| Jean Talon Street | |
| Location: | Montreal and Mount Royal |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | Devonshire Road, Mount Royal |
| Direction B: | East |
| Junction: | Saint-Denis Street Décarie Expressway Pie-IX Boulevard |
| Terminus B: | Metropolitan Autoroute, Anjou |
Jean Talon Street (officially in 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.[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]