Greater Montreal Area
Encyclopedia
Greater Montreal is one of the two metropolitan communities of Quebec
.
Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area
in Québec
. As of 2009, Statistics Canada
identifies Montréal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) (land area 4259 square kilometre) as Canada's second most populous with a population of 3,859,318. A smaller area of 3838 square kilometre is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) . This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montréal mayor Gérald Tremblay
).
The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal
. It includes the entire Island of Montreal, Laval, and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil.
The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore
of the Mille-Îles River
, those on the South Shore
that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil
, and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula
. Communities in that area are also informally referred to as the 450
, after the telephone area code
that has served the region since 1998.
Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some suburbs on the South Shore
(Longueuil
, Brossard
, Saint-Lambert
, and Boucherville) are usually not included in the off-island suburbs even though they are on the mainland.
Island of Montreal
Beauharnois-Salaberry
Lajammerais
La Vallée-du-Richelieu
Roussillon
Rouville
Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil
Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Lanaudière
across Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal
, Laval
(Île Jésus
), and communities along both the north shore
of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and the south shore
of the Saint Lawrence River
. Established in 1996, the AMT's commuter rail
system has five lines linking the downtown core with communities as far west as Rigaud
, as far east as Mont-Saint-Hilaire
, and as far north as Saint-Jérôme
. AMT's mandate also includes the management of reserved High-occupancy vehicle lane
s, metropolitan bus terminuses, park-and-ride lots, and a budget of $163 million, which is shared amongst the transit corporations and inter-municipal public transit organizations. The AMT's territory spans 63 municipalities and one native reserve, 13 regional county municipalities, and 21 transit authorities. It serves a population of approximately 3.7 million people who make more than 750,000 trips daily.
The major transit commissions under the Metropolitan Transit Agency are:
Additionally, there are numerous smaller transit agencies known as Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport (CIT) (Intermunicipal Transit Councils).
CEGEP
Metropolitan Community (Quebec)
There are two metropolitan communities or CMs in the province of Quebec :* Greater Montreal * Communauté métropolitaine de Québec...
.
Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
in Québec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. As of 2009, Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Its headquarters is in Ottawa....
identifies Montréal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) (land area 4259 square kilometre) as Canada's second most populous with a population of 3,859,318. A smaller area of 3838 square kilometre is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) . This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montréal mayor Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay
Gérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...
).
The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is nearly enitirely located at the southern most slope of Mount Royal and is approximately bounded by Sherbrooke Street to the north, Papineau Avenue to the east, Guy Street or until Shaughnessy Village to the west,...
. It includes the entire Island of Montreal, Laval, and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil.
The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore
North Shore (Laval)
The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty...
of the Mille-Îles River
Rivière des Mille Îles
The Rivière des Mille Îles is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies....
, those on the South Shore
South Shore (Montreal)
The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec
-References:...
. Communities in that area are also informally referred to as the 450
Area code 450
Area codes 450 and 579 area telephone area code in the Canadian province of Quebec, encompassing the off-island suburbs of Montreal, which is served by area codes 514 and 438...
, after the telephone area code
Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan, such as found in North America, imposes a fixed total length to numbers...
that has served the region since 1998.
Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some suburbs on the South Shore
South Shore (Montreal)
The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
(Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, Brossard
Brossard
Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet...
, Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht...
, and Boucherville) are usually not included in the off-island suburbs even though they are on the mainland.
