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 Interactive Map of Greater Montreal[1]
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| Country | Canada | |
| Province | Québec | |
| Area | ||
• Total | 4,739.04 km2 (1,829.75 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 4,258.31 km2 (1,644.14 sq mi) | |
| Population (2021)[3] | ||
• Total | 4,291,732 | |
• Estimate (2024)[4] | 4,615,154 | |
| • Density | 1,007.85/km2 (2,610.3/sq mi) | |
| GDP | ||
| • MontrealCMA | CA$228.7 billion (2020)[5] | |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) | |
| Postal code prefixes | ||
| Area codes | 438,450,514,579 | |
 Greater Montreal shown in light blue, with the City of Montreal proper in dark blue. | ||
Greater Montreal (French:Grand Montréal,[ɡʁɑ̃mɔ̃ʁeal]) is the most populousmetropolitan area inQuebec and the second most populous inCanada afterGreater Toronto. In 2015,Statistics Canada identifiedMontreal'sCensus Metropolitan Area (CMA) as 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) with a population of 4,027,100,[6] almost 50% of the province.
A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by theMontreal Metropolitan Community (MMC;French:Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, CMM). This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montreal mayorValérie Plante).
The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity toDowntown Montreal. It includes the entireIsland of Montreal,Laval, and the Urban Agglomeration ofLongueuil. Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some additional suburbs on theSouth Shore (Brossard,Saint-Lambert, andBoucherville) are usually included in the inner ring, despite their location on the mainland.
The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the termoff-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on theNorth Shore of theMille-Îles River, those on theSouth Shore that were never included in the megacity ofLongueuil, and those on theVaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula.
| Rank | City | Region | Population (2016) | Land Area | Population Density | ||
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| 1 | Montreal | Montreal | 1,704,694 | 365.13 | 140.98 | 4,662.1 | 12,075 |
| 2 | Laval | Laval | 422,993 | 247.09 | 95.40 | 1,710.9 | 4,431 |
| 3 | Longueuil | Montérégie | 239,700 | 115.59 | 44.63 | 2,070.9 | 5,364 |
| 4 | Terrebonne | Lanaudière | 111,575 | 154.12 | 59.51 | 723.9 | 1,875 |
| 5 | Brossard | Montérégie | 85,721 | 45.20 | 17.45 | 1,895.4 | 4,909 |
| 6 | Repentigny | Lanaudière | 84,285 | 61.79 | 23.86 | 1,376.5 | 3,565 |
| 7 | Saint-Jérôme | Laurentides | 74,346 | 90.52 | 34.95 | 822.1 | 2,129 |
| 8 | Blainville | Laurentides | 56,863 | 55.10 | 21.27 | 1,030.9 | 2,670 |
| 9 | Mirabel | Laurentides | 50,513 | 485.07 | 187.29 | 104.1 | 270 |
| 10 | Dollard-des-Ormeaux | Montreal | 48,899 | 14.97 | 5.78 | 3,266.1 | 8,459 |
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Only a portion of the municipalities and MRC's located in geographical entities highlighted in light gray are part of the CMM/CMA.
There are 82 municipalities that are part of the MMC and 91 municipalities that are part of the CMA.
