Montreal
Montreal (/ˌmʌntriˈɔːl/, spelled Montréal 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.
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Montréal (French) | |
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| Ville de Montréal | |
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| Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°33′15″W / 45.50889°N 73.55417°W[5]Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°33′15″W / 45.50889°N 73.55417°W[5] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montreal |
| UA | Urban agglomeration of Montreal |
| Founded | May 17, 1642 |
| Incorporated | 1832 |
| Constituted | January 1, 2002 |
| Boroughs | List
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| • Type | Montreal City Council |
| • Mayor | Valérie Plante |
| • Federal riding | List
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| • Prov. riding | List
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| • MPs | List of MPs
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| Area | |
| • City | 431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi) |
| • Land | 365.13 km2 (140.98 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,293.99 km2 (499.61 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,604.26 km2 (1,777.71 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2021)[7] | |
| • City | 1,762,949 (2nd) |
| • Density | 4,828.3/km2 (12,505/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,291,732 (2nd) |
| • Metro density | 919/km2 (2,380/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016–2022 |  2.9% |
| • Metro Dwellings | 1,929,263 |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (EDT) |
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| Police | SPVM |
| GDP (Montreal CMA) | $200.9 billion (2016)[9] |
| GDP per capita (Montreal CMA) | CA$49,024 (2016) |
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Montreal is built on an island sitting in the Saint Lawrence River. More than three million people live in the Greater Montreal metropolitan area. 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.
History
The name 'Montréal' 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.
Geography
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).
Economy
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]
Culture
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).
Media
CIVM Tele-Quebec
CFJP TQS
Montreal Media
Jacques Cartier at Hochelaga. Arriving in 1535, Cartier was the first European to visit the area.
French authorities surrender the city of Montreal to the British after the Articles of Capitulation was signed in 1760.
View of Lachine Canal in 1826, a year after it opened. It bypassed the rapids west of the city, linking Montreal with other continental markets.
Political protests from Tories led to the burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal in 1849.
An anti-conscription rally in Montreal, 1917. During both World Wars, the city saw protest against the implementation of conscription.
Lighting of the Olympic Torch inside Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers.
Winters in Montreal bring cold, snowy, windy, and at times, icy weather.
Many colonial era buildings can be found in Old Montreal with several dating as far back as the late 17th century.
Habitat 67 is a model community and housing complex developed for Expo 67 World Fair.
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References
- ↑ "Quebec's Metropolis 1960–1992". Montreal Archives. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ Gagné, Gilles (May 31, 2012). "La Gaspésie s'attable dans la métropole" (in fr). Le Soleil (Quebec City). http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/affaires/les-regions/201205/30/01-4530197-la-gaspesie-sattable-dans-la-metropole.php. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
- ↑ Leclerc, Jean-François (2002). "Montréal, la ville aux cent clochers : regards des Montréalais sur leurs lieux de culte" (in fr). Éditions Fides (Quebec City).
- ↑ "Lonely Planet Montreal Guide – Modern History". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2006.
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- ↑ "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 Montréal". 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 Montréal. 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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Other websites
- Official website
- Montreal Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine -Citizendium