City Highlights

About City

Montreal, Canada

Montreal is the largest city in Canada's Quebec province. Montreal is the second-largest population centre in Canada by population in 2016 (3,519,595) It’s set on an island in the Saint Lawrence River and named after Mt. Royal, the triple-peaked hill at its heart. Its boroughs, many of which were once independent cities, include neighbourhoods ranging from cobblestoned, French colonial Vieux-Montreal – with the Gothic Revival Notre-Dame Basilica at its centre – to bohemian Plateau. Montreal has a very vibrant scene with the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Just For Laughs Festival, the International Fireworks Festival, Les FrancoFolies de Montreal, the Montreal Beer Festival, the Montreal Reggae Festival, the International Film Festival on Art, International Festival of Circus Arts, Divers/Cite Gay and Lesbian Pride, Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, the Montreal Grand Prix and more.

Tourist Attraction of Montreal:

• Old Port
• Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
• Botanical Gardens
• La Grande Roue de Montreal
• Chinatown
• Lively bookstore specializing in literature & graphic novels
• Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History
• Les Laurentides

Universities in Montreal:

• University de Montreal
• McGill University
• Concordia University
• College CDI – Montreal
• Vanier College
• University of Quebec in Montreal
• LaSalle College
• Saint Laurent Burrough
• National Theatre School of Canada
• TAV College

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