Greater Montreal

In total, Greater Montreal encompasses 82 municipalities and is made up of five (5) large entities:

1. the urban agglomeration of Montréal (Boroughs and Cities),
2. the City of Laval, also called North Shore,
3. the urban agglomeration of Longueuil, also called South Shore,
4. the Northern Ring,
5. the Southern Ring.

Created January 1, 2006, the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) is a planning, coordinating and funding body serving the 82 municipalities.

The CMM more or less corresponds to the Région métropolitaine de recencement de Montréal (RMR).

It covers a vast territory of some 4,360 km2 including 2,218 km2 of farmland and 325 km2 of waterland.

The CMM and the RMR is home to more than 3.6 million people representing 120 cultural communities.

Montreal Business Kit is currently working on describing the Montreal boroughs, and each of their respective districts, whether electoral, official or historical. Each area, each neighbourhood is a witness of the past and, at the same time, a social environment in a constant evolution.

They each punctuate a way of life as well as a development style. Each territory tells about the dwellings, prestigious buildings, commercial roads, residential avenues, public places, factories, parks, etc. More importantly, they tell about the people living, working and enjoying themselves in each and every corner of the Island. In the Montreal area, over a hundred ethnic communities can be found and as many native languages can be heard.

As times go by, we will include the people living and being active in each of the Montreal Cities. Here, on this page, we are simply trying to give you a general idea of how Montreal is divided, of the words we use to describe it and of the territory presently covered by Montreal Business Kit.

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The Island of Montréal,
where the city of Montréal is located, is encircled by
the Rivière des Prairies and the St. Lawrence River.

Montreal Business and Culture Kit
Montreal Boroughs / Montreal Districts / Montreal Cities

Local Street Maps of the Nineteen (19) Montreal Boroughs

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