![]() The city is 196 km (122 mi) east of the national capital Ottawa, and 258 km (160 mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.Īs of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. Montreal ( / ˌ m ʌ n t r i ˈ ɔː l/ ( listen) MUN-tree- AWL French: Montréal ( listen)) is the second most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. ![]()
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