Montreal is a location.
Montreal . ogaˌmʌntriːˈɒl ] ) , officially Montréal ( [ mɔ̃ʁeal ] ) , is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the 2nd-most populous in Canada , after Toronto . Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada , with 56 % of the population able to speak both official languages . Historically the commercial capital of Canada , it was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s . Being the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization , Montreal is one of three North American cities home to organizations of the United Nations ( along with New York and Washington ) and also has the 2nd-highest number of consulates in the continent . It is the only Canadian city to have held the Summer Olympics .