Largest cities
| Rank | City | Region | Population (2006) | Land Area | Population Density | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | mi2 | /km2 | /mi2 | ||||
| 1 | Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Montreal Island of Montreal The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies.... |
1,620,693 | 365.13 square kilometre | 4438.7 /km2 | ||
| 2 | Laval Laval, Quebec Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006... |
Laval Île Jésus Île Jésus is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies.... |
368,709 | 247.09 square kilometre | 1492.2 /km2 | ||
| 3 | Longueuil Longueuil Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in... |
South Shore South Shore (Montreal) The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie.... |
229,330 | 115.59 square kilometre | 1984 /km2 | ||
| 4 | Terrebonne Terrebonne, Quebec Terrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval.... |
North Shore North Shore (Laval) The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty... |
94,703 | 154.6 square kilometre | 612.6 /km2 | ||
| 5 | Repentigny Repentigny, Quebec Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, located north of Montreal, on the lower end of the L'Assomption River and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the island of Montreal.-History:... |
North Shore North Shore (Laval) The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty... |
76,237 | 61.76 square kilometre | 1234.5 /km2 | ||
| 6 | Brossard Brossard Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet... |
South Shore South Shore (Montreal) The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie.... |
71,154 | 45.2 square kilometre | 1574.3 /km2 | ||
| 7 | Dollard-des-Ormeaux | West Island West Island The West Island is the unofficial name given to the western cities and boroughs of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada... |
48,930 | 15.1 square kilometre | 3240 /km2 | ||
| 8 | Blainville Blainville, Quebec Blainville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec and is located northwest of downtown Montreal.The idyllic setting and small town environment makes for a sharp contrast with the booming urban centre next door. Blainville sits right at the foot of the Laurentians, an ancient... |
North Shore North Shore (Laval) The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty... |
46,493 | 55.1 square kilometre | 843.8 /km2 | ||
| 9 | Châteauguay | South Shore South Shore (Montreal) The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie.... |
42,786 | 35.89 square kilometre | 1192.1 /km2 | ||
| 10 | Saint-Eustache Saint-Eustache, Quebec Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles.... |
North Shore North Shore (Laval) The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty... |
42,062 | 69.42 square kilometre | 605.9 /km2 | ||
Island of MontrealMontréal (region)Montréal is one of the administrative regions of Quebec, Canada.It is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and a census division , for both of which its geographical code is 66....
|
|
Beauharnois-SalaberryBeauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality, QuebecBeauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in southwestern Quebec. The regional county municipality seat is Beauharnois.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Beauharnois**Salaberry-de-Valleyfield...
- BeauharnoisBeauharnois, QuebecBeauharnois is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada and is part of Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 11,918...
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
LajammeraisLajemmerais Regional County Municipality, QuebecMarguerite-d'Youville is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Verchères....
- Calixa-LavalléeCalixa-Lavallée, QuebecCalixa-Lavallée, named for the composer of the same name, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 533.-Population:...
- Contrecœur
- Saint-AmableSaint-Amable, QuebecSaint-Amable is a town 38.1 kilometers east of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada, within the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 8,398.-History:...
- Sainte-JulieSainte-Julie, QuebecSainte-Julie , is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 29,079. Ste. Julie was named the best town to live in, in Québec for 2009...
- VarennesVarennes, QuebecVarennes is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Lajemmerais. The city is approximately 15 miles from Downtown Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 20,950...
- VerchèresVerchères, QuebecVerchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in Montérégie, Quebec, located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,243.- History :...
La Vallée-du-RichelieuLa Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, QuebecLa Vallée-du-Richelieu is a Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the Richelieu River as the river makes its way from Lake Champlain in the United States north to the Saint Lawrence River northeast of Montreal at Sorel-Tracy, Quebec...
- Belœil
- CarignanCarignan, QuebecCarignan is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,426....
- ChamblyChambly, QuebecChambly is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about to the south east of Montreal.- Geography :It sits on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La-Vallée-du-Richelieu, at .-History:...
- McMastervilleMcMasterville, QuebecMcMasterville is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,234. It is within the Administrative Region of Montérégie....
- Mont-Saint-HilaireMont-Saint-Hilaire, QuebecMont-Saint-Hilaire is an off-island suburb of Montréal in southeastern Québec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu...
- Otterburn ParkOtterburn Park, QuebecOtterburn Park is a small town located 40km east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 8,464. The town lies south of Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on the Richelieu River, and is one of the few officially bilingual towns in Québec....
- Saint-Basile-le-GrandSaint-Basile-le-Grand, QuebecSaint-Basile-le-Grand is a city located in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 15,605.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
- Saint-Jean-BaptisteSaint-Jean-Baptiste, QuebecSaint-Jean-Baptiste is a municipality in the Montérégie region of the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 3,035...
- Saint-Mathieu-de-BeloeilSaint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, QuebecSaint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, east of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,288.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
RoussillonRoussillon Regional County Municipality, QuebecRoussillon is a regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 149,996 in 2006.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Candiac**Châteauguay**Delson**La Prairie**Léry**Mercier...
