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77-594: The league is the result of the 2002 amalgamation of several men's senior elite level baseball teams in the province of Quebec. The league from Montreal , the Ligue de Baseball Senior de Montréal , merged with those of the Quebec City and Trois-Rivières areas. There were originally ten teams, five from the Montreal area, four from Quebec City and one from Trois-Rivières. A year later, the senior-level league teams from

154-486: A fur trading post on the Island of Montreal on a site initially named La Place Royale . At the confluence of Petite Riviere and St. Lawrence River , it is where present-day Pointe-à-Callière stands. On his 1616 map, Champlain named the island Lille de Villemenon in honour of the sieur de Villemenon, a French dignitary who was seeking the viceroyship of New France. In 1639, Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière obtained

231-402: A 2001 study deemed it as Canada's most creative neighbourhood because artists comprise 8% of its labour force. The neighbourhood of Mile End in the northwestern part of the borough has been a very multicultural area of the city, and features two of Montreal's well-known bagel establishments , St-Viateur Bagel and Fairmount Bagel . The McGill Ghetto is in the extreme southwestern portion of

308-738: A Dangerous Mind (2002), starring Sam Rockwell , Drew Barrymore , George Clooney, Julia Roberts FeardotCom (2002); starring Stephen Dorff Gleason (2002); starring Brad Garrett , Saul Rubinek Lathe of Heaven (2002), starring James Caan , Lukas Haas , Lisa Bonet No Good Deed (2002), starring Samuel L. Jackson Beyond Borders (2003), starring Angelina Jolie Gothika (2003), starring Halle Berry , Robert Downey Jr. , Penélope Cruz The Human Stain (2003), starring Anthony Hopkins , Nicole Kidman Shattered Glass (2003), starring Hayden Christensen The Aviator (2004), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett , Kate Beckinsale Confessions of

385-1721: A Teenage Drama Queen (2004), starring Lindsay Lohan The Day After Tomorrow (2004), starring Dennis Quaid , Jake Gyllenhaal , Sela Ward and Ian Holm Head in the Clouds (2004), starring Charlize Theron , Penélope Cruz Noel (2004), starring Susan Sarandon , Paul Walker , Penélope Cruz The Notebook (2004), starring Ryan Gosling , Rachel McAdams The Terminal (2004), starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones ; parts were shot at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport for JFK Airport Wicker Park (2004), starring Josh Hartnett , Rose Byrne Human Trafficking (2005), starring Donald Sutherland, Mira Sorvino The Jacket (2005), starring Adrien Brody , Keira Knightley King's Ransom (2005), starring Anthony Anderson The Fountain (2006), starring Hugh Jackman , Rachel Weisz The Last Kiss (2006), starring Zach Braff , Blythe Danner The Covenant (2006), directed by Renny Harlin , starring Steven Strait , Sebastian Stan Lucky Number Slevin (2006), starring Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis The Woods (2006), starring Agnes Bruckner , Patricia Clarkson I'm Not There (2007), starring Christian Bale , Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere , Heath Ledger Universal Groove (2007), starring Corey Haim The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), starring Brad Pitt Death Race (2008), starring Jason Statham Get Smart (2008), starring Steve Carell , Anne Hathaway Journey to

462-3309: A Woman (2020) References [ edit ] ^ "John Cusack Movie not filmed in Buffalo | Buffalo Real Estate" . Archived from the original on 2010-04-02 . Retrieved 2009-08-05 . ^ Southey, Emily. "10 celebrities visiting Montreal this summer" . Daily Hive . Retrieved 2024-01-03 . v t e City of Montreal Features Coat of arms Demographics Flag Name Notable Montrealers Sister cities [REDACTED] History Expo 67 Hochelaga Mayors Montreal District Montreal Metropolitan Commission Montreal Urban Community National Historic Sites of Canada October Crisis Oldest buildings and structures 2002–06 reorganization of Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics Timeline Geography Downtown Greater Montreal Hochelaga Archipelago Landmarks Mount Royal Neighbourhoods Old Port Parks Rivière des Prairies Saint Lawrence River West Island Montréal 2025 Economy Board of Trade Montreal Exchange René Lévesque Boulevard Saint Jacques Street Skyscrapers Politics Boroughs City Council Elections Mayor Municipal government Opposition leaders Political parties Public services Urgences-santé Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal Hospitals Service de police de la Ville de Montréal Education English-language English Montreal SB Lester B. Pearson SB Concordia University McGill University French-language CSS de Montréal CSS Marguerite-Bourgeoys CSS de la Pointe-de-l'Île École de technologie supérieure Université de Montréal Université du Québec à Montréal Libraries Montreal Public Libraries Network Jewish Public Library Culture Architecture Cuisine Festivals and parades Films Media Museums Music groups Shopping malls Sport Tourism Transport Aéroports de Montréal Bridges Central Station Gare d'autocars de Montréal Metro Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Port of Montreal Réseau de transport métropolitain Roads Société de transport de Montréal [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] WikiProject Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_films_shot_in_Montreal&oldid=1240613289 " Categories : Montreal in fiction Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal Lists of films by setting Montreal-related lists Lists of films shot in Canada Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

