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Island of Montreal
"Montreal Island" redirects here. For the island in Nunavut, see Montreal Island (Nunavut).
| Native name: Île de Montréal | |
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 Map of the Island of Montreal |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Saint Lawrence River |
| Coordinates | 45°30′01″N 73°38′47″W / 45.50028°N 73.64639°WCoordinates: 45°30′01″N 73°38′47″W / 45.50028°N 73.64639°W |
| Archipelago | Hochelaga Archipelago |
| Area | 499.19 km2 (192.738 sq mi) |
| Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Width | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 233 m (764 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Royal |
| Country | |
| Province |  Quebec |
| City |  Montreal |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1,886,481 (as of 2011) |
| Density | 3,779.1 /km2 (9,787.8 /sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | People of European ethnicities, mostly of French, Italian, Irish, and English origins |
The Island of Montreal (French: Île de Montréal), in southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus (Laval) by the Rivière des Prairies.[1][2]
The island is boomerang-shaped (one end pointing roughly west, the other roughly northeast). It is the largest island in the Hochelaga Archipelago, and the second largest in the Saint Lawrence River (following Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence). It has the 37th largest population of any island on earth, and the largest population of any island in the world on fresh water.[3]
The St. Lawrence widens into Lake Saint-Louis south-west of the island, narrows into the Lachine Rapids, then widens again into the Bassin de La Prairie before becoming the St. Lawrence again and flowing toward Quebec City. Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame are in the Saint Lawrence southeast of downtown Montreal.
The Ottawa widens and becomes Lac des Deux-Montagnes north-west of the island. The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal, between the western tip of the island and Île Perrot, connects Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Lake Saint-Louis. Another outlet of Lac des Deux-Montagnes, the Rivière des Prairies, flows along the north shore of the island and into the St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of the island.
The island is approximately 50 km long and 16 km wide at its widest point. The area of the census division and administrative region of Montréal, which includes the Island of Montreal, Nuns' Island (Île des Sœurs), Île Bizard, Île Sainte-Hélène, Île Notre-Dame, Île Dorval, and several other smaller islands, is 499 km².[4] The island of Montreal has a shoreline of 266 km. At its centre are the three peaks of Mount Royal. The southwest of the island is separated by the Lachine Canal between Lachine and Montreal's Old Port; this portion of the island is partially divided further by the Canal de l'Aqueduc, running roughly parallel to the Lachine Canal, beginning in the borough of LaSalle and continuing between the boroughs of Le Sud-Ouest and Verdun.
The island of Montreal is the major component of the territory of the city of Montreal, along with Île Bizard, Saint Helen's Island, Île Notre-Dame, Nuns' Island, and some 69 smaller islands. With a population of 1,861,900 inhabitants (25% of the population of Quebec), it is by far the most populous island in Canada. It is also the 6th most populous island of the Americas and the 37th most populated island on Earth, outranking Manhattan Island in New York City but distantly trailing Long Island even when limited to the sections of Long Island inside New York City. Montreal and the other municipalities on the island compose the administrative region of Montréal.
The crossings which connect the island to its surroundings are some of the busiest bridges in the country and the world. The Champlain Bridge and the Jacques Cartier Bridge together accommodate 101 million vehicles a year.[5]
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Name
The first French name for the island was "l'ille de Vilmenon", noted by Samuel de Champlain in a 1616 map, and derived from the sieur de Vilmenon, a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of Louis XIII. However, by 1632 Champlain referred to the "Isle de Mont-real" in another map. The island derived its name from Mount Royal (French Mont Royal, then pronounced [mɔ̃ʁwɛjal]), and gradually spread its name to the town, which had originally been called Ville-Marie.
In the Mohawk language, the island is called Tiohtià:ke Tsi (a name referring to the Lachine Rapids to the island's southwest) or Ka-wé-no-te.
Municipalities
Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Montreal
| 1876 | 1890 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2009 est. |
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| est. 120,000[6] | est. 200,000[6] | 1,003,868[7] | 1,116,800[7] | 1,320,232[7] | 1,747,696[8] | 1,959,180[8] | 1,760,122[8] | 1,775,871[8] | 1,775,846[9] |
1,812,723[10] |
1,854,442[10] | 1,906,811[11] |
References
- ^ Google Satelite Map
- ^ Montreal Map
- ^ Canada Census of 2001
- ^ Information about Montreal, Quebec accessed October 19, 2006
- ^ Jacques Cartier Bridge: 43 million + Champlain Bridge: 58 million
- ^ a b "Aljaska en de Canada-spoorweg by Anonymous" (in Dutch). http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14830.
- ^ a b c "Vol. 1 - Table 2" (XLS). 1951 Canadian Census. University of Toronto. http://prod.library.utoronto.ca:8090/datalib/data/cc51/1951%20census%20-%20table%202_area%20and%20density%20of%20population.xls. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Statistical Tables - Religion". Statistics Canada Census. Gouvernement du Québec. http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/REFORME/religion/html-ang/ang/text/app6.htm. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
- ^ "Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data". Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Population. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CD-P.cfm?T=1&PR=24&SR=1&S=4&O=D. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data". Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population. 13 March 2007. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=702&PR=24&SR=1&S=3&O=D. Retrieved 13 March 2007.
- ^ "Estimation de la population des régions administratives, 1er juillet des années 1996, 2001 et 2006 à 2009 (découpage géographique au 1er juillet 2009)". Stat.gouv.qc.ca. http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/donstat/societe/demographie/dons_regnl/regional/ra_total.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
Further reading
- Adams, Frank D., and O. E. LeRoy. The Artesian and Other Deep Wells on the Island of Montreal. Montreal: [s.n.], 1906. ISBN 0-665-72208-7
- Bosworth, Newton. Hochelaga Depicta The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal. Toronto: Coles Pub. Co, 1974. (Table of Contents)
- Fisher, John. Memorial in Support of the Petition of the Inhabitants and Proprietors of the City and Island of Montreal Praying That the Ecclesiastics of St. Sulpice May Not Be Constituted a Body Corporate and Ecclesiastical, and Their Title Confirmed to Certain Valuable Seigniories and Estates. Montreal?: s.n, 1840. ISBN 0-665-64087-0
- Mackay, Murdo. The Language Problem and School Board Reform on the Island of Montreal. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988. ISBN 0-315-38290-2
- Parks Canada. Montréal, a City Steeped in History Guide to Nationality Significant Places, Persons and Events on the Island of Montréal. Québec: Parks Canada, 2004. ISBN 0-660-19274-8
- Russell, Ken. Metropolitan Government on the Island of Montreal. Toronto: Osgoode Hall Law School, 1972.
- Sancton, Andrew. Governing the Island of Montreal Language Differences and Metropolitan Politics. Lane studies in regional government. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. ISBN 0-520-04906-3
- Savoie, Josée. Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime on the Island of Montréal. Crime and justice research paper series, no. 007. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2006. ISBN 0-662-43395-5
- Stansfield, John. The Pleistocene and Recent Deposits of the Island of Montreal. Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1915.
