Map of the Island of Montreal |Location||Saint Lawrence River|
|Area||499.19 km2 (192.738 sq mi)| |Length||50 km (31 mi)|
|Width||16 km (9.9 mi)| |Highest elevation||233 m (764 ft)|
|Highest point||Mount Royal| |Population||1,886,481 (as of
2011)| |Density||3,779.1 /km2 (9,787.8 /sq mi)| |Ethnic
groups||People of European ethnicities, mostly of French,
Italian, Irish, and English origins| The Island of Montreal
(French: Île de Montréal), in southwestern Quebec, Canada, is
located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa
Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus (Laval) by the Rivière
des Prairies. The island is boomerang-shaped (one end pointing
roughly west, the other roughly northeast). It is the largest
island in the Hochelaga Archipelago, and the second largest in
the Saint Lawrence River (following Anticosti Island in the Gulf
of Saint Lawrence). It is the most populous island in Canada and
the 37th most populous island on earth. Montreal Island also has
the largest population of any island in the