — and in Montreal each of those gaps is bilingual. The receptionist covers those gaps at a flat monthly price, and your staff keep the patient work they were hired for.
Can it keep island and off-island bookings straight?
Yes. Your service areas, travel expectations and any out-of-area rules are loaded as setup, and bookings are taken with the bridges, the tunnel and winter travel in mind. A caller outside your area gets a polite, accurate answer in their language instead of a job your crew cannot profitably reach.
What does it cost, and does it replace our staff?
Plans run $99 to $499 USD a month by tier after a 14-day free trial, with no per-call fees and no long contract. It does not replace your staff — it removes the two jobs a small Montreal office physically cannot do: answering every call during a surge or after hours, and serving every caller fully in both languages at once.
Does it know about festival weeks and seasonal hours?
Your seasonal hours, event-week changes, holiday coverage and planned closures are part of the setup and can be updated whenever they change. Callers always hear the current truth about when you are open and what is bookable, in their language, instead of last season's voicemail greeting.