Cinema Cineplex IMAX aux Galeries de la Capitale
Quebec · CanadaSize confirmed ×2
PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room C, 42/100 — a modest premium screen, 419 m² of lit picture, with 35% of the screen never lit. That rests on a single source. Data read 21 September 2026.
Map position approximate (city centre)
Respectable, but not the full IMAX proposition.
Spec sheet
- Projection
- IMAX Digital Xenon
- Screen
- 28.2 m × 22.9 m (646 m²)
- Picture area
- 419 m² — 35% of the screen is never lit
- Screen shape
- 1.23:1 — the fabric itself
- Picture shown
- 1.90:1
- 15/70mm film
- No
- Sound
- Not published
- Seats
- 344
- Screen type
- Not a dome — curvature not recorded
- Opened
- 1995
- Operator
Worth knowing: a source records xenon here, but at 28.2 m this screen is wider than IMAX sold that system for (21.3 m). We publish what the source says rather than overriding it.
Why IQ 42
⌷ Size is scored on the picture, not the fabric. This screen is taller than its projector's frame, so a chunk of it is never lit and doesn't count.
How big, really?
Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m
- 1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
- 2Cinema Cineplex IMAX aux Galeries de la Capitale · 28.2×22.9 m · picture 419 m², 35% never lit
- 3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
- 4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m
Scale check
Familiar objects, same scale as the screen
10 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 5 up · 646 m² total)
What you actually see
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- Screen
- 646 m²
- Picture
- 419 m²
- Screen used
- 65%
8.1 m of this screen — 35% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.90 showing. The projector here can't produce the full 1.43 frame, so the top and bottom of the screen are never used at all.
Worth travelling for?
Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach
Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.
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Where this comes from
Size confirmed ×2We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.
- Screen dimensions
- confirmed by 2 sources
- · imaxguide, the r/IMAX database ↗
- · LF Examiner industry listing (2021)
- Projector
- single source
- Operating status
- verified open
Sources disagree
The 2021 industry listing records this venue as film; we publish xenonon the strength of a more recent source. IMAX has converted a great many screens to laser since that listing closed, so the newer record usually wins — but you should know the two don't match.
The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.
Showtimes
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