Greater Montreal is the most populous metropolitan area A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence. One or more large cities may serve as its hub or hubs, and the metropolitan area is normally named after either the largest or most in the Canadian Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the world's longest province of Quebec. As of 2009, Statistics Canada Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. The bureau is commonly called StatCan or StatsCan although StatCan is the official abbrevation. It has regularly been considered the best statistical identifies Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area The census geographic units of Canada are the country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to conduct the country's five-yearly census. They exist on four levels: the top-level divisions are Canada's provinces and territories; these are divided into second-level census divisions, which in (CMA) (land area 4,259 square kilometres (1,644 sq mi)) as Canada's second most populous with a population of 3,868,831[1]. A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by the Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) (French French is a Romance language globally spoken by about 110 million people as a first language (mother tongue), by 190 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant numbers of speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France, where the language: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, CMM). This level of government is headed by a president (currently City of Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay). The MMC has an estimated population of 3,493,485[citation needed].
The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal. It includes the entire Island of Montreal, Laval, and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil.
The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River The Rivière des Mille Îles is a channel of the Ottawa River (Lake of Two Mountains) in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies, those on the South Shore that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil Longueuil is a city in located in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, and part of Greater Montreal. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal, in southwestern Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the fifth most populous city in Quebec and 19th, and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula. Communities in that area are also informally referred to as the 450, after the telephone area code A telephone numbering plan is a system of allocating and routing telephone numbers in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan, such as found in North America, features fixed length area codes and local numbers. An open numbering plan features variance in length of area code or local number, or both. The term dial plan should not be confused that serves the region since 1998.
Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some suburbs on the South Shore (Longueuil Longueuil is a city in located in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec, and part of Greater Montreal. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal, in southwestern Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the fifth most populous city in Quebec and 19th, Brossard, Saint-Lambert, and Boucherville) are usually not included in the off-island suburbs even though they are on the mainland.
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