Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the Canadian province of . While Quebec City is the political capital, Montreal is the cultural and economic centre, and the main entry point to the province.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport and Downtown Montreal.

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport, also known to locals as Dorval Airport, is Canada's third busiest airport. It is located in the area of Montreal.

Downtown is the central business district of Montreal, and home to its largest concentration of museums, art galleries and shopping, and to the Mont-Royal Park and Montreal's Chinatown.

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The is a bohemian district in Montreal that has become gentrified since the 1980s. The neighbourhood is now home to many upscale restaurants and nightclubs, and several trendy clothing stores along St.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Old Montreal and Quartier Latin-Le Village.

is what many visitors come to Montreal for: old cobblestoned streets lined with buildings dating from the 17th through 19th centuries, grand old French restaurants, history museums, and the riverfront Old Port.

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is in Montreal. It contains the Quartier Latin, Le Village, and Sainte-Marie.

The is the western part of the island of Montreal. It is mainly a residential suburb of the city of Montreal. Municipalities such as Pointe-Claire, Beaconsfield, and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue are popular with visitors from Montreal for their attractive streets along the waters of Lac Saint-Louis.

is a borough in the south of Montreal, bordered by the borough to the north, LaSalle to the south and the west and by the St-Lawrence river to the east.

is a multicultural neighbourhood in Montreal. The area is strongly influenced by its proximity to the Universite de Montreal and home to a large number of students and immigrants. The Saint Joseph Oratory towers over the district.

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, once its own town, was incorporated into Montreal in 2002. As its name suggests, it's on the other side of Mount Royal from downtown, and is a predominately residential area, home to well-known Québec artists and celebrities and to Montreal's Hasidic Jewish community.

Montreal is the area west of , on both sides of the Lachine Canal, bordered by the districts of LaSalle, and Westmount. It is made up of the neighbourhoods of Petite-Bourgogne-Griffintown, Saint-Henri, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Côte-Saint-Paul and Ville Émard.

is a district in Montreal. Located a ways east of , it features the Olympic Stadium and other major attractions.

is a district in Montreal. It is comprised of the islands Île Sainte-Helene and Île Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence river.

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est was a borough in the eastern end of Montréal, Québec. The borough was located at the eastern tip of the Island of Montréal.

is a district of Montreal composed of these boroughs…

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is an area of Montreal north of the . Unlike in many other North American cities, Montreal's Little Italy is still authentic and has not seen any tourist-oriented development.

, the last Mile, is a small neighborhood between , , Rosemont and Little Italy. The main commercial streets are parts of St-Viateur, Fairmount, Bernard, Villeneuve, Parc Ave & St-Laurent.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jean Talon Market and Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard.

Marketplace
is a farmer's market in Montreal, , . Located in the Little Italy district, the market is bordered by Jean-Talon Street to the north, Mozart Ave. to the south, Casgrain Ave. to the west and Henri-Julien Ave. to the east.

Sports venue
The , abbreviated CSCR and often referred as Centre Claude-Robillard, is a multi-purpose sport facility, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of .

Railway station
is an intermodal transit station in the borough of in Montreal, , Canada. The Montreal Metro station is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal and serves the Orange Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laval and Mount Royal.

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The city of , conglomerated from 14 smaller municipalities in 2000, covers the island Île Jésus and some smaller islands to the northwest of Montreal.

Town
is an affluent town located on the northwest side of the eponymous , northwest of , on the in southwestern , .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in Montreal. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of , bordering the Rivière des Prairies.

