I'm not really a fan of Montreal smoked meat, but when I am in Montreal, I do make a point of having at least one meal at Mr. Steer which is on St. Catherine St. at Drummond. Not a long walk from Peel station on the Metro. It's their burgers that I model my home made ones after.
One of my American friends ordered Canadian bacon at a diner in New Jersey years and years ago after I told him not to because I couldn't imagine a crappy diner in New Jersey getting peameal bacon right. What he got was a circular slice of some kind of processed ham that looked like it was mostly fat. Apparently it was pretty awful. I got him real peameal bacon here on his next visit up and he loves it and gets it every time he visits.