The long history of Indigenous peoples in the area of Montréal—known as Tiohtià:ke in Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) and Mooniyang in Anishinaabemowin—began some 5,000 years and is still unfolding today.
When the first Egyptian immigrants arrived in Montréal in the 1950s, most were members of minority communities in Egypt. In the decades since, Egyptian immigration has become more diverse.
The first Maghrebi immigrants settled in Montréal in the 1950s. Forty years later, large numbers of students and asylum seekers from Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco—known collectively as the Maghreb—followed in their footsteps.
The Chinese immigrant population in Montréal has increased dramatically over the past two decades. In 2016, it accounted for 5.1% of recent immigrants to the city.