Which Canadian city is home to the NHL team the Canadiens?

The Canadian city home to the NHL’s Canadiens is Montreal, Quebec.

The Montreal Canadiens are one of the NHL’s oldest and most historically successful franchises. The club was founded in 1909 and joined the National Hockey League when the league was created in 1917. Their current home arena, the Bell Centre, is located in downtown Montreal.

The team’s name reflects Montreal’s French-Canadian identity: “Canadiens” refers to French-speaking Canadians, rather than to Canada as a whole. The Canadiens are also widely known by their nickname, the Habs, short for “Les Habitants,” a traditional term associated with settlers in New France.

Montreal has won more Stanley Cup championships than any other NHL franchise. The city’s other major hockey landmark is the Montreal Forum, where the Canadiens played for decades before moving to the Molson Centre, now called the Bell Centre, in 1996. Ottawa, Vancouver, and Toronto also have NHL teams, but none is the Canadiens.