Villa-Maria station

For other uses, see Villa Maria.

For the Lima metro station, see Villa María metro station.

Villa-Maria is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Westmount Adjacent area of the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, beside the Décarie Expressway trench.

Villa-Maria
General information
Location	4331, boul. Décarie Montreal, Quebec H4A 3K4 Canada
Coordinates	45°28′46″N 73°37′11″W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	STM bus
Construction
Depth	19.8 metres (65 feet), 14th deepest
Accessible	Yes
Architect	André Léonard
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A[1]
History
Opened	7 September 1981
Passengers
2023[2][3]	2,677,200  23.99%
Rank	34 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station Snowdon toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Vendôme toward Montmorency
Location

Station exterior

Turnstiles at Villa-Maria

Overview

The station is a normal side platform station and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop located on the Décarie Autoroute.

Station improvements

In 2019, work began to make the station fully accessible at a cost of $24.6m.^[5] The work included the installation of three elevators, station renovation works and the installation of new artwork.^[6] The project was completed in November 2022, making Villa-Maria the 23rd accessible station in the Metro.^[5]

Architecture and artwork

The station was designed by André Léonard. The architect also designed mural sculptures for the station of large moulded dials in a variety of colours. Floor and wall tiling also make use of colours throughout the station.^[7]

As part of work to make the station accessible, La correspondance des strates, by the artist Marianne Chevalier, was unveiled in September 2022.^[5] Using colorful geometric & organic shapes cut of aluminium, the work contrasts with the 1980s sculptures designed by station architect André Léonard.^[8]

Origin of name

Villa-Maria station takes its name from the nearby Villa Maria school, which in turn takes its name from the Latin House of Mary.

The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk. The Monk residence was built in 1804 in the central section of the present-day school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governor General of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin resided on the Monklands.

The property became a country hotel for five years. In 1854, it was purchased by the nuns of Congregation of Notre Dame, who turned it into a private girls' school, which they named Villa Maria. The metro station was built at the foot of the Villa Maria property.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
No.	Route	Connects to	Service times / notes
24	Sherbrooke	Sherbrooke	Daily
103	Monkland		Daily
162	Westminster	Montréal-Ouest	Daily

Nearby points of interest

• Marianopolis College
• Villa Maria secondary school
• Marymount Academy
• The Monkland Village
• MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
• Centennial Academy