539-478: A daily average ranging from −10.5 to −9 °C (13.1 to 15.8 °F) in January. However, some winter days rise above freezing, allowing for rain on an average of 4 days in January and February each. Usually, snow covering some or all bare ground lasts on average from the first or second week of December until the last week of March. While the air temperature does not fall below −30 °C (−22 °F) every year,

616-751: A garrison of 390 men 40 miles upriver in a garrison at Les Cèdres, Quebec , to defend Montreal against the British army. In the Battle of the Cedars , Bedel's lieutenant Isaac Butterfield surrendered to George Forster. Forster advanced to Fort Senneville on May 23. By May 24, Arnold was entrenched in Montreal's borough of Lachine . Forster initially approached Lachine, then withdrew to Quinze-Chênes . Arnold's forces then abandoned Lachine to chase Forster. The Americans burned Senneville on May 26. After Arnold crossed

693-741: A university student in the QS World University Rankings . In 2018, Montreal was ranked as a global city . Montreal has hosted numerous important international events, including the 1967 International and Universal Exposition , and is the only Canadian city to have hosted the Summer Olympics, having done so in 1976 . The city hosts the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One ; the Montreal International Jazz Festival ,

770-419: Is around 1,000 mm (39 in), including an average of about 210 cm (83 in) of snowfall, which occurs from November through March. Thunderstorms are common from late spring through summer to early fall; additionally, tropical storms or their remnants can cause heavy rains and gales. Montreal averages 2,050 hours of sunshine annually, with summer being the sunniest season, though slightly wetter than

847-519: Is bordered by the city of Laval to the north; Longueuil , Saint-Lambert , Brossard , and other municipalities to the south; Repentigny to the east and the West Island municipalities to the west. The anglophone enclaves of Westmount , Montreal West , Hampstead , Côte Saint-Luc , the Town of Mount Royal and the francophone enclave Montreal East are all surrounded by Montreal. Montreal

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924-498: Is classified as a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification : Dfb). Summers are warm to hot and humid with a daily maximum average of 26 to 27 °C (79 to 81 °F) in July; temperatures in excess of 30 °C (86 °F) are common. Conversely, cold fronts can bring crisp, drier and windy weather in the early and later parts of summer. Winter brings cold, snowy, windy, and, at times, icy weather, with

1001-691: Is the oldest complete building in the city, built between 1669 and 1671. In Point St. Charles , visitors can see the Maison Saint-Gabriel , which can trace its history back to 1698. There are many historic buildings in Old Montreal in their original form: Notre-Dame Basilica, Bonsecours Market , and the 19th‑century headquarters of all major Canadian banks on St. James Street (French: Rue Saint Jacques ). Montreal's earliest buildings are characterized by their uniquely French influence and grey stone construction. A few notable examples of

1078-640: The Allied forces , was furious over Houde's stand and held him in a prison camp until 1944. That year, the government decided to institute conscription to expand the armed forces and fight the Axis powers . (See Conscription Crisis of 1944 .) Montreal was the official residence of the Luxembourg royal family in exile during World War II. By 1951, Montreal's population had surpassed one million. However, Toronto's growth had begun challenging Montreal's status as

1155-683: The Estrie and Bas-Saint-Laurent leagues joined bringing the total up to 15. In 2009, the league became the sole senior elite baseball league in Quebec when the Ligue de Baseball Senior Majeur du Québec folded, and its four teams joined the LBEQ. In 2004, the LBSEQ became the first in Quebec to use wooden baseball bats exclusively. Other competitive levels of play in Quebec have since followed suit (senior, junior and midget). In its seven years of existence,

