The West Island is the western part of the island of Montreal. It is mainly a residential suburb of the city of Montreal. It is the location of Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport and McGill University's MacDonald Campus. The residents are mostly English speakers or "anglophones", in contrast to the mostly French speaking residents of the rest of Montreal. Currently, about 42% of the population is anglophone, 31% is French-speaking or "francophone", and 25% is "other."
