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1 dzień temu · The second most-populous city in Canada and the principal metropolis of Quebec, it occupies about three-fourths of Montreal Island, near the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers. It is a city with considerable French colonial history.
- People
Under the French regime, Montreal became one of New France’s...
- Administration and Society
With its Place des Arts, museums, public libraries, art...
- History
The American Revolution had other consequences for British...
- Lachine
Lachine, former city, Montréal region, southern Quebec...
- Ottawa
Ottawa, city, capital of Canada, located in southeastern...
- New France
In 1758 Louisbourg fell; in 1759 James Wolfe captured...
- University of Montreal
University of Montreal, Canadian public French-language...
- People
2 dni temu · French is the city's official language. [25] [26] In 2021, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal considered themselves fluent in French while 90.2% could speak it in the metropolitan area. [27] [28] Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with 58.5% of the population able to speak both English and French. [29]
3 dni temu · In 2021, French was the first language spoken by over 71 percent of the population of Montréal, Québec in Canada. 20.4 percent of the city's residents had English as their first language, 6.7...
2 dni temu · Under the French regime, Montreal became one of New France’s favoured destinations. In the 1760s, however, the city’s dominant French Canadian Catholic population began to see an influx of English-speaking Protestants, initially following the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which officially ceded New France to Great Britain, and ...
3 dni temu · With its Place des Arts, museums, public libraries, art galleries, bookshops in most European languages, symphony orchestra, publishing houses, theatre companies, and free public lectures at the universities, Montreal must be accounted as a major cultural centre.
2 dni temu · About 95% of the people of Quebec speak French as either their first or second language, and for some as their third language. Quebec is also home to the city of Montreal, which is the world's fourth-largest French-speaking city, by number of first language speakers.
3 dni temu · Charter of the French Language, CQLR c C-11, ss. 51.1 and 58.1 [Québec Charter]; Section 2 of the Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business [Amended Regulation], new section 7.1 of the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business [Commerce Regulation]; section 4 of the Amended Regulation, new section 25.1 of the Commerce Regulation.