- CandiacCandiac, QuebecCandiac is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec; it is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite Montreal near La Prairie...
- Châteauguay
- DelsonDelson, QuebecDelson is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is situated 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal within the regional county municipality of Roussillion in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 7,322.On its small territory, Delson is crossed...
- La PrairieLa Prairie, QuebecLa Prairie is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada at the confluence of the Saint-Jacques River and the Saint Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
- LéryLéry, QuebecLéry is a small town situated along the south shore of Lake Saint-Louis in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,385...
- MercierMercier, QuebecMercier is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality Roussillon. It is located on the Châteauguay River, southwest of Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 10,121.-Population:Population trend...
- Sainte-CatherineSainte-Catherine, QuebecSainte-Catherine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon...
- Saint-ConstantSaint-Constant, QuebecSaint-Constant is an off-island suburb of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 23,957.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
- Saint-IsidoreSaint-Isidore, Montérégie, QuebecSaint-Isidore is a parish municipality in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,489. It is hometown of mixed martial arts superstar Georges St-Pierre.-Population:Population...
- Saint-MathieuSaint-Mathieu, QuebecSaint-Mathieu is a municipality situated in the Montérégie administrative region in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,894. It is part of the Roussillon Regional County Municipality.-Population:Population trend...
- Saint-PhilippeSaint-Philippe, QuebecSaint-Philippe is a municipality located in Roussillon Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The municipality was established on July 1, 1855. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,121.-Population:...
RouvilleRouville Regional County Municipality, QuebecRouville is a regional county municipality of Quebec in Canada.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Marieville**Richelieu**Saint-Césaire*Municipalities**Ange-Gardien**Rougemont**Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir**Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu...
- RichelieuRichelieu, QuebecRichelieu is a city in Rouville Regional County Municipality, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,208...
- Saint-Mathias-sur-RichelieuSaint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, QuebecSaint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region on the Richelieu River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 4,506....
Urban Agglomeration of LongueuilUrban agglomeration of LongueuilThe urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government...
- Boucherville
- BrossardBrossardBrossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet...
- LongueuilLongueuilLongueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
- Saint-LambertSaint-Lambert, QuebecSaint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht...
- Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Vaudreuil-SoulangesVaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec-References:...
- Coteau-du-lacCoteau-du-Lac, QuebecCoteau-du-Lac is a small town in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality....
- HudsonHudson, QuebecHudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 5,088 on the south-west bank of the lower Ottawa River, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. Situated about west of downtown Montreal, many residents commute to work on the Island of Montreal.- Location and...
- Les CèdresLes Cèdres, QuebecLes Cèdres is a municipality located north of the Saint Lawrence River in the Montérégie of Quebec near Vaudreuil-Dorion. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 5,732.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
- Les CoteauxLes Coteaux, QuebecLes Coteaux is a municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, north of the Saint Lawrence River and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.-Population:Population trend-Language:Mother tongue language -References:...
- L'Île-CadieuxL'Île-Cadieux, QuebecL'Île-Cadieux is a village and municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. It is located on and contiguous with Cadieux Island, which projects into Lake of Two Mountains just north off Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac...
- L'Île-PerrotL'Île-Perrot, QuebecTown of Île-Perrot is a town and municipality on Île Perrot in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 9,927. The town is at the western end of Lake Saint-Louis, and borders the local island communities of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pincourt and...
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-PerrotNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, QuebecNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot is the largest of four municipalities located on Île Perrot, west of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 9,885.-Population:Population trend-Language:...
- PincourtPincourt, QuebecPincourt is a municipality on the island of Île Perrot, off the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 11,197. The town shares the island with the three other municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Terrasse Vaudreuil and L'Île-Perrot,...
- Pointe-des-CascadesPointe-des-Cascades, QuebecPointe-des-Cascades is a village and municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. It is located on a spit of land where the Saint Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis...
- RigaudRigaud, QuebecRigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the county of Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction of the Ottawa River and the Rigaud River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 6,780...
- Rivière-Beaudette
- Saint-ZotiqueSaint-Zotique, QuebecSaint-Zotique is a Quebec municipality located within the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region located about 45 minutes west of Montreal...