1232-1059: The FLQ terrorist group and the October Crisis I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) (2009), by Xavier Dolan Polytechnique (2009), by Denis Villeneuve Les amours imaginaires (2010), by Xavier Dolan Incendies (2010), by Denis Villeneuve Starbuck (2011), starring Patrick Huard , Julie Le Breton Laurence Anyways (2012), by Xavier Dolan Mommy (2014), by Xavier Dolan Red Rooms (2023), by Pascal Plante International films set and shot in Montreal [ edit ] Intent to Kill (1958), UK, Dir. Jack Cardiff Stateline Motel (1973), by Maurizio Lucidi , starring Ursula Andress , Eli Wallach , Barbara Bach Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976), also known as Blazing Magnums and Una magnum special per Tony Saitta Mr. Nobody (2009), by Jaco Van Dormael , starring Jared Leto , Diane Kruger A Trip With Your Wife (2019) Pieces of

1309-731: The Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Montreal is defined by its location between the Saint Lawrence river to its south and the Rivière des Prairies to its north. The city is named after the most prominent geographical feature on the island, a three-head mountain called Mount Royal, topped at 232 m (761 ft) above sea level . Montreal is at the centre of the Montreal Metropolitan Community , and

1386-536: The Montreal Biosphere , and Moshe Safdie 's striking Habitat 67 apartment complex. The Montreal Metro has public artwork by some of the biggest names in Quebec culture . In 2006, Montreal was named a UNESCO City of Design , one of only three design capitals in the world (the others being Berlin and Buenos Aires ). This distinguished title recognizes Montreal's design community. Since 2005,

1463-610: The Ottawa River in pursuit of Forster, Forster's cannons repelled Arnold's forces. Forster negotiated a prisoner exchange with Henry Sherburne and Isaac Butterfield, resulting in a May 27 boating of their deputy Lieutenant Park being returned to the Americans. Arnold and Forster negotiated further and more American prisoners were returned to Arnold at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec , ("Fort Anne") on May 30 (delayed two days by wind). Arnold eventually withdrew his forces back to

1540-550: The Seigneurial title to the Island of Montreal in the name of the Notre Dame Society of Montreal to establish a Roman Catholic mission to evangelize natives. Dauversière hired Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve , then age 30, to lead a group of colonists to build a mission on his new seigneury. The colonists left France in 1641 for Quebec and arrived on the island the following year. On May 17, 1642, Ville-Marie

1617-557: The Shaughnessy Village / Concordia U area home to thousands of students at Concordia University . The borough also comprises most of Mount Royal Park , Saint Helen's Island , and Notre-Dame Island . The Plateau Mount Royal borough was a working class francophone area. The largest neighbourhood is the Plateau (not to be confused with the whole borough), which was undergoing considerable gentrification as of 2009, and

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1694-543: The Virgin Mary . The current form of the name, Montréal , is generally thought to be derived from Mount Royal ( Mont Royal in French), the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. There are multiple explanations for how Mont Royal became Montréal . In 16th century French, the forms réal and royal were used interchangeably, so Montréal could simply be a variant of Mont Royal . In

1771-775: The invasion of Quebec resulted after Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga in present-day upstate New York in May 1775 as a launching point to Arnold's invasion of Quebec in September . While Arnold approached the Plains of Abraham , Montreal fell to American forces led by Richard Montgomery on November 13, 1775, after it was abandoned by Guy Carleton . After Arnold withdrew from Quebec City to Pointe-aux-Trembles on November 19, Montgomery's forces left Montreal on December 1 and arrived there on December 3 to plot to attack Quebec City , with Montgomery leaving David Wooster in charge of

1848-652: The prohibition movement in the United States led to Montreal becoming a destination for Americans looking for alcohol . Unemployment remained high in the city and was exacerbated by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression . During World War II , Mayor Camillien Houde protested against conscription and urged Montrealers to disobey the federal government's registry of all men and women. The federal government, part of

1925-546: The second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal considered themselves fluent in French while 90.2% could speak it in the metropolitan area. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 58.5% of the population able to speak both French and English. Historically the commercial capital of Canada, Montreal

2002-436: The village of Hochelaga at the foot of Mount Royal two centuries before the French arrived. Archeologists have found evidence of their habitation there and at other locations in the valley since at least the 14th century. The French explorer Jacques Cartier visited Hochelaga on October 2, 1535, and estimated the population of the native people at Hochelaga to be "over a thousand people". Evidence of earlier occupation of

2079-738: The wind chill often makes the temperature feel this low to exposed skin. Spring and fall are pleasantly mild but prone to drastic temperature changes; spring even more so than fall. Late season heat waves as well as " Indian summers " are possible. Early and late season snow storms can occur in November and March, and more rarely in April. Montreal is generally snow free from late April to late October. However, snow can fall in early to mid-October as well as early to mid-May on rare occasions. The lowest temperature in Environment Canada's books

