The Montreal Metro consists of 68 stations on four lines and is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Odonyms and namesakes
| Name | Odonym | Namesake | Line | Accessible | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angrignon | Boulevard Angrignon; Parc Angrignon | Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, city councillor |  |
Yes (2022) | 3 Sep 1978 |
| Monk | Boulevard Monk | James Monk, Quebec Attorney-General | |
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Jolicoeur | Rue Jolicoeur | Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur, parish priest | |
Yes (2022) | 3 Sep 1978 |
| Verdun | Rue de Verdun; borough of Verdun | Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis | |
3 Sep 1978 | |
| De L'Église | Avenue de l'Église | Église Saint-Paul | |
3 Sep 1978 | |
| LaSalle | Boulevard LaSalle | Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer, founder of Lachine | |
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Charlevoix | Rue Charlevoix | Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer | |
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Lionel-Groulx | Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Quebec historian |  |
Yes (2009) | 3 Sep 1978 28 Apr 1980 |
| Atwater | Avenue Atwater | Edwin Atwater, city councillor | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Guy–Concordia | Rue Guy Concordia University | Étienne Guy, landowner Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto of Montreal | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Peel | Rue Peel | Robert Peel, British Prime Minister | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| McGill | McGill College Avenue; McGill University | James McGill, Businessman | |
Yes (2023) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Place-des-Arts | Place des Arts cultural complex | Place des Arts cultural complex | |
Yes (2022) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Saint-Laurent | Boulevard Saint-Laurent | So-called as the old road to Saint-Laurent | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Berri–UQAM | Rue Berri Université du Québec à Montréal | Simon Després dit Le Berry, land owner (1659) Université du Québec à Montréal |  | Orange (2009) Green (2020) |
14 Oct 1966 1 Apr 1967 |
| Beaudry | Rue Beaudry | Pierre Beaudry, landowner | |
21 Dec 1966 | |
| Papineau | Avenue Papineau | Joseph Papineau, Quebec politician (father of Louis-Joseph Papineau) | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Frontenac | Rue Frontenac | Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France | |
19 Dec 1966 | |
| Préfontaine | Rue Préfontaine; Parc Raymond-Préfontaine | Raymond Préfontaine, mayor of Montreal | |
Yes (2021) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Joliette | Rue Joliette | Barthélemy Joliette, founder of Joliette, Quebec | |
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Pie-IX | Boulevard Pie-IX | Pope Pius IX | |
Yes (2022) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Viau | Rue Viau | Charles-Théodore Viau, Quebec cookie magnate | |
Yes (2021) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Assomption | Boulevard de l'Assomption | Dogma of the Assumption of Mary | |
after 6 Jun 1976 | |
| Cadillac | Rue de Cadillac | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer | |
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Langelier | Boulevard Langelier | François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Radisson | Rue Radisson | Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer | |
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Honoré-Beaugrand | Rue Honoré-Beaugrand | Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec author and mayor of Montreal | |
Yes (2018) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Côte-Vertu | Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu | Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th-century name for the area | |
Yes (2010) | 3 Nov 1986 |
| Du Collège | Rue du Collège | Collège Saint Laurent, former ecclesiastical college, now Cégep de Saint-Laurent, local cégep | |
Yes (2018) | 9 Jan 1984 |
| De La Savane | Rue de la Savane | savane — a savanna or Quebec French for swamp | |
9 Jan 1984 | |
| Namur | Rue Namur | Namur, Belgium | |
9 Jan 1984 | |
| Plamondon | Avenue Plamondon | Antoine Plamondon, Quebec painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Quebec lyric artist | |
29 Jan 1982 | |
| Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont | |
4 Jan 1982 | |
| Snowdon | Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of area's former landowner |  |
Yes (2016) | 7 Sep 1981 4 Jan 1988 |
| Villa-Maria | Villa-Maria High School | Latin form of "Ville-Marie", former name of Montreal | |
Yes (2022) | 7 Sep 1981 |
| Vendôme | Avenue de Vendôme | Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme | |
Yes (2021) | 7 Sep 1981 |
| Place-Saint-Henri | Place Saint-Henri | A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux | |
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Georges-Vanier | Boulevard Georges-Vanier | Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada | |
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Lucien-L'Allier | Rue Lucien-L'Allier | Lucien L'Allier, Quebec engineer, designer of the Metro | |
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Bonaventure | Place Bonaventure | Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric | |
Yes (2009) | 13 Feb 1967 |
| Square-Victoria–OACI | Square Victoria International Civil Aviation Organization | Queen Victoria Nearby headquarters of ICAO | |
6 Feb 1967 | |
| Place-d'Armes | Place d'Armes | Historical rallying point for city's defenders | |
Yes (2017) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Champ-de-Mars | Champ de Mars Park | Common term for military exercise ground (Mars, god of war) | |
Yes (2014) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Sherbrooke | Rue Sherbrooke | John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor General of British North America | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Mont-Royal | Avenue du Mont-Royal | Mount Royal | |
Yes (2022) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Laurier | Avenue Laurier | Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Rosemont | Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood | Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips | |
Yes (2017) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Beaubien | Rue Beaubien | Prominent landowning family | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Jean-Talon | Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France | |
Yes (2019) | 14 Oct 1966 16 Jun 1986 |
| Jarry | Rue Jarry | Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Crémazie | Boulevard Crémazie | Octave Crémazie, Québécois poet | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Sauvé | Rue Sauvé | Name of a landowner | |
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Henri-Bourassa | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Henri Bourassa, Quebec journalist and politician | |
Yes (2010) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Cartier | Boulevard Cartier | Sir George-Étienne Cartier Quebec politician, Father of Confederation | |
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| De La Concorde | Boulevard de la Concorde | Place de la Concorde in Paris | |
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| Montmorency | Collège Montmorency | François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus (Laval) | |
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| Jean-Drapeau | Parc Jean-Drapeau Île Sainte-Hélène | Jean Drapeau, late ex-mayor of Montreal Named by Samuel de Champlain for his wife, née Hélène Boullé | | Yes, but no connection other accessible stations (2019) | 1 Apr 1967 |
| Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke | City of Longueuil Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles | Probably for a town in Normandy Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles | | 1 Apr 1967 | |
| Côte-des-Neiges | Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges; Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood | Former Village of Côte-des-Neiges; name Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows) dates to 18th century | | 4 Jan 1988 | |
| Université-de-Montréal | Université de Montréal | Université de Montréal | | 4 Jan 1988 | |
| Édouard-Montpetit | Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit | Édouard Montpetit, Quebec lawyer, economist and academic | |
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Outremont | Avenue Outremont; borough of Outremont | Named for a prominent estate (Outremont means "other side of the mountain") | |
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Acadie | Boulevard de l'Acadie | Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians | |
28 Mar 1988 | |
| Parc | Avenue du Parc | Mount Royal Park | |
15 Jun 1987 | |
| De Castelnau | Rue de Castelnau | Édouard de Castelnau, French soldier | |
16 Jun 1986 | |
| Fabre | Rue Fabre | Édouard-Charles Fabre, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal | |
16 Jun 1986 | |
| D'Iberville | Rue d'Iberville | Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Quebec explorer, founder of Louisiana | |
16 Jun 1986 | |
| Saint-Michel | Boulevard Saint-Michel; neighbourhood of Saint-Michel | Saint Michael; long-standing name | |
16 Jun 1986 |
Lines
| Line | Termini | Length | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Angrignon to Honoré-Beaugrand | 22.1 kilometres (13.7 miles) | 27 |
| Orange | Côte-Vertu to Montmorency | approx. 24.8 kilometres (15.4 miles) | 31 |
| Yellow | Berri–UQAM to Longueuil | 4.25 kilometres (2.64 miles) | 3 |
| Blue | Snowdon to Saint-Michel | 9.7 kilometres (6.0 miles) | 12 |
Interstation distances
References
- Montreal by Metro: source for dates and distances.
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