Montreal

Latitude
45.5439° or 45° 32′ 38″ north
Longitude
-73.6407° or 73° 38′ 26″ west
Population
1,760,000
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
IATA airport code
YMQ
United Nations Location Code
CA MTR
Open location code
87Q8G9V5+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 299790200
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6077243
Wiki­data ID
Q340
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zhuang—“Montreal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Montreal
  • Afrikaans: Montréal
  • Albanian: Montreali
  • Amharic: ሞንትሬያል
  • Arabic: منتريال
  • Arabic: مونتريال (كيبك)
  • Arabic: مونتريال، كيبك
  • Arabic: مونتريال
  • Arabic: مونتيريال
  • Arabic: مونريال
  • Aragonese: Mont-reyal
  • Armenian: Մոնրեալ
  • Arpitan: Montreyâl
  • Asturian: Montreal
  • Asturian: Montréal
  • Atikamekw: Moriak
  • Azerbaijani: Monreal
  • Balinese: Montréal
  • Bashkir: Монреаль
  • Basque: Montreal
  • Bavarian: Montreal
  • Belarusian: Манрэаль
  • Bengali: মন্ট্রিয়ল
  • Bengali: মন্ট্রিয়াল
  • Bosnian: Montreal
  • Bosnian: Montréal
  • Breton: Montreal
  • Breton: Montréal
  • Bulgarian: Монреал
  • Burmese: မွန်းထရီးအောမြို့
  • Catalan: Mont-real
  • Catalan: Montreal
  • Cebuano: Montréal
  • Central Bikol: Montreal
  • Central Kurdish: مۆنتریال
  • Central Kurdish: مۆنتریاڵ
  • Chavacano: Monteal
  • Chechen: Монреаль
  • Chinese: Montréal
  • Chinese: 滿地可
  • Chinese: 蒙特利尔
  • Chinese: 蒙特利爾
  • Chinese: 蒙特婁
  • Chuvash: Монреаль
  • Cornish: Montreal
  • Corsican: Montréal
  • Cree: ᒧᓄᑐᐁᐊ
  • Croatian: Montreal
  • Croatian: Montréal
  • Czech: Montreal
  • Czech: Montréal
  • Danish: Montreal
  • Dimli (individual language): Montreal
  • Dutch: Montreal
  • Dutch: Montréal
  • Eastern Mari: Монреаль
  • Egyptian Arabic: مونتريال
  • Esperanto: Montrealo
  • Estonian: Montreal
  • Estonian: Montréal
  • Faroese: Montreal
  • Faroese: Montréal
  • Finnish: Montreal
  • Finnish: Montréal
  • French: Montréal
  • French: Mourrial
  • French: mtl
  • French: Ville de Montréal
  • Galician: Montreal
  • Georgian: მონრეალი
  • Georgian: მონტრეალი
  • German: Montreal
  • German: Montréal
  • Greek: Μοντρεαλ
  • Greek: Μόντρεαλ
  • Guarani: Montreal
  • Gujarati: મોન્ટ્રીયલ
  • Haitian: Monreyal
  • Hakka Chinese: Montréal
  • Hausa: Montréal
  • Hebrew: מאנטריאל
  • Hebrew: מונטריאול
  • Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियल
  • Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियाल
  • Hungarian: Montréal
  • Icelandic: Montréal
  • Ido: Montréal
  • Inari Sami: Montreal
  • Inari Sami: Montréal
  • Indonesian: Montreal
  • Interlingua: Montreal
  • Interlingue: Montreal
  • Interlingue: Montréal
  • Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᑐᕆᐋᓪ
  • Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᕆᐊᓪ
  • Inuktitut: ᒧᕆᐊᓪ
  • Inuktitut: ᒪᓐᑐᔨᐊ
  • Inuktitut: ᒪᓐᑐᕆᐊᓕ
  • Irish: Montréal
  • Italian: Montreal
  • Italian: Montréal
  • Japanese: モントリオール
  • Japanese: モンレアル
  • Japanese: 北米のパリ
  • Kabyle: Montreal
  • Kalaallisut: Montréal
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Montreal
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Montréal
  • Kannada: ಮಾಂಟ್ರಿಯಲ್
  • Kannada: ಹ್ಯುಸ್ಟಣ್
  • Karachay-Balkar: Монреаль
  • Kazakh: Монреаль қаласы
  • Kazakh: Монреаль
  • Khmer: ទីក្រុង Montreal
  • Khmer: ម៉ុងរ៉េអាល់
  • Kildin Sami: Монреаль
  • Kirghiz: Монреаль
  • Korean: 몬트리얼
  • Korean: 몬트리올
  • Kurdish: Montreal
  • Ladino: Montreal
  • Lao: ມົງເລອານ
  • Latin: Mons Regius
  • Latvian: Monreāla
  • Lingala: Montréal
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Montreal
  • Literary Chinese: 蒙特婁
  • Lithuanian: Monrealis
  • Lombard: Montréal
  • Lule Sami: Montreal
  • Lule Sami: Montréal
  • Luxembourgish: Montréal
