Montreal Science Centre IMAX

Montreal · CanadaConfirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 79/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 537 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. Two independent sources agree on the projector. Data read 21 September 2026.

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IQ 79

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX GT Dual Laser
Screen: 27.7 m × 21.3 m (590 m²)
Screen shape: 1.30:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: No
Sound: Not published
Seats: 380
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 1988
Operator

⚠ This venue does not screen commercial films. The score above describes the room — how big the picture is and what lights it — not what is on it. However good the auditorium, you probably can't see this week's release here.

Why IQ 79

Screen size29/38

Projection32/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound0/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2Montreal Science Centre · 27.7×21.3 m · picture 537 m², 9% never lit
3BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 590 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists

dark

Screen: 590 m²
Picture: 537 m²
Screen used: 91%

1.9 m of this screen — 9% of it — stays dark for a IMAX 1.43 showing.

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.

•Where to next

Every premium screen in Montreal · All of Canada

Also in Montreal

Elsewhere in Canada

Where this comes from

Confirmed ×2

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 2 sources
Projector: confirmed by 2 sources
Operating status: verified open

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