2156-410: The 1980s and early 1990s, Montreal experienced a slower rate of economic growth than many other major Canadian cities. Montreal was the site of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre , one of Canada's worst mass shootings , where 25-year-old Marc Lépine shot and killed 14 people, all of them women, and wounded 14 other people before shooting himself at École Polytechnique . Montreal was merged with

2233-494: The 27 surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal on January 1, 2002, creating a unified city encompassing the entire island. There was substantial resistance from the suburbs to the merger, with the perception being that it was forced on the mostly English suburbs by the Parti Québécois. As expected, this move proved unpopular and several mergers were later rescinded. Several former municipalities, totalling 13% of

2310-841: The Basis of Sex (2018), starring Felicity Jones Scream VI (2023), starring Courteney Cox , Melissa Barrera , Jenna Ortega , Mason Gooding , Jasmin Savoy Brown , Hayden Panettiere , Samara Weaving Canadian films [ edit ] The Act of the Heart (1970), starring Genevieve Bujold and Donald Sutherland Shivers (1975), by David Cronenberg Rabid (1977), by David Cronenberg starring Marilyn Chambers Cathy's Curse (1977), starring Alan Scarfe The Red Violin (1998), starring Samuel L. Jackson , Jason Flemyng , Greta Scacchi A Problem with Fear (2003), starring Paulo Costanzo End of

2387-1113: The Center of the Earth (2008), starring Brendan Fraser , Josh Hutcherson The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), starring Brendan Fraser, Jet Li Picture This (2008), starring Ashley Tisdale , Robbie Amell , Lauren Collins , Shenae Grimes Punisher: War Zone (2008), starring Ray Stevenson Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), starring Ben Stiller , Amy Adams, Owen Wilson Orphan (2009), starring Vera Farmiga , Peter Sarsgaard , Isabelle Fuhrman Whiteout (2009), starring Kate Beckinsale , Gabriel Macht Beastly (2011), starring Alex Pettyfer , Vanessa Hudgens , Mary-Kate Olsen The Factory (2011), starring John Cusack Immortals (2011), starring Henry Cavill , Freida Pinto , Mickey Rourke On

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2464-557: The LBSEQ has represented Quebec in the Baseball Canada Senior Men's Championship each year and has earned four medals. These were a bronze in 2002, a gold in 2003, a bronze in 2004 and a silver in 2008. The LBSEQ a well traveled league has also participated in various tournaments outside of Quebec. In 2008, they played in the 4 Nations Cup in Liège against professional teams from Belgium and England . In 2009,

2541-869: The LBSEQ participated in a tournament in Rouen, France hosted by the local team the Huskies , along with teams from Germany, the USA and the French national team . In 2008, the league participated in and won the Vintage Base Ball World Series in Massachusetts . It competed against the Intercounty Baseball League of Ontario in the 2010 New Era All-Star Classic . In 2013, with the league's growing caliber and reputation,

2618-1711: The Line (2007), starring Ilona Elkin and Nicolas Wright Barney's Version (2010), starring Dustin Hoffman , Paul Giamatti Québécois films in English [ edit ] The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964), starring Robert Shaw The Pyx (1973), starring Karen Black City on Fire (1979), starring Barry Newman , Ava Gardner , Henry Fonda , Shelley Winters , James Franciscus , Leslie Nielsen , Susan Clark Mambo Italiano (2003), starring Paul Sorvino , Luke Kirby , Mary Walsh , Sophie Lorain , Ginette Reno Eternal (2004) The Trotsky (2009), by Jacob Tierney Good Neighbours (2010), by Jacob Tierney Boost (2017) Bilingual Québécois films [ edit ] Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Funkytown (2011) Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 (2017) Québécois films in French [ edit ] Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1986), by Denys Arcand Jésus de Montréal (1989), by Denys Arcand Léolo (1992), by Jean-Claude Lauzon August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) (1998), by Denis Villeneuve It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (1998), by Denise Filiatrault Maelström (2000), by Denis Villeneuve, starring Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault; winner of 5 Genie Awards and 7 Jutra Awards The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (2003), by Denys Arcand C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), by Jean-Marc Vallée The Rocket ( Maurice Richard ) (2005) October 1970 (2006), story of