- Saint-LazareSaint-Lazare, QuebecSaint-Lazare, also known as Saint-Lazare-de-Vaudreuil, is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Regional County Municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges....
- Terrasse-VaudreuilTerrasse-Vaudreuil, QuebecTerrasse-Vaudreuil is a small municipality on Île Perrot, just west of Montreal Island in Quebec, Canada. Attractions nearby include the Faubourg de l'Ile, the Terrasse-Vaudreuil baseball field, the soccer field, the municipal pool and POLYMOS, a styrofoam company that operates out of an area where...
- Vaudreuil-Dorion
- Vaudreuil-sur-le-LacVaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, QuebecVaudreuil-sur-le-Lac is a village and municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. It is located on the western portion of the Vaudreuil Peninsula, which projects into Lake of Two Mountains...
Laurentians
- BlainvilleBlainville, QuebecBlainville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec and is located northwest of downtown Montreal.The idyllic setting and small town environment makes for a sharp contrast with the booming urban centre next door. Blainville sits right at the foot of the Laurentians, an ancient...
- Bois-des-FilionBois-des-Filion, QuebecBois-des-Filion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, located in Quebec, Canada, to the north of Montreal.Historically, hundreds of families annually traveled to this region seasonally to experience the magnificent maple forests; however the tourist industry is currently a minor source of income for...
- BoisbriandBoisbriand, QuebecBoisbriand is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville.The Hasidic community of Kiryas Tosh is located within the city limits...
- Deux-MontagnesDeux-Montagnes, QuebecDeux-Montagnes is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains...
- LorraineLorraine, QuebecLorraine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. There are no industries and only a very limited commercial district ; almost all houses are of the detached type...
- MirabelMirabel, QuebecMirabel is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is an off-island suburb north-west of Montreal.Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. Its geographical code is 74.Mirabel's population was...
- OkaOka, Quebec-References:...
- Pointe-CalumetPointe-Calumet, QuebecPointe-Calumet is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. The municipality is located within the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region. It is situated about 30 minutes northwest of Montreal...
- RosemèreRosemère, QuebecRosemère is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. The town is noted for its green look, due to the high density of trees. Some wooded areas in the town have...
- Sainte-Anne-des-PlainesSainte-Anne-des-Plaines, QuebecSainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. The population estimate for the city in 2011 was 13,700, up from 13,001 in the 2006 census...
- Saint-EustacheSaint-Eustache, QuebecSaint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
- Saint-JérômeSaint-Jérôme, QuebecSaint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts....
- Saint-Joseph-du-LacSaint-Joseph-du-Lac, QuebecSaint-Joseph-du-Lac is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality.-History:...
- Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-LacSainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, QuebecSainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac is a town in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality. It is crossed from east to west by road 344, commonly known as Oka road...
- Sainte-ThérèseSainte-Thérèse, QuebecSainte-Thérèse is an off-island suburb northwest of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville....
LanaudièreLanaudièreLanaudière is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population of 429,053 inhabitants.-Geography:...
- CharlemagneCharlemagne, QuebecCharlemagne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Rivière des Prairies, northeast of Montreal's downtown core. As of 2006, the population was 5,594....
- L'AssomptionL'Assomption, QuebecL'Assomption is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area....
- MascoucheMascouche, QuebecMascouche is a suburban city north of Montreal in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River and has a population of 33,764, ranking 30th among Quebec municipalities.The current mayor is Richard Marcotte.- Infrastructure :...
- RepentignyRepentigny, QuebecRepentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, located north of Montreal, on the lower end of the L'Assomption River and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the island of Montreal.-History:...
- Saint-SulpiceSaint-Sulpice, QuebecSaint-Sulpice is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the L'Assomption Regional County Municipality. It is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River and includes most of Verchères Islands.-History:...
- TerrebonneTerrebonne, QuebecTerrebonne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shores of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and of the Rivière des Prairies, North of Montreal and Laval....
