[3] The falls are located on the boundary between the borough of Beauport and Boischatel, about 12 km (7.5 mi) from the heart of old Quebec City.

In the summer the park hosts an international fireworks competition with the falls as a backdrop.

[6] During summer months, the falls give off a yellow glow due to high iron content in the waterbed.

In July 2019, it was announced that the Montmorency Falls tourist site would be getting a $33-million makeover.

"[11] Recreational sleighing on the frozen falls is recorded in Letitia Elizabeth Landon's poetical illustration, The Montmorency Waterfall and Cone, to an engraving of a painting by W. Purser, published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836.