Montreal's STM Metro Station Names Explained
Montreal metro names are weird, which is probably why someone took the time to translate them to English so we could finally understand them.
Every name seems to be an homage to a person or a place. But who are these people? Where are these places? And what the heck does Namur mean?
Luckily we found the answers, so you won't need to wonder any longer. And the best part is, you'll also be learning about the history of Montreal.
Green Line Metro Station Names Explained
Angrignon
Named After: Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (city councillor)
Monk
Named After: James Monk (Quebec Attorney-General)
Jolicoeur
Named After: Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur (parish priest)
Verdun
Named After: Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France.
De L'Église
Named After: Église Saint-Paul
LaSalle
Named After: Robert Cavelier de La Salle (Founder of Lachine)
Charlevoix
Named After: Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (French historian and explorer)
Lionel-Groulx
Named After: Lionel Groulx (Quebec historian)
Atwater
Named After: Edwin Atwater (city councillor)
Guy-Concordia formerly Guy
Named After: Étienne Guy (landowner) & "Concordia salus" (Motto of Montreal)
Peel
Named After: Robert Peel (British Prime Minister)
McGill
Named After: James McGill (Businessman)
Place-des-Arts
Named After: Place des Arts cultural complex
Saint-Laurent
Named After: The old road to lead to Saint-Laurent
Berri-UQAM
Named After: Simon Després dit Le Berry (Land Owner)
Beaudry
Named After: Pierre Beaudry (Land Owner)
Papineau
Named After: Joseph Papineau (Quebec politician)
Frontenac
Named After: Louis de Buade de Frontenac (Governor General of New France)
Préfontaine
Named After: Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine (Mayor of Montreal)
Joliette
Named After: Barthélemy Joliette (Founder of Joliette)
Pie-IX
Named After: Pope Pius IX
Viau
Named After: Charles-Théodore Viau (Quebec cookie magnate)
Assomption
Named After: Dogma of the Assumption of Mary
Cadillac
Named After: Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (French explorer)
Langelier
Named After: François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, (Mayor of Quebec City)
Radisson
Named After: Pierre-Esprit Radisson (French explorer)
Honoré-Beaugrand
Named After: Honoré Beaugrand (Quebec author and mayor of Montreal)
Yellow Line Metro Station Names Explained
Jean-Drapeau
Named After: Jean Drapeau (Mayor of Montreal)
Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
Named After: A town in Normandy & Université de Sherbrooke
Orange Line Metro Station Names Explained
Côte-Vertu
Named After: Our Lady of Virtue (18th-century name for the area)
Du Collège
Named After: Cégep de Saint-Laurent
De La Savane
Named After: Quebec French for swamp
Namur
Named After: Namur, Belgium
Plamondon
Named After: Antoine Plamondon (Quebec painter)
Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Named After: Côte Sainte-Catherine (18th century name for area of Outremont)
Snowdon
Named After: Snowdon neighbourhood (Name of area's former landowner)
Villa-Maria
Named After: Latin form of "Ville-Marie", former name of Montreal
Vendôme
Named After: The French Dukes of Vendôme
Place-Saint-Henri
Named After: A parish church named for Saint Henry II
Georges-Vanier
Named After: Georges Vanier (Governor General of Canada)
Lucien-L'Allier
Named After: Lucien L'Allier (Designer of the Metro)
Bonaventure
Named After: Saint Bonaventure (Italian cleric)
Square-Victoria-OACI
Named After: Square Victoria & The International Civil Aviation Organization
Place-d'Armes
Named After: Historical rallying point for city's defenders
Champ-de-Mars
Named After: Mars (God of War)
Sherbrooke
Named After: John Coape Sherbrooke (Governor General of British North America)
Mont-Royal
Named After: Mount Royal
Laurier
Named After: Wilfrid Laurier (Prime Minister of Canada)
Rosemont
Named After: Named by developer U.H. Dandurand for his mother
Beaubien
Named After: Prominent landowning family
Jean-Talon
Named After: Jean Talon (Intendant of New France)
Jarry Rue
Named After: Land Owner
Crémazie
Named After: Octave Crémazie (Québec poet)
Sauvé
Named After: Land Owner
Henri-Bourassa
Named After:Henri Bourassa, Quebec journalist and politician
Cartier
Named After: Sir George-Étienne Cartier (Quebec politician)
De La Concorde
Named After: Place de la Concorde in Paris
Montmorency
Named After: François de Montmorency-Laval (First Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec)
Blue Line Metro Station Names Explained
Côte-des-Neiges
Named After: Village Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (18th century name for area of Côte-des-Neiges)
Université-de-Montréal
Named After: Université de Montréal
Édouard-Montpetit
Named After: Édouard Montpetit (Quebec lawyer, economist and academic)
Outremont
Named After: In French,"the other side of the mountain"
Acadie
Named After: Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians
Parc
Named After: Mount Royal Park
De Castelnau
Named After: Édouard de Castelnau (French soldier)
Fabre
Named After: Édouard-Charles Fabre (First Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal)
D'Iberville
Named After: Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (Quebec explorer, founder of Louisiana)