There are 79 municipalities that overlap between the two, with 3 municipalities being part of the MMC but not the CMA, and 12 municipalities being part of the CMA but not the MMC.[8][9]
Kanesatake andKahnawake are not included in the previous counts.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1871 | 174,090 | — |
| 1881 | 223,512 | +28.4% |
| 1891 | 308,169 | +37.9% |
| 1901 | 393,665 | +27.7% |
| 1911 | 594,812 | +51.1% |
| 1921 | 774,330 | +30.2% |
| 1931 | 1,064,448 | +37.5% |
| 1941 | 1,192,235 | +12.0% |
| 1951 | 1,539,308 | +29.1% |
| 1956 | 1,745,001 | +13.4% |
| 1961 | 2,110,679 | +21.0% |
| 1966 | 2,570,985 | +21.8% |
| 1971 | 2,743,208 | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 2,802,485 | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 2,862,286 | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 2,921,357 | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 3,208,970 | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 3,326,510 | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 3,426,350 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 3,635,571 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 3,824,221 | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 4,098,927 | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 4,291,732 | +4.7% |
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| Panethnic group | 2021[11][12] | 2016[13] | 2011[14] | 2006[15] | 2001[16] | |||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| European[a] | 3,059,895 | 72.74% | 3,070,210 | 76.57% | 2,963,860 | 78.98% | 2,980,280 | 83.05% | 2,911,230 | 86.11% |
| African | 340,140 | 8.09% | 270,940 | 6.76% | 216,310 | 5.76% | 169,065 | 4.71% | 139,305 | 4.12% |
| Middle Eastern[b] | 285,615 | 6.79% | 220,055 | 5.49% | 172,345 | 4.59% | 113,405 | 3.16% | 79,410 | 2.35% |
| Latin American | 137,850 | 3.28% | 110,195 | 2.75% | 98,010 | 2.61% | 75,400 | 2.1% | 53,155 | 1.57% |
| South Asian | 121,260 | 2.88% | 85,925 | 2.14% | 79,540 | 2.12% | 70,615 | 1.97% | 57,935 | 1.71% |
| East Asian[c] | 116,820 | 2.78% | 100,265 | 2.5% | 83,420 | 2.22% | 79,665 | 2.22% | 58,165 | 1.72% |
| Southeast Asian[d] | 101,560 | 2.41% | 88,755 | 2.21% | 89,645 | 2.39% | 68,475 | 1.91% | 57,460 | 1.7% |
| Indigenous | 46,085 | 1.1% | 34,745 | 0.87% | 26,285 | 0.7% | 17,865 | 0.5% | 11,085 | 0.33% |
| Other[e] | 40,565 | 0.96% | 28,710 | 0.72% | 23,060 | 0.61% | 13,755 | 0.38% | 12,900 | 0.38% |
| Total responses | 4,206,455 | 98.01% | 4,009,795 | 97.83% | 3,752,470 | 98.12% | 3,588,520 | 98.71% | 3,380,645 | 98.67% |
| Total population | 4,291,732 | 100% | 4,098,927 | 100% | 3,824,221 | 100% | 3,635,571 | 100% | 3,426,350 | 100% |
| Language | Greater Montreal | Quebec | Canada |
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| French | 65.9% | 79.1% | 21.4% |
| English | 13.2% | 8.9% | 58.1% |
| Arabic | 4.5% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Spanish | 3.2% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| Italian | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| Creole | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| Mandarin | 1.0% | 0.1% | 1.8% |
| Greek | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Romanian | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Portuguese | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Russian | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Vietnamese | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Persian (Farsi) | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Cantonese | 0.6% | 0.1% | 1.7% |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| Armenian | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Tamil | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Punjabi (Panjabi) | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| Polish | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Bengali | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| German | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.3% |
| Urdu | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Yiddish | 0.2% | 0.1% | <0.1% |
| Cambodian (Khmer) | 0.2% | 0.1% | <0.1% |
| Turkish | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gujarati | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Hungarian | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Bulgarian | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Berber (Kabyle) | 0.2% | 0.1% | <0.1% |
| Unspecified Chinese | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Exo operates the region's commuter rail and metropolitan bus services, and is the second busiest such system in Canada after Toronto's GO Transit. Established in June 2007, Exo'scommuter rail system has six lines linking the downtown core with communities as far west asHudson, as Far south asMont-Saint-Hilaire, as far east asMascouche, and as far north asSaint-Jérôme.
Along with Exo, a sister agency, theAutorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) plans, integrates, and coordinatespublic transport across Greater Montreal, including theIsland of Montreal,Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both thenorth shore of theRivière des Mille-Îles and thesouth shore of theSaint Lawrence River. The ARTM's mandate also includes the management of reservedHigh-occupancy vehicle lanes, metropolitan bus terminuses, park-and-ride lots, and a budget of $163 million, which is shared amongst the transit corporations and inter-municipal public transit organizations.
The Exo/ARTM's territory spans 63 municipalities and one native reserve, 13 regional county municipalities, and 21 transit authorities. It serves a population of approximately 3.7 million people who make more than 750,000 trips daily.[citation needed]
The major transit commissions under the ARTM are:
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