Since 1 June 2025 a non-French business name or trademark visible from outside a Quebec salon must come with French terms that clearly predominate. Ville de Montréal's page says home-based hair salons need an occupancy certificate, with fees and delays that differ by borough, and Quebec's general minimum wage is $16.60 an hour from 1 May 2026. Salongram keeps the diary and staff hours on one phone.
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Salongram is a free salon booking app for Montreal salons and barbershops: appointments, clients, staff hours and WhatsApp reminders in one Android app.
Signs in French, a permit set by the borough and a provincial wage. Quebec's sign rules changed on 1 June 2025, the city's page says a home salon needs an occupancy certificate, fees vary by borough, and the general minimum wage rose to $16.60 an hour in May 2026.
Quebec's government raised the general minimum wage to $16.60 an hour on 1 May 2026, from $16.10, an increase of $0.50 or 3.11%. The rate for tipped employees is $13.30, up $0.40. About 258,900 workers were affected, according to the government's announcement.
The Office québécois de la langue française says public signs and commercial advertising must be in French. Other languages may appear alongside French only if every message is also in French and French clearly predominates in the same visual field. These rules have applied since 1 June 2025.
A business name with a non-French specific element, or a recognised trademark that is wholly or partly non-French, visible from outside, must be accompanied by French terms that give clear predominance. French must take at least twice the space of the other language, and a French generic term is always needed. Opening hours and addresses do not count toward the French share. Names inside the premises, on vehicles or on signs showing more than two names are exceptions, though a French generic term is still needed.
Ville de Montréal's page lists a home-based hair salon or personal service salon among the businesses needing an occupancy certificate, in the Anjou borough's section. In a dwelling the workspace needs its own separate exterior entrance, and its area cannot exceed the smaller of 50 square metres or one third of the home's total area.
Requirements, fees and processing differ across the city's 19 boroughs. Le Sud-Ouest lists $348 for other uses including personal care, Verdun $281 (taxes included) and Ville-Marie a $307 processing fee. Plateau-Mont-Royal says it will make first contact within 14 days. The page gives three- and six-month limits for using a permit, in different sections.
A small home salon often books one client at a time. Services, prices, client notes and reminders stay on one phone, whichever room the chair is in.
Salongram holds each person's working days, hours and breaks. Wages, tips and timesheets stay with your own payroll tool, since the app does not calculate pay.
Quebec's sign rules cover public signs and commercial advertising. Salongram does not check your signs or advertising, so ask the OQLF what applies to your window and online pages.
Quebec requires French on signs, and many clients will prefer it. Salongram is available in English, Arabic and Spanish only, so the app itself has no French screens, and client messages are drafted in English.
A permit application goes through your borough, and delays differ. Mark the time you spend on it as time off in the diary, so no client is offered that hour.
We found no official data on how Montreal clients book, so this guide does not guess. What Salongram does is keep calls, walk-ins and link requests in one diary per person, and it shows a warning for an overlap, so you decide whether to go ahead.
Every stylist has their own days, hours and time off, so a booking lands in the right column.
The scheduleA cut, a colour and a blow-dry each have their own price and duration, so the diary sets aside the right time.
ServicesWhen a booking cancels, the waiting list shows who wanted that time and turns them into a booking in one tap.
The waiting listAn illustrative Thursday, not research: a small home salon in Rosemont with its own street entrance and two chairs, open five days, where the owner cuts and a colourist works every day the salon is open except Tuesday.
The owner opens the diary: the colourist is booked solid until two, and the owner's own column has a gap at ten.
A regular rings for a trim; the gap at ten fits it and she is booked straight in.
A colour appointment cancels. A client on the waiting list who asked for Thursday afternoons takes the slot.
Two requests arrive from the booking link for Saturday. The owner checks each person's hours and accepts them.
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An estimate from the numbers you enter (a month counted as 4.33 weeks). Nothing is sent or stored. Salongram is free to download.
Add each cut, colour and finish with its price and how long it takes, so the diary sets aside the right amount of time.
Give each person their days, hours and breaks, so the diary only offers times when the right person is in.
Create the optional account to get your link and QR code, then put it on your social pages, Google listing or door.
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Quebec requires public signs and commercial advertising to be in French. A non-French business name or trademark visible from outside needs French terms with clear predominance, at least twice the space. The Office québécois de la langue française explains the rules. Salongram does not check signage.
Yes. Salongram is free to download on Google Play for Android. It keeps services, clients, staff hours and payment notes on the phone and prepares WhatsApp reminders you send yourself. It has no French screens.
Ville de Montréal's page says a home-based hair salon needs an occupancy certificate, and the workspace needs its own exterior entrance and may not exceed the smaller of 50 square metres or one third of the home. Fees and delays vary by borough, so check yours. Salongram does not handle permits.
The general rate is $16.60 an hour from 1 May 2026, up from $16.10, and $13.30 for tipped employees. Salongram keeps scheduled staff hours but does not work out wages, tips or payroll.
Yes, as requests. A client opens your booking link or QR code and asks for a free time, and nothing is booked until you accept. The app has no French screens. It does not take deposits or online payments.
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