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Montreal (CA: / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l / ⓘ MUN-tree-AWL; French: Montréal ⓘ) is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
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The economies of Canada’s cities and their provinces are closely related. You can see from the chart (left) that: ›› the percentage of people in work is much higher in the Prairie Provinces than elsewhere in Canada. ›› a lower proportion of people in Atlantic Canada have a job than elsewhere.
This is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in Canada, ordered alphabetically by province or territory. ( See also city and urban planning .) Alberta. Banff. Brooks. Calgary. Edmonton. Fort McMurray. Grande Prairie. Jasper. Lake Louise. Lethbridge. Medicine Hat. Red Deer. Saint Albert. British Columbia. Barkerville. Burnaby
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2 days ago · Montreal, city, Quebec province, southeastern Canada. The second most-populous city in Canada and the principal metropolis of Quebec, it occupies about three-fourths of Montreal Island, near the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers. It is a city with considerable French colonial history.
Montreal is Canada’s second largest city and is home to nearly half of the province of Quebec’s population. It is the metropolis of the province and was the most populous city in Canada for a century and a half. It is located in southwestern Quebec on Île de Montreal at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers.
The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly [1] called the British North America Act, 1867 ), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of ...
Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 275 km (171 mi) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 167 km (104 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
