Montreal
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Ville de Montreal
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Nickname(s):
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Motto:
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Interactive map of Montreal
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Coordinates:
45°30′32″N
73°33′15″W
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45.50889°N 73.55417°W
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45.50889; -73.55417
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Country
| Canada
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Province
| Quebec
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Region
| Montreal
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UA
| Urban agglomeration of Montreal
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Founded
| May 17, 1642
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Incorporated
| 1832
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Constituted
| January 1, 2002
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Boroughs
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? Type
| Montreal City Council
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? Mayor
| Valerie Plante
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Federal riding
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Prov. riding
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MPs
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City
| 431.50 km
2
(166.60 sq mi)
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? Land
| 365.13 km
2
(140.98 sq mi)
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? Urban
| 1,293.99 km
2
(499.61 sq mi)
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? Metro
| 4,604.26 km
2
(1,777.71 sq mi)
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Highest elevation
| 233 m (764 ft)
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Lowest elevation
| 6 m (20 ft)
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City
| 1,762,949 (
2nd
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? Density
| 4,828.3/km
2
(12,505/sq mi)
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Metro
| 4,291,732 (
2nd
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? Metro density
| 919/km
2
(2,380/sq mi)
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? Pop
2016?2022
| 2.9%
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? Metro Dwellings
| 1,929,263
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Demonym(s)
| Montrealer
Montrealais(e)
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Time zone
| UTC?05:00
(
EST
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? Summer (
DST
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| UTC?04:00
(EDT)
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Postal code(s)
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- H1A, H1C-H3N, H3S-H3W, H4A-H4T, H4Y-H5B, H8R-H8Z, H9C-H9E, H9H, H9K
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Area code(s)
| 514 and 438
and 263
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Police
| SPVM
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GDP
(Montreal
CMA
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| $200.9
billion (2016)
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GDP per capita (Montreal
CMA
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| CA$49,024 (2016)
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Website
| montreal
.ca
/en
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Montreal
(
, spelled
Montreal
in
French
) is a
city
in the country of
Canada
. It is the largest city in the
province
of
Quebec
and the second-largest city in Canada. It is the second-largest
French-speaking
city in the world after
Paris
.
Montreal is built on an island sitting in the
Saint Lawrence River
. More than three million people live in the Montreal region. At the centre of Montreal is a mountain called
Mount Royal
. The suburb of
Westmount
is a very rich suburb on the island of Montreal.
Most of the people who live in Montreal speak
French
.
The name 'Montreal' comes from
Mont Royal
, which means 'Royal Mountain' in
French
. It was originally called
Ville-Marie
, or City of Mary.
Montreal has always played a very important part in the history and development of Canada. It continues to be a large Canadian industrial and commercial centre, as well as a major seaport (via the Saint Lawrence River). It once was the largest city in Canada, before
Toronto
grew to be larger.
Tourists visit Montreal for its historical and cultural interest. One can visit the Old City in horse-drawn carriages, where many buildings from the earliest years stand and remind of the way of life that started in the
New World
, when Montreal was just a fur trading outpost belonging to
France
over 350 years ago.
Montreal is in the southwest of
Quebec
, 530
kilometres
north of
New York City
. The city itself is located on an
island
, the Island of Montreal. Near the downtown area, there is a hill called
Mount Royal
(
Mont Royal
in French).
Montreal's
economy
is the second largest in
Canada
. The city's
port
is the biggest inland port (a port that is not on the
sea
) in the world. Many large corporations have their main offices in Montreal. It also hosts many international organizations like
ICAO
, the
World Anti-Doping Agency
, and
IATA
. The city is home to four major
Universities
, welcoming students from all parts of Canada and from all over the world.
Montreal is also known for its
cultural
production sector. Because the city has many different buildings,
movies
are easy to film there. The
circus
troupe (group)
Cirque du Soleil
is from Montreal. The city is also known for its festivals, like the Montreal Jazz Festival and
Just For Laughs
.
Some
video game
companies like
Ubisoft
also have studios in Montreal.
[10]
Montreal is the cultural capital of Quebec and French-speaking Canada.
Montreal has many beautiful
churches
(Montreal is referred to locally as 'the city of a hundred churches'), including the largest church in Canada, and also many important art, history, and science museums. You can also visit the location of the 1967
World's Fair
, where today, as well as many other attractions, one will find the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Formula One
automobile race course. Also of interest is the site where the 1976 Summer
Olympic Games
were held, and the modern architecture of the Olympic stadium (the 'Big O') and its tall inclined observation tower (the highest inclined tower in the world); now a landmark of Montreal.
Ice hockey
was invented in Montreal.
[11]
A lot of Montrealers are interested in the sport, and the city is home to its own ice hockey team called the
Montreal Canadiens
who play in the
National Hockey League
(NHL).
CKAC
730
CBFT
SRC
CFTM
TVA
CIVM
Tele-Quebec
CFJP
TQS
CFTU
Canal Savoir
- ↑
"Quebec's Metropolis 1960?1992"
. Montreal Archives.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2013
. Retrieved
January 24,
2013
.
- ↑
Gagne, Gilles (May 31, 2012).
"La Gaspesie s'attable dans la metropole"
.
Le Soleil
(in French). Quebec City.
Archived
from the original on June 5, 2013
. Retrieved
June 9,
2012
.
- ↑
Leclerc, Jean-Francois (2002). "Montreal, la ville aux cent clochers : regards des Montrealais sur leurs lieux de culte".
Editions Fides
[
fr
]
(in French). Quebec City.
- ↑
"Lonely Planet Montreal Guide ? Modern History"
.
Lonely Planet
.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2007
. Retrieved
December 12,
2006
.
- ↑
"Montreal"
.
Geographical Names Data Base
.
Natural Resources Canada
.
- ↑
"Census Profile, 2021 Census; Montreal, Ville [Census subdivision], Quebec and Canada [Country]"
.
www12.statcan.gc.ca
. Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022
. Retrieved
Feb 9,
2022
.
- ↑
7.0
7.1
"Census Profile, 2021 Census"
.
www12.statcan.gc.ca
. Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022
. Retrieved
Feb 9,
2022
.
- ↑
Poirier, Jean.
"Island of Montreal"
.
Natural Resources Canada
. Archived from
the original
on July 20, 2014
. Retrieved
July 16,
2014
.
- ↑
"Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)"
.
Statistics Canada
. January 27, 2017.
Archived
from the original on January 22, 2021
. Retrieved
April 27,
2021
.
- ↑
"Home"
.
Ubisoft Montreal
. 2023-07-17
. Retrieved
2023-08-11
.
- ↑
"IIHF - NEWS"
.
web.archive.org
. 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30
. Retrieved
2023-10-19
.
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