2695-837: The Moon (1999), starring Diane Lane , Viggo Mortensen The Bone Collector (1999), starring Denzel Washington , Angelina Jolie , Queen Latifah 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), starring Leslie Nielsen The Art of War (2000), starring Wesley Snipes , Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer Battlefield Earth (2000), starring John Travolta , Barry Pepper , Forest Whitaker Isn't She Great (2000), starring Bette Midler , Nathan Lane Heist (2001), starring Gene Hackman , Danny DeVito Abandon (2002), starring Katie Holmes , Benjamin Bratt Catch Me If You Can (2002), starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Tom Hanks, Amy Adams Confessions of

2772-540: The New York fort of Ticonderoga by the summer. On June 15, Arnold's messenger approaching Sorel spotted Carleton returning with a fleet of ships and notified him. Arnold's forces abandoned Montreal (attempting to burn it down in the process) prior to the June 17 arrival of Carleton's fleet. The Americans did not return British prisoners in exchange, as previously agreed, due to accusations of abuse, with Congress repudiating

2849-1393: The Road (2011), starring Kristen Stewart , Sam Riley Source Code (2011), starring Jake Gyllenhaal , Michelle Monaghan , Vera Farmiga Erased (2012), starring Aaron Eckhart , Liana Liberato Upside Down (2011), starring Jim Sturgess , Kirsten Dunst Warm Bodies (2012), starring Nicholas Hoult , Teresa Palmer , Analeigh Tipton The Words (2011), starring Bradley Cooper , Olivia Wilde , Zoe Saldana Riddick (2013), starring Vin Diesel Red 2 (2013), starring Bruce Willis , Helen Mirren , John Malkovich , Mary-Louise Parker , Catherine Zeta-Jones , and Sir Anthony Hopkins White House Down (2013), starring Channing Tatum X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), starring Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence , Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen , Patrick Stewart , Halle Berry Elliot Page , Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters Brick Mansions (2014), starring Paul Walker , David Belle , RZA Race (2016 film) (2016), starring Stephan James (actor) John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), starring Keanu Reeves, Common , Laurence Fishburne , Ian McShane , John Leguizamo Mother! (2017), starring Jennifer Lawrence , Javier Bardem , Ed Harris , Michelle Pfeiffer On

2926-525: The agreement at the protest of George Washington. Arnold blamed Colonel Timothy Bedel for the defeat, removing him and Lieutenant Butterfield from command and sending them to Sorel for court-martial. The retreat of the American army delayed their court martial until August 1, 1776, when they were convicted and cashiered at Ticonderoga. Bedel was given a new commission by Congress in October 1777 after Arnold

3003-1393: The beginning) La course du lièvre à travers les champs [ And Hope to Die ] (1972), Jean-Louis Trintignant , Aldo Ray , Robert Ryan The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Richard Dreyfuss , Jack Warden , Randy Quaid , Joseph Wiseman Tulips (1981) Gabe Kaplan , Bernadette Peters The Jackal (1997), starring Bruce Willis , Richard Gere , Sidney Poitier The Whole Nine Yards (2000), starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry The Score (2001), starring Robert De Niro , Edward Norton , Marlon Brando Taking Lives (2004), starring Angelina Jolie , Ethan Hawke , Kiefer Sutherland Blades of Glory (2007), Will Ferrell , Jon Heder , Amy Poehler Away We Go (2009), John Krasinski , Maya Rudolph and Allison Janney Life of Pi (2012), Suraj Sharma , Irrfan Khan Come As You Are (2019), Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto , Ravi Patel , Janeane Garofalo , Gabourey Sidibe The Voyeurs (2021), Sydney Sweeney , Justice Smith , Ben Hardy , and Natasha Liu Bordizzo Crisis (2021), Gary Oldman , Armie Hammer , Evangeline Lilly , Greg Kinnear , Michelle Rodriguez , Scott Mescudi Hollywood films shot in Montreal [ edit ] City on Fire (1979), starring Barry Newman , Susan Clark Quintet (1979), directed by Robert Altman ; shot on

3080-605: The border between French and English Canada, Ottawa was seen as a compromise between Montreal, Toronto, Kingston and Quebec City, which were all vying to become the young nation's official capital. Ottawa retained the status as capital of Canada when the Province of Canada joined with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867. An internment camp was set up at Immigration Hall in Montreal from August 1914 to November 1918. After World War I ,

3157-423: The borough, its name being derived from the fact that it is home to thousands of McGill University students and faculty members. The Southwest borough was home to much of the city's industry during the late 19th and early-to-mid 20th century. The borough included Goose Village and was historically home to the traditionally working-class Irish neighbourhoods of Griffintown and Point Saint Charles as well as

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3234-606: The business arena. The October Crisis and the 1976 election of the Parti Québécois , which supported sovereign status for Quebec, resulted in the departure of many businesses and people from the city. In 1976, Montreal hosted the Summer Olympics . While the event brought the city international prestige and attention, the Olympic Stadium built for the event resulted in massive debt for the city. During

3311-631: The city has been home to the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda) and the International Design Alliance (IDA). The Underground City (officially RÉSO), an important tourist attraction, is an underground network connecting shopping centres, pedestrian thoroughfares, universities, hotels, restaurants, bistros, subway stations and more, in and around downtown with 32 km (20 mi) of tunnels over 12 km (4.6 sq mi) in

3388-582: The city's 20th-century architecture include Saint Joseph's Oratory , completed in 1967, Ernest Cormier 's Art Deco Université de Montréal main building, the landmark Place Ville Marie office tower, and the controversial Olympic Stadium and surrounding structures. Pavilions designed for the 1967 International and Universal Exposition, popularly known as Expo 67 , featured a wide range of architectural designs. Though most pavilions were temporary structures, several have become landmarks, including Buckminster Fuller 's geodesic dome U.S. Pavilion, now

3465-672: The city's earliest still-standing buildings date back to the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Although most are clustered around the Old Montreal area, such as the Sulpician Seminary adjacent to Notre-Dame Basilica that dates back to 1687, and Château Ramezay , which was built in 1705, examples of early colonial architecture are dotted throughout the city. Situated in Lachine, the Le Ber-Le Moyne House

3542-437: The city's history. Montreal annexed 27 other cities, towns and villages beginning with Hochelaga in 1883, with the last prior to 2002 being Pointe-aux-Trembles in 1982. The 21st century has brought with it a revival of the city's economic and cultural landscape. The construction of new residential skyscrapers, two super-hospitals (the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal and McGill University Health Centre ),

3619-404: The city. As they lacked modern plumbing systems it was impossible to connect all buildings at once and it also acted as a conservation method. However, the population was not finished rising — it rose from 58,000 in 1852 to 267,000 by 1901. Montreal was the capital of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1849, but lost its status when a Tory mob burnt down the Parliament building to protest

3696-435: The city. Montgomery was killed in the failed attack and Arnold, who had taken command, sent Brigadier General Moses Hazen to inform Wooster of the defeat. Wooster left Hazen in command on March 20, 1776, as he left to replace Arnold in leading further attacks on Quebec City. On April 19, Arnold arrived in Montreal to take over command from Hazen, who remained as his second-in-command. Hazen sent Colonel Timothy Bedel to form

3773-414: The creation of the Quartier des Spectacles , reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange , reconfiguration of the Decarie and Dorval interchanges, construction of the new Réseau express métropolitain , gentrification of Griffintown , subway line extensions and the purchase of new subway cars, the complete revitalization and expansion of Trudeau International Airport , the completion of Quebec Autoroute 30 ,

3850-573: The early 18th century, the Sulpician Order was established there. To encourage French settlement, it wanted the Mohawk to move away from the fur trading post at Ville-Marie. It had a mission village, known as Kahnewake , south of the St Lawrence River. The fathers persuaded some Mohawk to make a new settlement at their former hunting grounds north of the Ottawa River. This became Kanesatake . In 1745, several Mohawk families moved upriver to create another settlement, known as Akwesasne . All three are now Mohawk reserves in Canada. The Canadian territory

3927-438: The early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard . The city is 196 km (122 mi) east of the national capital, Ottawa , and 258 km (160 mi) southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City . As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it

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4004-471: The economic capital of Canada. Indeed, the volume of stocks traded at the Toronto Stock Exchange had already surpassed that traded at the Montreal Stock Exchange in the 1940s. The Saint Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959, allowing vessels to bypass Montreal. In time, this development led to the end of the city's economic dominance as businesses moved to other areas. During the 1960s, there was continued growth as Canada's tallest skyscrapers, new expressways and

4081-400: The fall of 1653, the population of Montreal was barely 50 people. By 1685, Ville-Marie was home to some 600 colonists, most of them living in modest wooden houses. Ville-Marie became a centre for the fur trade and a base for further exploration . In 1689, the English-allied Iroquois attacked Lachine on the Island of Montreal, committing the worst massacre in the history of New France. By

