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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.
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The following people who were born, raised or have been long-time residents of Montreal or the Greater Montreal Area. Note: Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, Westmount, Côte Saint-Luc and Dollard-des-Ormeaux are municipalities in the province of Quebec with their own categories.
The timeline of Montreal history is a chronology of significant events in the history of Montreal, Canada's second-most populated city, with about 3.5 million residents in 2018, [1] and the fourth-largest French-speaking city in the world.
Tanith Belbin Adam Braz. Ralph Backstrom – former NHL player; Rita Baga – drag queen, born in Boucherville; born Jean-François Guèvremont; René Balcer – television writer and producer, known for the US television show Law and Order
The rise of Montreal as Canada's metropolis was the most important feature of urban development during these years. In 1851 the population stood at 57,000, but grew to 90,000 by 1861, becoming in the process Canada's largest city. It would hold this position for more than one hundred years before being surpassed by Toronto.