City of Montreal

Montreal
City
Ville de Montréal
From top to bottom, left to right: Downtown Montreal, Notre-Dame Basilica, Olympic Stadium, McGill University, Old Montreal featuring the Clock Tower and Jacques Cartier Bridge at the Fireworks Festival, Saint Joseph's Oratory
Flag Coat of arms Logo
Motto: Concordia Salus ("Well-being Through Harmony")
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Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°34′W / 45.500°N 73.567°W / 45.500; -73.567Coordinates: 45°30′N 73°34′W / 45.500°N 73.567°W / 45.500; -73.567
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Montreal
Indigenous territories	Great Peace of Montreal
UA	Urban agglomeration of Montreal
Founded	May 17, 1642
Incorporated	1832
Constituted	January 1, 2002
Boroughs	List Ahuntsic-Cartierville Anjou Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève LaSalle Lachine Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Le Sud-Ouest Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Montréal-Nord Outremont Pierrefonds-Roxboro Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent Saint-Léonard Verdun Ville-Marie Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Government
• Type	Montreal City Council
• Mayor	Denis Coderre
• Federal riding	List Ahuntsic Bourassa Hochelaga Honoré-Mercier Jeanne-Le Ber La Pointe-de-l'Île Lac-Saint-Louis LaSalle—Émard Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mount Royal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Outremont Papineau Pierrefonds—Dollard Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Westmount—Ville-Marie
• Prov. riding	List Acadie Anjou–Louis-Riel Bourassa-Sauvé Bourget Crémazie D'Arcy-McGee Gouin Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Jeanne-Mance–Viger LaFontaine Laurier-Dorion Marguerite-Bourgeoys Marquette Mercier Mont-Royal Nelligan Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Outremont Pointe-aux-Trembles Robert-Baldwin Rosemont Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne Saint-Laurent Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques Verdun Viau Westmount–Saint-Louis
• MPs	List of MPs Frank Baylis Mario Beaulieu Alexandre Boulerice Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet Anju Dhillon Nicola Di Iorio Stéphane Dion Emmanuel Dubourg Fayçal El-Khoury Marc Garneau Anthony Housefather Angelo Iacono Mélanie Joly David Lametti Hélène Laverdière Marc Miller Eva Nassif Yves Robillard Pablo Rodríguez Francis Scarpaleggia Justin Trudeau Tom Mulcair
Area
• City	431.50 km2 (166.60 sq mi)
• Land	365.65 km2 (141.18 sq mi)
• Urban	1,545.30 km2 (596.64 sq mi)
• Metro	4,604.26 km2 (1,777.71 sq mi)
Highest elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Lowest elevation	6 m (20 ft)
Population (2016)
• City	1,704,694
• Density	4,662.1/km2 (12,075/sq mi)
• Urban	3,407,963
• Urban density	2,205.4/km2 (5,712/sq mi)
• Metro	4,098,927 (2nd)
• Metro density	890.2/km2 (2,306/sq mi)
• Pop 2011–2016	3.3%
• Dwellings	843,872
Demonym(s)	Montrealer Montréalais(e)
Time zone	EST (UTC−5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC−4)
Postal code(s)	H (except H7 for Laval)
Area code(s)	514 and 438
GDP	US$ 155.9 billion
GDP per capita	US$ 38,867
Website	ville.montreal.qc.ca

Montreal (ⁱ/ˌmʌntriːˈɒl/;), officially Montréal (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʁeal]) is the most populous municipality in Quebec and the 2nd-most populous in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary," it is believed to be named after Mount Royal, though there is some debate about this. The city occupies most of the Island of Montreal, as well as many smaller peripheral islands, most significantly Île Bizard. The city has a distinct four-season continental climate, with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters.