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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]
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral is a Catholic minor basilica in Downtown Montreal.. Notable religious buildings in Downtown Montreal include: Christ Church Cathedral, Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, St. James United Church, St. George's Anglican Church and St. Patrick's Basilica.
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 ...
The Old Port was the former site of the worldwide Port of Montreal, but its shipping operations have been moved further east to its current larger site, leaving the former location as a recreational and historical area maintained by Parks Canada. The new Port of Montreal is now Canada's largest container port and the largest inland port on ...
The city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada is divided into 19 boroughs (in French, arrondissements), ... (map) Borough [1] Population Decree of 2023 [2] Area in km 2 Density
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.
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.
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."