Demographics
| Language | Greater Montreal | Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
|---|---|---|---|
| French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
66.5% | 80.1% | 22.3% |
| English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
13.2% | 8.6% | 58.4% |
| Italian Italian language Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia... |
3.5% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
3.1% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... |
2.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Creole | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| Chinese | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.5% |
| Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;... |
1.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Portuguese Portuguese language Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095... |
0.9% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Romanian Romanian language Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova... |
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Berber Berber languages The Berber languages are a family of languages indigenous to North Africa, spoken from Siwa Oasis in Egypt to Morocco , and south to the countries of the Sahara Desert... |
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Vietnamese Vietnamese language Vietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam... |
0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Armenian Armenian language The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora... |
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Polish Polish language Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries... |
0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
Transportation
The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) (Metropolitan Transportation Agency) plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportPublic transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
across Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal
Island of Montreal
The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....
, Laval
Laval, Quebec
Laval is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006...
(Île Jésus
Île Jésus
Île Jésus is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies....
), and communities along both the north shore
North Shore (Laval)
The North Shore is the general term for the northern suburbs of Montreal. The North Shore is located in southwestern Quebec on the northern shores of the Rivière des Prairies and the Rivière des Mille Îles, opposite the Island of Montreal and the Island of Laval. It consists of twenty...
of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and the south shore
South Shore (Montreal)
The South Shore is the general term for the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec located on the southern shore of the Saint Lawrence River opposite the Island of Montreal. The South Shore is located within the Quebec administrative region of Montérégie....
of the Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
. Established in 1996, the AMT's commuter rail
Commuter rail in North America
Commuter rail services in the United States, Canada, and Mexico provide common carrier passenger transportation along railway tracks, with scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis primarily for short-distance travel between a central business district and adjacent suburbs and...
system has five lines linking the downtown core with communities as far west as Rigaud
Rigaud, Quebec
Rigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the county of Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction of the Ottawa River and the Rigaud River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 6,780...
, as far east as Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
Mont-Saint-Hilaire is an off-island suburb of Montréal in southeastern Québec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu...
, and as far north as Saint-Jérôme
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Saint-Jérôme is a town in Quebec, Canada, near Mirabel, about northwest of Montreal along Autoroute des Laurentides. The town is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its resorts....
. AMT's mandate also includes the management of reserved High-occupancy vehicle lane
High-occupancy vehicle lane
In transportation engineering and transportation planning, a high-occupancy vehicle lane is a lane reserved for vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers...
s, metropolitan bus terminuses, park-and-ride lots, and a budget of $163 million, which is shared amongst the transit corporations and inter-municipal public transit organizations. The AMT's territory spans 63 municipalities and one native reserve, 13 regional county municipalities, and 21 transit authorities. It serves a population of approximately 3.7 million people who make more than 750,000 trips daily.
The major transit commissions under the Metropolitan Transit Agency are:
- Société de transport de MontréalSociété de transport de MontréalThe Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
(Montreal Transit Corporation), serving the Island of Montreal - Société de transport de LavalSociété de transport de LavalSociété de transport de Laval is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval ...
(Laval Transit Corporation), serving the city of Laval - Réseau de transport de LongueuilRéseau de transport de LongueuilRéseau de transport de Longueuil is a public transit carrier in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal...
(Longueuil Transit Network), serving the Urban agglomeration of LongueuilUrban agglomeration of LongueuilThe urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government...
Additionally, there are numerous smaller transit agencies known as Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport (CIT) (Intermunicipal Transit Councils).
Universities
- Concordia University (Montreal)
- McGill UniversityMcGill UniversityMohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
(Montreal) - Université de MontréalUniversité de MontréalThe Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
(Montreal) - Université du Québec à MontréalUniversité du Québec à MontréalThe Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
(Montreal) - Université de SherbrookeUniversité de SherbrookeThe Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with campuses located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It is one of two universities, and the only French language university, in the Estrie region of Quebec.In 2007, the...
(Longueuil)
CEGEPCégepCEGEP is an acronym for , which is literally translated as "College of General and Vocational Education" but commonly called "General and Vocational College" in circles not influenced by Quebec English. It refers to the public post-secondary education collegiate institutions exclusive to the...
s and community colleges
- Cégep André-LaurendeauCégep André-LaurendeauThe Cégep André-Laurendeau is a CEGEP pre-university and technical college located at 1111 Lapierre Street in Montreal , Quebec, Canada.-History:...
(Montreal) - Cégep Marie-Victorin (Montreal)
- Cégep de Saint-LaurentCégep de Saint-LaurentCégep de Saint-Laurent is a Cégep located in the Saint-Laurent borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is a few doors south of Vanier College, another Cégep.-History:...
