Metro stations are named after adjacent streets, parks, universities, and other topographical features, as follows:

Their namesakes break down as follows:

Of 68 stations, only four have been named for women: a queen and three saints!

For more information on a station's name, please see the History section for that station's page.

The metro stations were all designed by different architects, in order to provide an architecturally diverse metro network. Montreal, along with Moscow and Stockholm, pioneered this concept which was taken up by many later metro systems. The policy was put in place by the City of Montreal's urban planning director, Claude Robillard.

To find out about a particular station, please see that station's page's Architecture section.

The longest tunnel distance between two stations is 2,5 km between Berri-UQAM and Jean-Drapeau. The longest distance under land is 2,1 km between Cartier and De La Concorde. On the Island of Montreal, the longest distance is 1,45 km between Place Saint-Henri and Vendôme. The shortest distances are: Peel—McGill (297 m); Saint-Laurent—Berri-UQAM (337 m); and McGill—Place-des-Arts (345 m).

The deepest station in the network is Charlevoix. It has stacked platforms, of which the lower (Honoré-Beaugrand) platform is 29,6 metres below ground level. However, its upper platform is 24,4 metres below ground level; both of Lucien-L'Allier's platforms are deeper than this, at 27,1 metres (as are the yellow line platforms at Berri-UQAM, at 27,4 metres).

The shallowest platforms are Angrignon and Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke, at 4,3 metres. (The landscaping at Angrignon is artificially sunken, so that the lawn comes down to platform level.)

Station Depth
64 Angrignon 4,3m 64 Longueuil–U.-de-Sherbrooke 4,3m 60 Jean-Drapeau 4,6m 60 Jolicoeur 4,6m 60 Place-d'Armes 4,6m 60 Viau 4,6m 59 Champ-de-Mars 5,2m 58 Université-de-Montréal 5,4m 57 Vendôme 6,1m 56 Atwater 7,6m 55 Saint-Laurent 9,1m 54 Honoré-Beaugrand 9,4m 53 LaSalle 9,8m 52 Pie-IX 10,1m — Jean-Talon (orange line) 10,4m 51 Sherbrooke 10,4m — Berri-UQAM (orange line) 10,7m 48 Laurier 10,7m 48 McGill 10,7m 48 Peel 10,7m 46 Place-des-Arts 11,6m 46 Rosemont 11,6m 45 De Castelnau 11,7m 42 Cadillac 12,2m 42 Jarry 12,2m	42 Préfontaine 12,2m 41 Beaubien 12,5m — Lionel-Groulx (upper) 12,5m 40 Fabre 13,0m 39 Mont-Royal 13,4m 38 Outremont 13,8m 37 Langelier 14,0m 36 Joliette 14,3m 35 Parc 15,1m 34 D'Iberville 15,6m 33 Saint-Michel 15,8m 32 Sauvé 15,9m 31 Square-Victoria 16,2m 30 Acadie 16,5m 29 Lionel-Groulx (lower) 16,5m 28 Édouard-Montpetit 16,6m — Berri-UQAM (green line) 16,8m 27 Crémazie 16,8m 26 Du Collège 17,1m 25 Radisson 17,4m 24 Côte-des-Neiges 17,6m 20 Côte-Sainte-Catherine 17,7m 20 Côte-Vertu 17,7m 20 Georges-Vanier 17,7m	20 Place-Saint-Henri 17,7m 18 Henri-Bourassa 18,3m 18 Monk 18,3m — Jean-Talon (Snowdon platform) 18,6m 16 Assomption 19,2m 16 Guy-Concordia 19,2m 15 De La Savane 19,4m — Snowdon (upper) 19,5m — De L'Église (H-Beaugrand platform) 19,8m 14 Villa-Maria 19,8m 13 Papineau 21,6m 12 Verdun 21,9m 11 Bonaventure 22,6m 10 Frontenac 23,2m 8 Jean-Talon (Saint-Michel platform) 23,8m 8 Plamondon 23,8m 7 Namur 24,1m — Charlevoix (Angrignon platform) 24,4m 6 Snowdon (lower) 24,6m 5 De L'Église (Angrignon platform) 25,6m 4 Beaudry 25,9m 3 Lucien-L'Allier 27,1m 2 Berri-UQAM (yellow line) 27,4m 1 Charlevoix (Honoré-Beaugrand platform) 29,6m
Source: Benoît Clairoux, Le métro de Montréal: 35 ans déjà.Montreal: Hurtubise HMH, 2001

The deepest point in the network is on the yellow line, which reaches depths of 38 metres.

Some Montrealers complain of the heat in the metro in winter. Actually, the metro is not artificially heated, except for ticket booths, some staff areas, and certain kiosks. Heat in the system is produced by the trains' movements, the body heat of passengers, and heat from adjoining buildings. Therefore, it is impossible to turn down the heat. Since the metro system is entirely enclosed, it is difficult for the heat to dissipate and for cold air to enter. Passengers probably also feel hotter in the winter because they are wearing warm clothes.

Likewise, the wind that occasionally makes it difficult to open station doors is produced by the air currents resulting from train movements. This situation was improved by the installation of pivoting doors at metro entrances during Réno-Métro 1999-2000.