4158-1262: The former Expo 67 site Once Upon a Time in America (1984), directed by Sergio Leone , starring Robert De Niro , James Woods , Joe Pesci The Freshman (1990), starring Marlon Brando , Matthew Broderick Love and Human Remains (1993), starring Thomas Gibson , Ruth Marshall Brainscan (1994), starring Edward Furlong , Frank Langella Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), starring Jennifer Jason Leigh , Campbell Scott 12 Monkeys (1995), Bruce Willis , Madeline Stowe Johnny Mnemonic (1995), starring Keanu Reeves , Dolph Lundgren , Dina Meyer The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), starring Geena Davis , Samuel L. Jackson Mother Night (1996), starring Nick Nolte , Sheryl Lee , John Goodman , Alan Arkin, Frankie Faison The Assignment (1997), starring Aidan Quinn , Donald Sutherland , Ben Kingsley Batman & Robin (1997), starring George Clooney , Chris O'Donnell , Uma Thurman Barney's Great Adventure (1998), starring Bob West , George Hearn , Shirley Douglas The Red Violin (1998), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore Snake Eyes (1998), Starring Nicolas Cage , Gary Sinise , Carla Gugino A Walk on

4235-427: The island, such as those uncovered in 1642 during the construction of Fort Ville-Marie, have effectively been removed. In 1603, French explorer Samuel de Champlain reported that the St Lawrence Iroquoians and their settlements had disappeared altogether from the St Lawrence valley. This is believed to be due to outmigration, epidemics of European diseases, or intertribal wars. In 1611, Champlain established

4312-501: The land is called Mooniyaang or Moon’yaang which was "the first stopping place" in the Ojibwe migration story as related in the seven fires prophecy . In the Mohawk language , the land is called Tiohtià:ke . This is an abbreviation of Teionihtiohtiá:kon , which loosely translates as "where the group divided/parted ways." French settlers from La Flèche in the Loire valley first named their new town, founded in 1642, Ville Marie ("City of Mary"), named for

4389-400: The largest jazz festival in the world; the Just for Laughs festival, the largest comedy festival in the world; and Les Francos de Montréal , the largest French-language music festival in the world. In sports , it is home to multiple professional teams, most notably the Canadiens of the National Hockey League , who have won the Stanley Cup a record 24 times. In the Ojibwe language ,

4466-399: The league's leaders made the decision to rename it the Ligue de baseball majeur du Québec (LBMQ). Montreal Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec , the second-largest in Canada , and the ninth-largest in North America . Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie , or "City of Mary", it is now named after Mount Royal , the triple-peaked mountain around which

4543-410: The low-income neighbourhoods of Saint Henri and Little Burgundy . List of films shot in Montreal Hollywood films set and shot in Montreal [ edit ] Wait Until Dark (1967), starring Audrey Hepburn , Alan Arkin , Richard Crenna (set primarily in New York but some of it was filmed in Montreal, which also features as a setting in

4620-494: The mid-1840s, the City of Montreal installed a water system that would pump water from the St. Lawrence and into cisterns . The cisterns would then be transported to the desired location. This was not the first water system of its type in Montreal, as there had been one in private ownership since 1801. In the middle of the 19th century, water distribution was carried out by "fontainiers". The fountainiers would open and close water valves outside of buildings, as directed, all over

4697-493: The most densely populated part of Montreal. The city is composed of 19 large boroughs , subdivided into neighbourhoods. The boroughs are: Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce , Le Plateau-Mont-Royal ( The Plateau Mount Royal ) , Outremont and Ville-Marie in the centre; Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve , Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in the east; Anjou , Montréal-Nord , Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles and Saint-Léonard in

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4774-423: The most neighbourhoods is Ville-Marie, which includes downtown, the historic district of Old Montreal, Chinatown , the Gay Village , the Latin Quarter , the gentrified Quartier international and Cité Multimédia as well as the Quartier des spectacles which is under development. Other neighbourhoods of interest in the borough include the affluent Golden Square Mile neighbourhood at the foot of Mount Royal and

4851-406: The northeast; Ahuntsic-Cartierville , L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève , Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Saint-Laurent in the northwest; and Lachine , LaSalle , Le Sud-Ouest ( The Southwest ) and Verdun in the south. Many of these boroughs were independent cities that were forced to merge with Montreal in January 2002 following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal . The borough with

