Portrait of the Greater Montréal, 2010 edition - Communauté ...

1 LOCATION: GREATER MONTRÉAL IN A NORTH AMERICAN CONTEXT115 million people within a 1,000-km radiusPart of northeast North America’s immense urban system, Greater Montréal is located at the heart of the Québec City–Windsor corridor, home to nearly 60% of Canada’s population. It is also situated near the highest-density region in the UnitedStates, the Boston–Washington corridor, which encompasses the metropolitan areas of Boston, New York, Philadelphia,Baltimore and Washington D.C. Other, more modest American urban centres such as Albany, Portland (Maine), Syracuseand Rochester are also less than 500 km from Greater Montréal. In all, there are approximately 115 million people in 16 U.S.states and four Canadian provinces living within a 1,000-kilometre radius of the Montréal area.Urban region, Northeastern North America8Sources: Statistics Canada; US Census Bureau. Produced by the CMM, 2010.