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Tourism is an important industry in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city welcomed 10.2 million overnight visitors in 2016 [1] and 11,792,970 day trip visitors in 2010. [2] Montreal attracted 1,770,939 international overnight visitors in 2010, [2] most of them from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Japan.
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]
Gardens: the Montreal Botanical Garden, [15] the Insectarium, [16] Reford Gardens [17] and the international garden festival [18] in Gaspésie are among Quebec's garden attractions. Museums: Quebec has over 400 museums. [19] Theme parks: La Ronde, [20] the Old Port of Montreal [21] and of Quebec City, [22] the Village québécois d’Antan, [23 ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Montreal, Quebec and surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal.. As of 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in this region, [1] of which four (Lachine Canal, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Sir George-Étienne Cartier and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site) are administered by Parks Canada ...
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Saint Joseph's Oratory is the largest church in Canada.. Nicknamed "la ville aux cent clochers" (the city of a hundred belltowers), Montreal is renowned for its churches.As described by Mark Twain, "This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window."
Sites in the province's two largest cities are listed separately at List of National Historic Sites in Montreal and List of National Historic Sites in Quebec City. Numerous National Historic Events also occurred in Quebec, and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites.
Universities and colleges in Montreal (9 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Montreal" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.