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Montreal
Quebeccity
Montreal
Total population
1,762,949
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it now takes its name from Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It lies 196 kilometres (122 mi) east of the national capital, Ottawa, and 258 kilometres (160 mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves111,250
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves108,609
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves93,256
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves90,664
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves86,910
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves77,983
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves74,212
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves74,074
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.7 — 2026-01-2026 km N of L'Orignal, Canada
- M 2.7 — 2025-10-144 km NNW of Chazy, New York
- M 2.5 — 2025-01-016 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
- M 2.6 — 2024-10-027 km ENE of Chertsey, Canada
- M 3.8 — 2024-09-015 km SE of Pierreville, Canada
- M 2.8 — 2024-07-2911 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Montreal
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Montreal, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 2466023
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,762,949
- Wikidata
- Q340
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012