Montreal
Sign in to saveMontreal () is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest city in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It lies east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.
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Montreal is the largest city in Quebec and the second-largest in Canada, known for its location on an island and its history dating back to its 1642 founding as Ville-Marie. The city takes its name from Mount Royal, the distinctive triple-peaked mountain that shaped the early settlement and remains central to its geography.
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42 sectionsContents
- Etymology and original names
- History
- Pre-European contact
- Early European settlement (1600–1760)
- American occupation (1775–1776)
- Modern history as city (1832–present)
- Geography
- Climate
- Architecture
- Neighbourhoods
- Old Montreal
- Mount Royal
- Demographics
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Immigration
- Religion
- Economy
- Culture
- Sports
- Media
- Government
- Policing
- Crime
- Education
- Higher education in English
- Higher education in French
- Transportation
- Société de transport de Montréal
- Air
- Rail
- Bike Share Program
- Notable people
- International relations
- Sister cities
- Friendship cities
- See also
- Notes
- Pronunciation
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Montreal () is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest city in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It lies east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.
, the city had a population of 1,762,949 and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest metropolitan area in Canada after Toronto. French is the city's official language. In 2021, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal considered themselves fluent in French while 90.2% could speak it in the metropolitan area. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 58.5% of the population able to speak both French and English. Montreal is the largest primarily French speaking city in the Americas.
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