I don’t know much about Montreal, but it seems like a nice town, and obviously if the guy is inquiring, he probably has a reason such as a job offer.
However I think some people who are commenting and live(d) there have become oblivious to the anti-semitism.
We were there for a short visit, and I convinced my husband to drive to the peak of Mont Royal park at night as it was our only opportunity and I wanted to enjoy the view. Not being natives we drove around slowly and apparently ended up on a different side. Still driving in our minivan with NY plates some youths, likely students from a nearby university, recognized our “Jewish” car and started screaming “something” Juife. (I thankfully didn’t get exactly what.)
We have never come across such blatant anti-semitism anywhere else, and had quite a scare. And we have no mezuza on our car…