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In addition to being economic rivals, Montreal and Toronto's early identities were rooted in the cultural differences between the two cities. [3] From its foundation, Montreal was historically viewed as Canada's cosmopolitan centre for culture; which contrasted Toronto's pre-World War era reputation as a small city and bastion for " Victorian ...
A significant change is that, after holding the position of largest city in Canada on all 19 previous censuses, covering the first 129 years of the nation of Canada, Montreal drops to second place on the list, displaced by Toronto. These two cities have maintained the same top two positions on all subsequent censuses.
The term "Greater Toronto" was first used in writing as early as the 1900s although at the time, the term referred only to the old city of Toronto and to its immediate townships and villages, which became Metropolitan Toronto in 1954 and became the current city of Toronto in 1998. [7]
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]
The Montreal Metro is Canada's second-busiest rail transit system. Drawing inspiration from the Paris Métro , it uses rubber-tired metro technology, the only such system in Canada. The 69.2-kilometre (43.0 mi) system has 68 stations on four lines, which serve the north, east, and central portions of the Island of Montreal , as well as the ...
Of these cities, Montreal would become the most prominent city in Canada up to the 20th century. Toronto grew at a quick pace, gaining its status as a city and present name in 1834. Montreal—1642. The area now known as Montreal has been a place of human habitation by Canada's native peoples for the last 8000 years.
In the early 20th century, Montreal became one of seven cities in Canada to use daylight saving time before 1918, by local ordinance. [11] On December 5, 2005, Quebec added parts of March and November to its daylight saving period, following the United States' Energy Policy Act of 2005. [14]