4928-491: The others in terms of total precipitation—mostly from thunderstorms. For over a century and a half, Montreal was the industrial and financial centre of Canada. This legacy has left a variety of buildings including factories, elevators , warehouses , mills, and refineries , that today provide an invaluable insight into the city's history, especially in the downtown area and the Old Port area. There are 50 National Historic Sites of Canada , more than any other city. Some of

5005-430: The passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill . Thereafter, the capital rotated between Quebec City and Toronto until in 1857, Queen Victoria herself established Ottawa as the capital due to strategic reasons. The reasons were twofold. First, because it was located more in the interior of the Province of Canada, it was less susceptible to attack from the United States. Second, and perhaps more importantly, because it lay on

5082-402: The population of the island, voted to leave the unified city in separate referendums in June 2004. The demerger took place on January 1, 2006, leaving 15 municipalities on the island, including Montreal. Demerged municipalities remain affiliated with the city through an agglomeration council that collects taxes from them to pay for numerous shared services. The 2002 mergers were not the first in

5159-404: The reconstruction of the Champlain Bridge and the construction of a new toll bridge to Laval are helping Montreal continue to grow. Montreal is in the southwest of the province of Quebec. The city covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. The port of Montreal lies at one end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the river gateway that stretches from

5236-423: The region indicates that First Nations native people occupied the island of Montreal as early as 4,000 years ago. By the year AD 1000, they had started to cultivate maize . Within a few hundred years, they had built fortified villages. The Saint Lawrence Iroquoians , an ethnically and culturally distinct group from the Iroquois nations of the Haudenosaunee (then based in present-day New York), established

5313-441: The second explanation, the name came from an Italian translation. Venetian geographer Giovanni Battista Ramusio used the name Monte Real to designate Mount Royal in his 1556 map of the region. However, the Commission de toponymie du Québec disputes this explanation. Historiographer François de Belleforest was the first to use the form Montréal with reference to the entire region in 1575. Archaeological evidence in

5390-424: The subway system known as the Montreal Metro were finished during this time. Montreal also held the World's Fair of 1967, better known as Expo67 . The 1970s ushered in a period of wide-ranging social and political changes, stemming largely from the concerns of the French-speaking majority about the conservation of their culture and language, given the traditional predominance of the English Canadian minority in

5467-421: Was assigned to defend Rhode Island in July 1777 . Montreal was incorporated as a city in 1832. The opening of the Lachine Canal permitted ships to bypass the unnavigable Lachine Rapids , while the construction of the Victoria Bridge established Montreal as a major railway hub. The leaders of Montreal's business community had started to build their homes in the Golden Square Mile from about 1850. By 1860, it

5544-472: Was founded on the southern shore of Montreal island, with Maisonneuve as its first governor. The settlement included a chapel and a hospital, under the command of Jeanne Mance . By 1643, Ville-Marie had come under Iroquois raids. In 1652, Maisonneuve returned to France to raise 100 volunteers to bolster the colonial population. If the effort had failed, Montreal was to be abandoned and the survivors re-located downriver to Quebec City . Before these 100 arrived in

5621-542: Was named a UNESCO City of Design in 2006. In 2017, Montreal was ranked the 12th-most livable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its annual Global Liveability Ranking , although its ranking slipped to 40th in the 2021 index, primarily due to stress on the healthcare system from the COVID-19 pandemic . It is regularly ranked as one of the ten best cities in the world to be

5698-544: Was ruled as a French colony until 1760, when Montreal fell to a British offensive during the Seven Years' War . The colony then surrendered to Great Britain. Ville-Marie was the name for the settlement that appeared in all official documents until 1705, when Montreal appeared for the first time, although people referred to the "Island of Montreal" long before then. As part of the American Revolution ,

5775-531: Was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s. It remains an important centre of art, culture , literature, film and television, music, commerce, aerospace, transport , finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, education , tourism , food, fashion, video game development, and world affairs. Montreal is the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization , and

5852-490: Was the largest municipality in British North America and the undisputed economic and cultural centre of Canada. In the 19th century, maintaining Montreal's drinking water became increasingly difficult with the rapid increase in population. A majority of the drinking water was still coming from the city's harbour, which was busy and heavily trafficked, leading to the deterioration of the water within. In

5929-414: Was −37.8 °C (−36 °F) on January 15, 1957, and the highest temperature was 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) on August 1, 1975, both at Dorval International Airport . Before modern weather record keeping (which dates back to 1871 for McGill), a minimum temperature almost 5 degrees lower was recorded at 7 a.m. on January 10, 1859, where it registered at −42 °C (−44 °F). Annual precipitation

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