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According to Statistics Canada, at the time of the 2011 Canadian census the city of Montreal proper had 1,649,519 inhabitants. [5] A total of 3,824,221 lived in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) at the same 2011 census, up from 3,635,556 at the 2006 census (within 2006 CMA boundaries), which means a population growth rate of +5.2% between 2006 and 2011. [6]
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [19] and is now named after Mount Royal, [20] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [21]
In 1666, 56 percent of the population were newcomers to Montreal; by 1681, 66% of Montreal was native-born. [23] There was a male to female sex ratio of 163:100 in 1666, by 1681 it was 133:100. [23] Although, the population of Montreal was still dominated by males, the female population grew.
The timeline of Montreal history is a chronology of significant events in the history of ... At the turn of the 18th century Montreal's population is about 1,500 ...
A collection of four maps showing the distribution of population for 1851 (Newfoundland 1857), 1871 (Newfoundland 1869), 1901 and 1921 by historical region. This is a list of the largest cities in Canada by census starting with the 1871 census of Canada, the first national census.
The current city of Montreal comprises the pre-2002 city of Montreal plus 12 of the previously independent municipalities, and is divided into 19 arrondissements. The post-demerger city of Montreal has a territory of 366.02 km 2 (141.3 sq. miles) and a population of 1,583,590 inhabitants (based on 2001 census figures). Compared with the pre ...
The largest cities in Greater Montreal [6]; Rank City Region Population (2016) Land Area Population Density km 2 mi 2 /km 2 /mi 2; 1 Montreal: Montreal: 1,704,694 365.13
The island of Montreal is the major component of the territory of the city of Montreal, along with Île Bizard, Saint Helen's Island, Notre Dame Island, Nuns' Island, and some 69 smaller islands. With a population of 2,014,221 inhabitants [citation needed] (22% of the population of Québec), it is by far the most populous island in Canada.