The photos above shows one of the many reasons why people enjoy living in Montreal or want ot move to / immigrate to Canada. This city has a historic cultural dynamism that makes it unique in Canada, its proximity to the business centres of the North Eastern US and the its European connections, give it extra attractiveness as a place to do business.
Photographer Chris Campese notes: "... [the photo above] taken in May [2006] from Mont Royal and the second [on the top right with the yellow ribbotns] from the Old Port. A bientôt."
Contact Photographer: campese-photos@metrotown.infoSee also photo of Montreal's Museum building
- The population of the Montréal Québec Metropolitan Area in 2001 Census was 3,426,350 an increase from the 1996 population of 3,326,447
- In the 2001 Canada Census the city of Montreal · Montréal Ville, had a population of 1,039,534 [with the Province of Québec total of 7,237,479] and increase from the 1996 census number of 1,016,376
[data from Statistics Canada · Statistique Canada www.statcan.ca 060920] - McGill University Library: Montreal Maps Online
www.library.mcgill.ca/gic/guides/mtlonlinemap.html - Maps of Vieux Montréal · Old Historic District of Montreal online
see www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/eng/localia.htm - Ríseau des bibliothìques publiques de Montréal - Montreal Public Library
site only available in French-Fran&cçais www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biblio
Museums in Montreal
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Français www.macm.org/fr/index.html
English www.macm.org/en/index.html
- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
1380 Sherbrooke Street West -
Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion
Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion
1379 Sherbrooke Street Pavilion -
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 3000, Station "H"
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3G 2T9
Information: (514) 285-2000
Outside Montreal 1-800-899-MUSE
- Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion
Sample views / photos of Montreal Canada
Provenace of photo to the left, showing a panoramic view of Montreal with the river in the background is courtesy of Christopher Campese, taken in 2006. He currently studying linguistics in Montreal and is a generous photos contributor for Metrotown.info's Montreal city section.
Contributing travel correspondence & stories
Metrotown.info welcomes Christopher Campese as a contributor-correspondent to its site content development in Sept. 2006 !
Reference Web Info About Montreal
- Portail officiel de la Ville de Montréal
"Montréal bénéficie d’une vitalité économique et d’une qualité de vie incomparables qui font l’envie des grandes métropoles d’Amérique. Portail officiel de la Ville de Montréal
" quote from website 2006.09.19
ville.montreal.gc.ca - Sources of Montreal Municipal Documents & Information
"Introduction: Geographers, urban planners, architects, historians, and other researchers require access to primary source information about the city of Montreal. This is an annotated directory of services and information are offered in the Montreal region. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and more entries will be added." Go to website of McGill University Libraries - Walter Hitschfeld geographic information centre at this link www.library.mcgill.ca/gic/
guides/
GeoresourcesMtl.html - Montreal Canada Immigration Lawyers
Directory of experienced lawyers to assist people in immigrating to Canada generally and Montreal, Quebec specificically
- see also other photos by Christopher Campese e.g. of interior of Cathedral in Siena, Italy
- Contact Photographer: campese-photos@metrotown.info
- Contact Photographer: campese-photos@metrotown.info
- See also photo of Montreal's Museum building
- If you like the photos on this page, take a look of sample photos taken in Italy by Christopher Campese, such as
- Rome, Italy
- Siena, Italy