  • Macedonian: Монтреал
  • Malagasy: Montréal
  • Malay: Montreal
  • Malay: مونتريال
  • Malayalam: മൊൺട്രിയാൽ
  • Maltese: Montreal
  • Maltese: Montréal
  • Manx: Montréal
  • Marathi: माँत्रिऑल
  • Marathi: माँत्रियाल
  • Mazanderani: مونترئال
  • Min Nan Chinese: Montréal
  • Minangkabau: Montreal
  • Mingrelian: მონრეალი
  • Moksha: Монрэаль
  • Mongolian: Монреал
  • Moroccan Arabic: موريال
  • Narom: Mountriyâo
  • Neapolitan: Mundreale
  • Nepali: मोन्ट्रियल
  • Newari: मोन्त्रियल
  • Northern Frisian: Montréal
  • Northern Sami: Montreal
  • Northern Sami: Montréal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Montreal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Montréal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Montreal
  • Norwegian: Montreal
  • Norwegian: Montréal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Montreal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Montreial
  • Occitan (post 1500): Montreiau
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Montreal
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Muntreall
  • Ossetian: Монреаль
  • Panjabi: ਮਾਂਟਰੀਆਲ
  • Panjabi: ਮੋਨਟਰਿਆਲ
  • Papiamento: Montreal
  • Pedi: Montréal
  • Pennsylvania German: Montreal
  • Persian: مونترآل
  • Persian: مونتریال
  • Persian: مونرئال
  • Picard: Montréal
  • Piemontese: Montréal
  • Pite Sami: Montreal
  • Pite Sami: Montréal
  • Polish: Montreal
  • Portuguese: Cidade de Montreal
  • Portuguese: Montreal, Canadá
  • Portuguese: Montreal, Quebec
  • Portuguese: Montreal
  • Portuguese: Montréal
  • Portuguese: Ville de Montréal
  • Pushto: مونټريال
  • Quechua: Montreal
  • Romanian: Montreal
  • Romanian: Montréal
  • Russian: Монреаль
  • Samogitian: Muonrealės
  • Santali: ᱢᱳᱱᱴᱨᱤᱞ
  • Sardinian: Montreal
  • Scots: Montreal
  • Scottish Gaelic: Montreal
  • Serbian: Монтреал, Квебек
  • Serbian: Монтреал
  • Serbo-Croatian: Montreal
  • Sicilian: Montréal
  • Silesian: Montreal
  • Sindhi: مونٽريال
  • Sinhala: මොන්ට්‍රියල්
  • Skolt Sami: Montreal
  • Skolt Sami: Montréal
  • Slovak: Montreal
  • Slovenian: Montreal
  • Slovenian: Montréal
  • Somali: Montreal
  • South Azerbaijani: مونترآل
  • South Azerbaijani: مونترئال
  • Southern Sami: Montreal
  • Southern Sami: Montréal
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Montréal
  • Spanish: Montréal (Canadá)
  • Spanish: Montréal (Quebec)
  • Spanish: Montreal
  • Spanish: Villa de Montréal
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵏⵜⵉⵔⵢⴰⵍ
  • Swahili: Montreal
  • Swedish: Montreal
  • Swedish: Montréal
  • Swiss German: Montréal
  • Tachawit: Monrial
  • Tachawit: ⵎoⵏⵔⵉⴰⵍ
  • Tagalog: Lungsod ng Montréal
  • Tagalog: Montréal, Québec
  • Tagalog: Montréal
  • Tajik: Монреал
  • Tamil: மொண்ட்ரியால்
  • Tamil: மொன்ட்ரியால்
  • Tamil: மொன்றியல்
  • Tamil: மோன்ட்ரீயால்
  • Tatar: Монреаль
  • Telugu: మాంట్రియల్
  • Thai: มอนทรีออล
  • Tok Pisin: Montreal
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Montreal
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Montréal
  • Tosk Albanian: Montréal
  • Turkish: Montreal
  • Turkmen: Montreýal
  • Twi: Montréal
  • Uighur: Montréal
  • Uighur: مونترېئال
  • Ukrainian: Монреаль
  • Ume Sami: Montreal
  • Ume Sami: Montréal
  • Urdu: مانٹریال
  • Uzbek: Monreal (Kanada)
  • Uzbek: Monreal
  • Uzbek: Montreal
  • Veps: Monreal‘
  • Veps: Monreal’
  • Vietnamese: Montréal
  • Vlax Romani: Montreàlo
  • Volapük: Montréal
  • Waray (Philippines): Montreal
  • Welsh: Montreal
  • Welsh: Montréal
  • Western Armenian: Մոնրէալ
  • Western Frisian: Montreal
  • Western Panjabi: مونٹریال
  • Wu Chinese: 蒙特利尔
  • Yakut: Монреал
  • Yiddish: מאנטרעאל
  • Yue Chinese: 滿地可
  • Zhuang: Montreal
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