I travel a lot in Southern Ontario/Toronto but also Montreal area.
Most of the poutine in Southern Ontario is the “fake stuff,” on the order of how hockey rinks or amusement parks in the USA do nachos
A friend took me to a gastropub in Montreal where the chef made his gravy from roast beef and bone-stock reduction, and of course the curds were from some local organic farm, etc... I remember it being near McGill. Will search the name...
You mean McGill University? I have relatives who went to school there and the shops there use the real stuff and recipe. The students are anal about their poutine LOL