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Montreal was one of the cities in Quebec affected by the 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec. [1] On January 1, 2002, all the municipalities on the island of Montreal were merged into the city of Montreal. However, following a change of government in the 2003 Quebec election and a 2004 referendum, some of those municipalities became ...
Greater Montreal is made up of 82 municipalities covering an area of 3,800 km2, and is home to more than four million inhabitants. Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris, and the most multilingual city in Canada.
Montreal is in the southwest of the province of Quebec. The city covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. The port of Montreal lies at one end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the river gateway that stretches from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. [85]
Montreal, Quebec City, Longueuil, Sherbrooke, Saguenay, Lévis, Métis-sur-Mer and Grenville-sur-la-Rouge are divided into arrondissements (boroughs), sub-municipal entities that have mayors and councillors. Elections are held across the province on the same day in every municipality every four years.
The Société de transport de Montréal ( STM; English: Montreal Transit Corporation) is a public transport agency that operates transit bus and rapid transit services in the urban agglomeration of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Established in 1861 as the "Montreal City Passenger Railway Company", it has grown to comprise four subway lines with a ...
The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and still retains the same area as that mega-city. The urban agglomeration of Longueuil is coextensive with ...
SPVM – local police station 5 395 Saint-Jean Boulevard Pointe-Claire, Québec H9R 3J2 514-280-0105 Emergency: 911. Hours Open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
