Montreal

Montreal or Montréal1 (pronounced in Canadian English, in standard French, and {{IPA |/mɒM1;ɾeal/}} in Quebecois French) is the second largest city in Canada. According to the most recent Canadian census (2001), the city itself has 1,812,723 inhabitants while 3,426,350 people live in the Greater Montreal Area (Statistics Canada, 2001). {{ref|populationestimate}}{{ref|gma}} It is the largest city and primary economic centre of the province of Quebec, of which it constitutes an administrative region.

Education

Universities

As noted above, Montreal has a large population of post-secondary students. Its five urban universities are:

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• McGill University
• Concordia University
• Université de Sherbrooke à Longueuil
• Université de Montréal:
• École Polytechnique de Montréal
• École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal
• Université du Québec:
• Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
• École de technologie supérieure
• École nationale d'administration publique