Ubisoft Montreal
The establishment of Ubisoft Montreal is considered to have significant impact on Montreal. The Mile End area over the next several years transformed from a low-rent area to a commercial hub with new businesses, stores, restaurants and other attractions for the young workforce. For the city overall, Ubisoft Montreal was the first major video game studio and helped to establish its position as a creative city. Several other publishers, including Electronic Arts, Eidos Interactive, THQ and Warner Bros., established studios in Montreal following Ubisoft, with the Quebec and federal governments continuity to offer subsidiary programs to support high-tech job creation. In exchange, the studio has spent up to in the province of Quebec, and with their parent publisher, helped to open Ubisoft Quebec in Quebec City in 2005 and Ubisoft Saguenay in Saguenay in 2018 to help support Ubisoft Montreal's efforts, using similar tax incentives from the providence to help found these.
Ubisoft Quebec
On 4 June 2013, François Pelland was appointed executive director of development. In September 2013, Ubisoft announced that they planned to invest into Ubisoft Quebec's infrastructure to expand their presence by 500 positions. Ubisoft Quebec predicted to employ 3,500 staff by the end of 2020. This move was strengthened through another 100 postitions being opened with an investment of , on 24 January 2014. On 2 July 2014, it was announced that Ubisoft Quebec would lead the development of the upcoming "Assassin's Creed" game (which later became "Assassin's Creed Syndicate"), of which all titles were previously made at Ubisoft Montreal. The same day, the studio also announced that it, together with its 350 staff and using another investment, would move to new offices in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood of Quebec City and open another 100 positions. In 2017, Patrick Klaus was appointed managing director of Ubisoft Quebec. In December 2018, Mike Laidlaw, who formerly served as creative director for BioWare, joined Ubisoft Quebec to assume that same role.