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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]
By 1716, the French population had grown to 4,409 people while the native population was 1,177. [14] The French Population of Montreal began slowly through migration. In 1642 a party of 50 Frenchmen representing the Societe de Notre Dame de Montreal pour la conversion des Sauvages de la Nouvelle France set foot on the island that the Compagnie ...
1535 – September 19, Cartier starts his journey from Quebec City to Montreal, while in search of a passage to Asia. 1535 – Cartier visits Hochelaga on October 2, claiming the St. Lawrence Valley for France. [8] He becomes the first European to reach the area now known as Montréal. Cartier estimates the population to be "over a thousand".
In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) with a population of 4,027,100, [5] almost half that of the province. A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community ( MMC ; French : Communauté ...
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.
Chris Benoit – pro wrestler, born in Montreal, raised in Edmonton, Alberta; Eric Berne – psychiatrist; creator of Transactional Analysis; author of Games People Play; André Besette – CSC Holy Cross Brother, "miracle worker of Montreal" Norman Bethune – physician, medical innovator, and political activist
According to the 2011 census, French is spoken by more than 85.5% of the population while this number rises to 88% for children under 15 years old. [1] According to the 2011 census, 95% of Quebec's people are able to conduct a conversation in French, with less than 5% of the population not able to speak French.