Some facts about Montreal

• Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest city in Canada.
• Montreal was originally called Ville-Marie or "City of Mary".
• The city hosted the Summer Olympics in 1976.
• Montreal is one of the five largest French-speaking cities in the world.
• Montreal is consistently rated as one of the world's most livable cities.
• In Montreal, the English speakers are known as Anglophones.
• The city takes its present name from Mont-Royal.
• The city is actually an island.
• In 2006, the city of Montreal had a population of 1,620,693 (metro population of 3,859,318).
• French is the city's official language.
• The legal drinking age in the province of Quebec is 18.
• Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city on Earth (after Paris).
• People from Montreal are called “Montrealais”.
• The most popular sport in Montreal is ice hockey.