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Toronto has the highest amount of foreign born taxi drivers in the world. As of 2014, 96 percent of taxi drivers are immigrants, [22] a number higher than other large cities like New York City (82%), Dubai (90%), Chicago (62%), London (79%) or Miami (86%). The majority of taxi drivers in Toronto are of South Asian [23] or African descent.
Cap Diamant (English: Cape Diamond) is a cape on an edge of the Promontory of Quebec and on which Quebec City is located, formed by the confluence of a bend in the St. Lawrence River to the south and east, and the much smaller Saint-Charles River to the north.
Parc Montmorency (French pronunciation: [paʁk mɔ̃mɔʁɑ̃si]) is a park located in Quebec City and home to Parliaments of Lower Canada, Canada East and Quebec from 1791 to 1883. It is named for Henri II , Duke of Montmorency , the viceroy of New France , 1619–1625, under the French king, Louis XIII .
Westmount (French pronunciation:) is an affluent municipality on the Island of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada.It is an enclave of the city of Montreal, with a population of 19,658 as of the 2021 Canadian census.
Blessed François de Laval (1623-1708), first bishop of New France and founder of Quebec Seminary Blessed Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin , née Catherine de Longpré (1632-1664) Saint Marguerite d'Youville (1701-1771), née Marie-Marguerite Dufrost de Lajemmerais
It is situated on rue Saint-Jean, one of the oldest roads in Quebec City. It marks the boundary between the Quebec Parliament Hill and Old Quebec. The square is named in honour of Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, a French Canadian widow who founded the religious order known as the Grey Nuns of Montreal. [1]
The location of Place Ville Marie was originally a vast railway trench gouged in the flank of Mount Royal between the southern portal of Canadian National Railway's Mount Royal Tunnel and Central Station. Most of the building was thus built over the tracks, requiring the structure to be more resistant to vibrations than normally required.
Dorchester Square, originally Dominion Square, is a large urban square in downtown Montreal.Together with Place du Canada, the area is just over 21,000 m 2 (230,000 sq ft) [1] or 2.1 ha of manicured and protected urban parkland bordered by René Lévesque Boulevard to the south, Peel Street to the west, Metcalfe Street to the east and Dorchester Square Street to the north.