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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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Ontario’s diversity is a reflection of the many different cultures that have called the province home over the years, while Montreal’s French-Canadian heritage gives the city a distinct character all its own.
Apr 7, 2009 · Published Online April 7, 2009. Last Edited October 17, 2023. Montreal, Quebec, incorporated as a city in 1832, population 1,762,949 (2021 census), 1,704,694 (2016 census). 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 ...
3 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.
Quebec (French: Québec ⓘ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population.Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between its most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City.
Ontario ( / ɒnˈtɛərioʊ / ⓘ on-TAIR-ee-oh; French: [ɔ̃taʁjo]) is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [note 1] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area ...
The American Revolution had other consequences for British North America in general and Montreal in particular. English-speaking loyalists flooded into Canada with the promise of homesteads, giving English names (e.g., Sherbrooke) to a French Canadian landscape and, by 1791, creating two separate colonies—Upper Canada (modern-day Ontario) and Lower Canada (modern-day Quebec).
