Montreal Urban Community | |
Settlement Type: | Dissolved Region |
Coordinates: | 45.5169°N -73.6669°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Name1: | Quebec |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1970 |
Established Title2: | Dissolved |
Established Date2: | 2002 into the megacity |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 185.94 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 71.80 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Total: | 1,039,534 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | −04:00 |
Blank Name: | Address |
Blank Info: | 11171, boul. Métropolitain Est, Montréal-Est, H1C 2B8 |
Website: | http://www.cum.qc.ca |
Image Blank Emblem: | Communauté Urbaine de Montréal logo.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
The Montreal Urban Community (MUC) (Communauté Urbaine de Montréal – CUM) was a regional government in Quebec, Canada, that covered all municipalities located on the Island of Montreal and the islands of L'Île-Dorval and Île Bizard from January 1970 (when it was created from the former Jacques-Cartier County) until the end of December 2001. These municipalities were merged into the megacity of Montreal on January 1, 2002. After the partial demergers of 2006, a successor organization was formed, the Urban agglomeration of Montreal.
The supra-municipal level of government provided public transit service and police services. The MUC was first succeeded by Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC). Since the merger and subsequent demerger, the MUC has been replaced by the Montreal Agglomeration Council. This left the MMC in place, so the Agglomeration Council is a supra-municipal entity between the municipal level and the regional municipal level.