ORIGIN OF THE NAME

Boulevard Monk. Sir James Monk (1745-1826), a member of an important family in the magistracy and political life of the province, was named attorney general of Quebec in 1776, and served as deputy judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court from 1778 to 1788 and as chief justice of Montreal from 1793 to 1820.

Boulevard Monk could also be named after Frederick D. Monk, an attorney who along with Joseph-Ulric Émard (for whom Ville Émard is named) purchased land belonging to the Davidson family in order to develop it. A road opened along this land was originally called Rue Davidson, but was changed to Boulevard Monk in 1911.

Name during planning stage: Allard.

PLATFORM DEPTH
18,3 m deep
(18th deepest station)

TRAFFIC
1 156 323 entrances in 2006
(59th busiest station)

INTERSTATION DISTANCE

To Angrignon: To Jolicoeur:
844,29 metres
1062,85 metres

TRIVIA
A number of other ideas for sculptures by Germain Bergeron were considered for this station. His first concept was for a series of flying saucers suspended from the roof of the station and moved by the wind from the trains, but this was judged too dangerous by the BTM. The BTM also rejected a plan to bring in Bergeron's famous sculpture Don Quichotte, formerly at the Expo 67 site, and now in Terrebonne.
The two giant statues symbolizing workers constructing the metro were to have been accompanied by a third, representing a foreman, but it was judged superfluous and the plan was scrapped.