Kitty candidates: Fake election posters spring up around Montreal

Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you: those are cats.

Montreal Gazette

Published Apr 26, 2025 • Last updated Apr 26, 2025 • < 1 minute read

Election posters featuring cat candidates from Café Chat L'Heureux were posted along McGill College Ave. in Montreal on Friday, April 25, 2025. Allen McInnis/Montreal Gazette

It has been a tight race between Pistache and Théodore, with Charli, Basil and Luzerne trailing behind in the polls.

At first glance, their posters look like any other campaign sign — a common sight in Montreal as the federal election nears. But these faces are feline, not human.

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Election posters featuring cat candidates from Café Chat L’Heureux were posted along McGill College Ave. in Montreal on Friday, April 25, 2025.

The spoof election posters were spotted across the city this week, including in downtown Montreal.

They were created by Café Chat L’Heureux, a restaurant-café in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood where patrons can enjoy the company of free-roaming cats while they sip their coffee.

The café pulled a similar stunt during the federal election in 2021.

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