![]() Historically the commercial capital of Canada, Montreal was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 58.5% of the population able to speak both English and French. ![]() 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. The city is 196 km (122 mi) east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km (160 mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.Īs of 2021, the city has a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie was built. ![]() ![]() Montreal ( / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l/ i MUN-tree- AWL French: Montréal i) is the second most populous city in Canada, the eighth most populous city in North America, and the most populous city in the province of Quebec. ![]()
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