What Is Montreal?

Is it the Mountain, the Ville, the Island, the Region? If you ask any room of Montréalais you'll find a variety of disagreement on where our city ends. When we disagree on something as fundamental as what the city even is it's no surprise that we struggle to agree on all the regular social battlegrounds.

Watch me foolishly wade into the fray with my dictionary of definitions to answer all critical questions on the issue.

How did Montreal go from being twenty eight municipalities, to one, and then finally settle on sixteen? Is this island life for now, and where to from here. Also is Laval part of Montreal, part of Greater Montreal or part of the Montreal Metropolitan Community and what does that even mean? Does Laval even exist or is it just something made up to scare plateau hipsters on halloween?
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References & Sources
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[2] https://rem.info/en/news/secrets-mount-royal-tunnel
[3] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/tmr-petition-rem-bridge-demolition-1.5319431
[4] https://montreal.ca/arrondissements
[5] http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/M985.221.86
[6] https://montreal.ca/en/topics/logo-and-visibility-standards
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[10] $40,079
[11] $69,665
[12] 1704694
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[15] https://montreal.ca/conseils-decisionnels/conseil-dagglomeration
[16] https://cmm.qc.ca/a-propos/territoires-et-municipalites/
[17] https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/cartes/cm/663.pdf
[18] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/geo/maps-cartes/pdf/S0503/2016S0503462.pdf
[19] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-cma-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CMA&GC=462&TOPIC=1
[20] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-csd-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CSD&GC=2466023
[21] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=2466&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchText=2466023&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&type=0#tabs1
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[24] https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/census-2016-a-picture-of-a-bigger-more-urban-canada/
[25] https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-another-freakout-by-quebec-nationalists-over-racism-proves-better-times-are-ahead
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623,895/1894995)
[27] https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMACA&Code1=462&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&Data=Count&SearchText=montreal&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1 (904840/4,009,795)
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[30] https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/2016-census-reveals-anglophone-population-in-quebec-rising-despite-language-laws-1.3529562
[31] 56.21% (Includes Montreal East and Town of Mont Royal)
[32] 22.83%
[33] 15.31% in the CMA
[34]https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-CMA-Eng.cfm?TOPIC=7&LANG=Eng&GK=CMA&GC=421 (Quebec city 4.9% visible minority)

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