Jean Talon Street

{{short description|Road in Montreal, Canada}}

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| terminus_a = Devonshire Road, Mount Royal

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| junction = {{jct|province=QC|R|335}} Saint-Denis Street
{{jct|province=QC|A|15}} Décarie Expressway
{{jct|province=QC|R|125}} Pie-IX Boulevard

| terminus_b = {{jct|province=QC|TCH|40}} Metropolitan Autoroute, Anjou

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Jean Talon Street (officially in {{langx|fr|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.[http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_Montreal.htm Google map of Montreal] 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.

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&Code=462__&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |title=Ethnocultural Portrait of Canada Highlight Tables, 2006 Census |access-date=2008-06-11 |archive-date=2008-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080523184542/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&Code=462__&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000 |url-status=dead }}

Transit stations on Jean-Talon Street

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{{Streets in Montreal}}

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Category:Streets in Montreal

Category:Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Category:Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

Category:Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Category:Saint-Leonard, Quebec

Category:Anjou, Quebec

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