Montréal, Quebec The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Montréal, Quebec

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 755 km² in 1971 to 1,571 km² in 2011, an increase of 108%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 875 km² in 1971 to 2,135 km² in 2011, an increase of 144%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (66%), water (5%) and other (28%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 448 km² of arable land and 462 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 60.3% was forest, 24.3% was natural land for pasture and 15.4% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 35% from 2,823,639 to 3,824,221 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 105% from 826,231 to 1,696,210 between 1971 and 2011.

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