Dîner des rois is a tradition that organizers say goes back more than 140 years, and it's held right after the holidays.

About a dozen Haitian Montrealers were at Pikliz, a restaurant in the city's St. Henri neighbourhood. preparing soup for the homeless.

Resilience Montreal, a drop-in day centre for the homeless is keeping the doors open throughout the Christmas holidays.

LaSalle College provided a free space for the event and partnered with Le Blumenthal restaurant to offer a gourmet lunch for close to 300 women.

After rehearsing for weeks during chemistry class, the 11th graders went door-to-door in Dorval signing Christmas carols to gather donations for the Angels of Mercy charity. 

Jean Boulet says all parents, whether they are adoptive or biological, will receive the same number of weeks leave, but how they are attributed will be different.

There are 150 beds available for men and women until the end of March.

"It's like as soon as you walk through the door, we are acknowledging that you are resilient."

Members of Montreal's business community are sleeping on the streets of downtown Montreal to better understand the realities of homeless youth.

Of the 1,585 people who sought refuge at the emergency venue, 89 per cent were men, 10 per cent were women and one per cent were trans.