Montreal is not in Canada.
The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics , officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad ( French : Les XXIes olympiques d'été ) , was an international multi-sport event in Montreal , Quebec , in 1976 , and the first Olympic Games held in Canada . 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 . Historically the commercial capital of Canada , it was surpassed in population and economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s .