Montreal

Also known as Montréal, City of Montreal, Ville de Montréal, Ville de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, Canada, Montreal/Tiohtia:ke, Tiohtia:ke/Montreal

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.

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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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Key facts

Settlement.blank2_info: SPVM
Settlement.seal_link: Coat of arms of Montreal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region / Urban agglomeration
Settlement.name: Montreal
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.named_for: Mount Royal
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Montreal.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 125px
Settlement.flag_link: Flag of Montreal
Settlement.image_seal: Coat of arms of Montreal.svg
Settlement.seal_type: Coat of arms
Settlement.seal_size: 95px
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: City of Montréal logo.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Logo
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 160px
Settlement.nicknames: "MTL", "The 514", "The City of Festivals", "The City of Saints", "The City of a Hundred Steeples", "Sin City", "La Métropole"
Settlement.motto: Concordia Salus ("well-being through harmony")
Settlement.mapframe: yes

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Montréal
Demonym: Montrealčanka
Population: 1895211
Area: 498
Elevation: 31
Official website: ville.montreal.qc.ca
Image: Montreal-canada-parc-urban.jpg
Dialing code: 263
Motto: Concordia Salus

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external data available at URL: donnees.montreal.ca
inception: 1642-05-17
Commons category: Montreal
postal code: H
Commons gallery: Montréal
native label: Tiohtiake
P8168: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
IPA transcription: mɔ̃ʁeal
P11012: Yarisley Silva
P12749: Alexander von Humboldt National Park
social media followers: 10600

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Contents

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

, 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.