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Ville de Montréal :
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Montreal (French: Montréal) is the second-largest
city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called
Ville-Marie ('City of Mary'), the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal,
the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also
initially given to the island on which the city is located, or Mont Réal as it
was spelled in Middle French, (Mont Royal in present French).
As of the 2006 census, 1,620,693 people resided in the city, ranking it as the
sixth largest city overall across Canada and the United States. The population
of the metropolitan area (known as Greater Montreal) was 3,635,571 at the same
2006 census.
The language most spoken at home in the city is French by 57% of the population,
followed by English at 19% (as of 2006 census). The official language of
Montreal is French as defined by the city's charter. Montreal is the
second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the Western world, after Paris.
Though historically the commercial capital of Canada, it was surpassed in
population and commercial importance in the 1970s by Toronto, but today is an
important centre of commerce, finance, industry, technology, culture and world
affairs.
The city of Montreal is composed of 19 large boroughs which are further
subdivided into smaller neighbourhoods. The boroughs are Ahuntsic-Cartierville,
Anjou, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce,Lachine, LaSalle, Le
Plateau-Mont-Royal, Le Sud-Ouest, L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve,
Montréal-Nord, Outremont, Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles,
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Saint-Laurent, Saint Leonard, Verdun, Ville-Marie and
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.
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Bank of Montreal
The Bank of Montreal (in French, Banque de
Montréal, and commonly BMO in either language) is the fourth largest bank in
Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded in 1817, making it Canada's
oldest bank.
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Craigslist Montreal
Craigslist is a centralized network of online
communities, featuring free online classified advertisements – with sections
devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs,
résumés, and discussion forums.
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Grande Bibliothèque
The Grande Bibliothèque is a very large public
library in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its collection is part of
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Quebec's national library.
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Greater Montreal
Greater Montreal is the most populous
metropolitan area in the Canadian province of Quebec. As of 2009, Statistics
Canada identifies Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) (land area 4,259
square kilometres (1,644 sq mi)) as Canada's second most populous with a
population of 3,868,831. A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi)
is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) (French: Communauté
métropolitaine de Montréal, CMM). This level of government is headed by a
president (currently City of Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay). The MMC has an
estimated population of 3,493,485.
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Kijiji Montréal
Online communities for posting local online
classified advertisements.
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Montreal Cam
Discover 10 tourist sites in Greater Montreal,
captured live 24 hrs/day.
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Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens (French: Les Canadiens
de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. The team is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference
of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is officially known as Le Club de
Hockey Canadien.
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Montreal Exchange
The Montreal Exchange or M-X (Bourse de
Montréal, formerly Montreal Stock Exchange (MSE)) is a futures exchange, located
in Montreal, that trades in derivatives such as futures contracts and options.
It has been located since 1965 in the Tour de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Tower),
Montreal's third-tallest building.
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Montréal International
Complete information on doing business in
Montreal: low operating costs, government incentives, research and development,
venture capital, thriving industries including biotechnology and life sciences,
aerospace, telecommunications and Information Technology.
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Montreal Plus
Arts, entertainment, dining, nightlife,
shopping and tourism in Montreal.
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Old Montreal
Old Montreal (or Vieux-Montréal in French) is
the oldest area in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dating back to New
France.
Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the area is usually thought of as being
bounded to the west by McGill St., to the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, to
the east by Berri St., and to the south by the Saint Lawrence River. Following
recent amendments, the district has been slightly expanded to include rue des
Soeurs Grises to the west, Saint Antoine St. to the north and the St-Hubert
Street in the east. It also includes the Old Port of Montreal. Most of Old
Montreal has been declared historic district in 1964 by the Ministère des
Affaires culturelles du Québec.
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Old Port of Montreal
Stretching for over two kilometres along the
St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social,
economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used
it as a trading post in 1611. It was here that the city and the port came to
life more than 350 years ago.
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Palais des congrès de Montréal
The Palais des congrès de Montréal ("Palais"
for short) is a convention and exhibition centre located at the north end of Old
Montreal, in Montreal's borough of Ville-Marie. The Palais was constructed above
the Ville-Marie Expressway, the main underground artery of Montreal’s downtown.
It is also connected to the metro system at Place-d'Armes and, by extension, to
what is called the underground city.
The Palais des congrès is sometimes called in English the Montreal Convention
Centre. Situated in the Quartier international de Montréal, the Palais serves
local, Quebec and Canadian organizations for the staging of exhibitions,
meetings, banquets and special events.
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Place des Arts
Place des Arts is a major performing arts
centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the eastern part of the city's
downtown, between Ste-Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and
Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles, the
complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens,
and the Opéra de Montréal.
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Quartier des Spectacles
Quartier des Spectacles is an entertainment
district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal. The area is
currently undergoing gentrification and urban renewal that will turn it into the
centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals.
With a total area of almost a square kilometre, its boundaries are City
Councillors Street, Berri Street, Sherbrooke Street and René Lévesque Boulevard,
encompassing all of the district known as Montreal's Latin Quarter.
The area will be home to 30 performance halls totalling almost 28,000 seats,
including the Place des Arts cultural complex, as well as international
festivals, art galleries and centres for the exhibition and broadcast of
alternative culture. The Quartier des spectacles hosts nearly 8,500 jobs linked
to cultural activities, from education and creation to production, exhibition
and broadcasting.
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Quartier international de Montréal
The Quartier international de Montréal (QIM) or
Montreal's International District is a district of the Ville-Marie borough of
downtown Montreal that underwent a major urban renewal as a central business
district in 2000–2003.
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Tourisme Montréal
Local hotels, restaurants, attractions,
festivals and services.
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