ORIGIN OF THE NAME
Flag of the Acadians
Flag representing the Acadian people
Boul. de l'Acadie. When France ceded Acadia (the French colonies of the Maritimes) to England, Acadians refusing to swear allegiance to England were deported to other British colonies in 1755. To placate protests in 1955 around the two hundredth anniversary of the deportation, Montreal's municipal council changed the name of ave. McEachran to boul. de l'Acadie.

Name during planning phase: De L'Acadie.

 PLATFORM DEPTH
16,5 m deep
(30th deepest station)
 TRAFFIC
958 814 entrances in 2006
(63rd busiest station)

 INTERSTATION DISTANCE
To Outremont:
To Parc:
728,60 metres
727,60 metres

 TRIVIA
Key to the murals in the corridor between entrances

Key to the murals in the main stairwell The people in the photographic murals in the hallway between the entrances (above) are people who worked on designing the station, including the station's three architects. They are (from left to right) Marie-Louise Broggi (senior architectural technician), Henri Mercier (architect and father of the artist), Patrice Poirier (architect), Sylvie Perreault (architect), Pierre Boyer-Mercier (architect and brother of the artist), and Gérard Lanthier (Mr. Boyer-Mercier's assistant).

The people in the mural in the main stairwell are the artist's ex-wife and his two children, Laurence and Vincent.

Scenes from Denis Villeneuve's 2000 film Maelström were shot in Acadie metro.

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Bibiane (Marie-Josée Croze) contemplates her life in Maelström
Marie-Josée Croze in Maelström

Image (c) 2000 Alliance Vivafilm