Jean Talon Street - Wikipedia
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| Native name | rue Jean-Talon (French) |
|---|---|
| Location | Montreal and Mount Royal |
| West end | Devonshire Road, Mount Royal |
| Major junctions |  R-335 Saint-Denis Street A-15 Décarie Expressway R-125 Pie-IX Boulevard |
| East end |   A-40 (TCH) Metropolitan Autoroute, Anjou |
Jean Talon Street (officially in French: rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the Island of Montreal. It runs from Décarie Boulevard in the west through Anjou in the east to Galeries d'Anjou.[1] Jean Talon was the first Intendant of New France. In the Town of Mount Royal, it is called Dresden Avenue. In the Montreal Borough of Saint-Léonard, it is colloquially known as Via Italia.
Between Viau Boulevard and Langelier Boulevard in the Montreal borough of Saint-Léonard, Jean Talon Street passes through the heart of Montreal's Italian community and is nicknamed Via Italia. It is home to many Italian Canadian businesses and runs through the largest Italian-Canadian community in Montreal. There are 260,345 people of Italian ancestry living within the Greater Montreal Area.[2]
Transit stations on Jean-Talon Street
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- ^ Google map of Montreal
- ^ "Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census". Archived from the original on 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2008-06-11.