Montreal
Montreal (
i/ˌmʌntriːˈɒl/;French: Montréal,pronounced: [mɔ̃ʁeal]) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the second largest city in Canada and the 26th largest in the Americas. Originally called 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 on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters.
In 2011 the city had a population of 1,649,519. Montreal's metropolitan area had a population of 3,824,221 and a population of 1,886,481 in the urban agglomeration, with all of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal included. The 2014 estimate of the population of the metropolitan area of Montreal is 4.1 million.
French is the city's official language and is the language spoken at home by 56.9% of the population of the city, followed by English at 18.6% and 19.8% other languages (in the 2006 census). In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area, 67.9% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 16.5% who speak English. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada with 56% of the population able to speak both English and French. Montreal is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris.
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The Gadsden Times
26 Jul 2018
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CBC 26 Jul 2018Traditional medicine use declining in First Nations across Quebec, survey finds
CBC 26 Jul 2018Mount Royal Cemetery to ban cyclists starting Aug. 1
CBC 26 Jul 2018Quebec City: Caleche drivers begin strike, demanding more horses
CTV 26 Jul 2018Local publisher Drawn & Quarterly celebrates 1st Man Booker Prize nomination
CTV 26 Jul 2018Over 6000 Hydro Quebec customers left in the dark after severe thunderstorms.
CTV 26 Jul 2018SQ seeks potential victims of sexual predator from DDO
CTV 26 Jul 2018Montreal's Greek community 'all suffering' after firestorm near Athens kills at least 74
CBC 25 Jul 2018Serena Williams to Compete as Wild Card in Montreal Event
News18 25 Jul 2018Montreal filmmaker Harry Gulkin, known for Lies My Father Told Me, dies at 90
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