Pay ranges
Hospitality Staffing pay in Montreal.
Below are typical hourly pay ranges for hospitality staffing in Montreal. What a role lands at depends on experience, the shift, and required certifications. Figures track Quebec market rates from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
| Role | Hourly range |
|---|---|
| Front desk agent | $16 to $22 |
| Housekeeper / room attendant | $15 to $20 |
| Banquet server | $16 to $24 |
| Line cook | $18 to $26 |
| Dishwasher / steward | $15 to $19 |
| Food and beverage supervisor | $22 to $30 |
Ranges reflect local market rates and scale with experience, shift, and certifications. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What we check for
- food handler card
- TIPS / alcohol service
- ServSafe
Shifts we cover
- morning, evening, and overnight
- weekend and holiday peaks
- event and banquet call-ins
Neighborhoods we cover in Montreal
- Hillcrest
- Northside
- Southside
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FAQ
Common questions.
How fast can you fill a hospitality staffing role in Montreal?
Quickly. Typical fill times for hospitality staffing in Montreal run most roles in 24 to 72 hours, supervisors in 3 to 7 days, because we work from a bench that is already screened. Brief the role at 1-866-888-6111 and the short list follows in days.
What hospitality staffing roles do you staff in Montreal?
We staff front desk agents, housekeepers and room attendants, banquet servers, line cooks, dishwashers and stewards, and food and beverage supervisors for Montreal employers. If you need a role that is not on that list, ask us, because we likely cover it.
How much does hospitality staffing cost per hour in Montreal?
Pay depends on the role, the shift, and certifications. In Montreal, rates run from about $16 per hour for entry roles up to $30 per hour for the most senior. See the pay table above for role by role ranges.
Do you offer temp, temp to hire, and direct hire in Montreal?
Yes. You can hire someone for a short season, try them out and convert them to your payroll, or hire them directly from day one. We help you pick the option that fits the role and your budget.
What certifications or checks are required for hospitality staffing in Montreal?
For hospitality staffing, the requirements that matter most are food handler card, TIPS / alcohol service, and ServSafe. We confirm right to work and run background and reference checks before placement.
Do you staff beyond Montreal itself?
We staff Montreal and the surrounding towns, including Hillcrest, Northside, Southside. Tell us where your site is and we will confirm coverage.
How does your pricing work for hospitality staffing?
Talking to us and reviewing candidates is free. Temporary placements bill at an hourly rate that covers pay, payroll taxes, workers compensation, and our service. Direct hires carry a one time placement fee. Either way, you get the number in writing first.
Can you staff off hours and peak season in Montreal?
Yes. We cover morning, evening, and overnight and weekend and holiday peaks, including weekend and peak season coverage. Give us the schedule and we staff to it.
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In depth
Hospitality Staffing in Montreal, explained.
Inside the Montreal hospitality staffing market
Montreal anchors a metro of about 3.5 million, with Montreal employers in manufacturing, technology, and healthcare hiring steadily. The people we place come from Montreal and the towns around it, including Hillcrest, Northside, Southside.
Employers here compete on pay and on how fast they move, so a slow hiring process loses good people. We keep a screened bench warm so we are not starting from zero when you call.
For pay, the Quebec minimum wage is $16.10, and we build rates that meet or beat what local employers actually pay to keep their teams. Source: U.S. Department of Labor.
From brief to start date in Montreal
The process is simple and it does not waste your time. We get the hospitality staffing role on paper first, the duties, the schedule, the rate, and the deal breakers.
From there we work our screened bench, check history and credentials, and bring you a short list of people who fit. You interview, and we close the offer and run onboarding so nothing slips.
Temporary, temp to hire, or direct hire
There is no single right way to hire hospitality staffing in Montreal, so we offer three. Temporary handles seasonal and surge work with payroll and compliance carried by us.
Temp to hire is the test drive: work with someone first, then move them to your payroll if it fits. Direct hire puts them on your team from the start.
We help Montreal employers match each role to the option that makes sense for the work and the budget.
What we staff and how we vet in Montreal
Our Montreal hospitality staffing bench covers front desk agents, housekeepers and room attendants, banquet servers, line cooks, dishwashers and stewards, and food and beverage supervisors.
Coverage runs morning, evening, and overnight and weekend and holiday peaks, and for these roles food handler card, TIPS / alcohol service, and ServSafe are what we verify first.
Right to work, work history, and references are all confirmed before a start date, so you get someone who can do the job, not just fill the slot.
Who we hire for in Montreal
Montreal employers across manufacturing, technology, and healthcare use Langford for hospitality staffing year round.
We know the roles these teams run, the shifts they need covered, and what good looks like in the first two weeks. That is why our placements hold past 30 days instead of turning over in week one.
What you get with Langford in Montreal
We move fast, we screen for real, and we stay on the file. A short list reaches you in about one business day for most hospitality staffing roles because we keep a bench warm in Montreal.
We carry payroll, taxes, and workers compensation on temporary placements, so the paperwork sits with us, not you. And we check in through the first 30 days, so a placement that wobbles gets fixed early.
Call 1-866-888-6111 to start, or tell us about the role online.
Staffing hospitality staffing at scale in Montreal
The Montreal metro is one of the larger hiring markets we cover, at about 3.5 million people. The most consistent demand is for warehouse and light industrial workers, but employers across manufacturing, technology, and healthcare all draw from the same labor pool, so competition for reliable hospitality staffing workers is real.
That is where volume hiring helps. When you need to staff a full morning, evening, and overnight crew, ramp for a peak, or cover several Montreal sites at once, we scale the search without dropping the screening. You still get vetted people, just more of them, on the timeline the work demands.
From Hillcrest to Southside, we keep enough screened candidates ready that a large hospitality staffing order does not mean a slow one.