Montreal is the name given to a collection of small riverside settlements in Quebec.
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 . The West Island ( in French , l'Ouest de l'île ) is the unofficial name given to the cities , towns and boroughs at the western end of the Island of Montreal , in Quebec , Canada .