About Montreal City
About Montreal City
- Category
- Governments
- Parent Corporation
- Québec
- Branches
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Équipe Anjou
Équipe Barbe Team
Projet Montréal
Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal
Ensemble Montréal
- Location
- Ville de Montréal, 275 Rue Notre Dame E, Montréal, QC H2Y 1C6, Canada
- Phone Number
- +1 514-872-0311
- Website
- http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/
- Description
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Montreal is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. 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. The city is situated 196 km east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km south-west of the provincial capital, Quebec City. In 2016, the city had a population of 1,704,694, with a population of 1,942,247 in the urban agglomeration, including all of the other municipalities on the Island of Montreal. The broader metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,247. French is the city's official language and in 2016 was the home language of 61.2% of the population, while 26.4% spoke non-official languages at home and English was spoken by 23.1% of the inhabitants.