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 . 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 . In the 2017 edition of their Best Student Cities ranking , Quacquarelli Symonds ( QS ) ranked Montreal as the world 's best city to study abroad .