(Montreal) - Cégep du Vieux-Montréal (Montreal)
- Champlain College Saint-LambertChamplain College Saint-LambertChamplain College Saint-Lambert is the Champlain Regional College campus serving the Greater Montreal Area. The campus is located in the city of Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada on Montreal's south shore...
(Saint-Lambert) - Collège AhuntsicCollège AhuntsicCollège Ahuntsic is a CEGEP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the arrondissement of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.-History:The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Québec system of CEGEPs was created.-Programs:The CEGEP offers two types of...
(Montreal) - Collège de Bois-de-BoulogneCollège de Bois-de-BoulogneThe Collège Bois-de-Boulogne is a CEGEP located on Bois de Boulogne Street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has an enrollment of approximately 2,600 students in 7 pre-university and technical programmes and 8,000 participants in adult education and corporate programmes...
(Montreal) - Collège Édouard-MontpetitCollège Édouard-MontpetitCollège Édouard-Montpetit is a francophone CEGEP in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 6700 students are enrolled in the Longueuil and St-Hubert campuses. The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.-History:...
(Longueuil) - Collège Gérald-Godin (Sainte-Geneviève)
- Collège Jean-de-BrébeufCollège Jean-de-BrébeufCollège Jean-de-Brébeuf is a private French-language educational institution offering secondary school and CEGEP college-level instruction in Montreal, Quebec. It is a co-ed establishment for students in their final year of secondary school and in college. It is boys-only in the first four years...
(Montreal) - Collège Lionel-GroulxCollège Lionel-GroulxCollège Lionel-Groulx is a Canadian general and vocational college located in Sainte-Therese, Quebec. The college has about 5,200 full-time students and 2,000 continuing education students.-History:...
(Sainte-Thérèse) - Collège de MaisonneuveCollège de MaisonneuveCollège de Maisonneuve is a francophone Cégep pre-university and technical college located at 3800 Sherbrooke Street East in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Partnerships:...
(Montreal) - College MontmorencyCollege MontmorencyFounded on November 5, 1969, Collège Montmorency is a Francophone Cégep located at 475 boulevard de l'Avenir, in Chomedey, Laval, Quebec, Canada, across the Montmorency metro station...
(Laval) - Collège de Rosemont (Montreal)
- Dawson CollegeDawson CollegeDawson College was the first English CEGEP and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dawson College is located near the heart of downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on 4.85 hectares of green space...
(Westmount) - Herzing CollegeHerzing CollegeHerzing University is a for-profit, career-focused institution of higher education that awards diplomas, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees and master's degrees in a variety of disciplines...
(Montreal) - John Abbott CollegeJohn Abbott CollegeJohn Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, near the western tip of the Island of Montreal. The enabling legislation is the General and Vocational Colleges Act -History:The college was accredited in...
(Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue) - LaSalle CollegeLaSalle CollegeMontreal's LaSalle College is the largest private bilingual technical college in Canada. It was established in 1959 and is accredited by the Quebec government.-Programs:The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical...
(Montreal) - Marianopolis CollegeMarianopolis CollegeMarianopolis College is a private, subsidized CEGEP in Montreal nestled against the side of Mount Royal in Westmount, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the smallest anglophone colleges, with a student body of fewer than 2,000...
(Westmount) - Vanier CollegeVanier CollegeVanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system...
(Montreal) - Collège de Valleyfield (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield)
Other schools
- Lambda School of Music and Fine ArtsLambda School of Music and Fine ArtsLambda School of Music and Fine Arts is a bilingual school of music and fine arts and a venue for performances located in Pierrefonds-Roxboro in the West Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The languages of instruction are in English and French...
(Montreal) - National Theatre School of CanadaNational Theatre School of CanadaThe National Theatre School of Canada is a private college located in Montreal, Quebec.Established in Montreal in 1960, the National Theatre School of Canada offers professional training in English and French in a setting that unites all the theatre arts: acting, playwriting, directing, set and...
(Montreal) - Rabbinical College of CanadaRabbinical College of CanadaRabbinical College of Canada , is a Chabad rabbinical institution of higher education. It is located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
(Montreal)