Montreal Geography

Geography

Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 275 kilometres (168 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 167 kilometres (104 mi) east of Ottawa, the federalcapital. It also lies 502 kilometres (312 mi) northeast of Toronto, 407 kilometres (253 mi) northwest ofBoston and 530 kilometres (329 mi) directly north of New York City.

The city proper covers most of the Island of Montreal at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence andOttawa Rivers. The port of Montreal lies at one end of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which is the river gateway that stretches from the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean. Montreal is defined by its location in between the St. Lawrence river on its south, and by the Rivière des Prairies on its north. The city is named after the most prominent geographical feature on the island, a three-head hill called Mount Royal, topped at 232 m above sea level.

Montreal is at the centre of the Montreal Metropolitan Community, and is bordered by the city of Laval to the north, Longueuil, St. Lambert,Brossard, and other municipalities to the south, Repentigny to the east and the West Island municipalities to the west. The anglophoneenclaves of Westmount, Montreal West, Hampstead, Côte Saint-Luc, the Town of Mount Royal and the francophone enclave Montreal Eastare all entirely surrounded by the city of Montreal.